New Steering Wheel...
10-14-2007, 09:52 AM
#11
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RE: New Steering Wheel...
ORIGINAL: czwalga00gt
Is there a rooster on the steering wheel? Doesn't go with a sports car at all.... looks like something that should be in a bentley.... not really in a good way. The steering wheel isn't bad for a car like that with matching wood interior etc, but looks really out of place in the mustang.
Also did you check how much current runs through there? If you just got two 4.7 ohm resistors from radio shack odds are that thing is going to draw a ****load of current and burn the resistors.
Even at 5 volts 2.3 ohms its going to draw over 2amps which requiresatleasttwo 5watt resistors.
Is there a rooster on the steering wheel? Doesn't go with a sports car at all.... looks like something that should be in a bentley.... not really in a good way. The steering wheel isn't bad for a car like that with matching wood interior etc, but looks really out of place in the mustang.
Also did you check how much current runs through there? If you just got two 4.7 ohm resistors from radio shack odds are that thing is going to draw a ****load of current and burn the resistors.
Even at 5 volts 2.3 ohms its going to draw over 2amps which requiresatleasttwo 5watt resistors.
10-14-2007, 07:48 PM
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RE: New Steering Wheel...
ORIGINAL: cliffyk
[/align][/align]That's Team VooDoo's logo, a prancing chicken--and I agree that it does not go well with a Mustang (which is a 2+2 GT coupe, not a sports car). It's what I had however...[/align][/align]Regarding the resistors, there is no significant current flow through the air bag sensing circuit; if there were the air bag would detonate... [/align][/align]The air bag controller passes a very small voltage (< 150 mV)from a high-impedance source (> 10k Ohms) through the squib (the detonator that sets the bag off and has a 2.3 Ohm resistance) to make sure it is in place and intact--the squib would detonate at anything over 8 V or so (assuming sufficient current capacity).[/align][/align]150 mV, across the paralled 4.7 Ohm resistors (=2.35 Ohms) = about 64 mA = about 100 mW; or about 1/5 the capacity of the paralleled 1/4W resistors (BTW, RS doesn't stock 4.7 Ohm resistors, I had to buy 50 from Newark Electronics--which means I've got 48 left if anyone needs any).[/align][/align]The resistors trick the controller into thinking the air bag is still there--they will of course fry if the controller deploys the non-existent air bag, however I suspect that would be the least of my problems at that point in time... [/align]
ORIGINAL: czwalga00gt
Is there a rooster on the steering wheel? Doesn't go with a sports car at all.... looks like something that should be in a bentley.... not really in a good way. The steering wheel isn't bad for a car like that with matching wood interior etc, but looks really out of place in the mustang.
Also did you check how much current runs through there? If you just got two 4.7 ohm resistors from radio shack odds are that thing is going to draw a ****load of current and burn the resistors.
Even at 5 volts 2.3 ohms its going to draw over 2amps which requiresatleasttwo 5watt resistors.
Is there a rooster on the steering wheel? Doesn't go with a sports car at all.... looks like something that should be in a bentley.... not really in a good way. The steering wheel isn't bad for a car like that with matching wood interior etc, but looks really out of place in the mustang.
Also did you check how much current runs through there? If you just got two 4.7 ohm resistors from radio shack odds are that thing is going to draw a ****load of current and burn the resistors.
Even at 5 volts 2.3 ohms its going to draw over 2amps which requiresatleasttwo 5watt resistors.
Ok that makes sense, I was gonna say if they didnt attenuate the voltage down those resistors are gonna blow. Ususally they dont drop the voltage levels in the cars, everything is made to work on either 5v or 12v.
10-14-2007, 08:08 PM
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RE: New Steering Wheel...
The air bags do WORK (as in BOOM) at 8.0V, but you can pass lower voltages through the squibs to test them--very low, current limited,voltages to make sure they don't go BOOM...[/align][/align]You can use a good DVM to measure the squib's resistance, however I was willing to take the factory manual's specs rather than check it myself...[/align]
10-15-2007, 01:07 AM
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RE: New Steering Wheel...
Im all for getting a new steering wheel. But why the wood grain. I personally would have gone with black suede of some sort. But to each his own, i guess.
Hey at least you dont have to worry about any other stang copying you
Hey at least you dont have to worry about any other stang copying you
10-15-2007, 01:11 AM
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RE: New Steering Wheel...
ORIGINAL: FR500GT
Hey at least you dont have to worry about any other stang copying you
Hey at least you dont have to worry about any other stang copying you
10-15-2007, 11:13 AM
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RE: New Steering Wheel...
does anybody have a pic of a good looking replacement for my '97 with gray and black two tone interior? Mine is just looking a little worn on the top and bottom...
I might even look at a new oem one if they aren't really expensive, but it is ford... mucho $
I might even look at a new oem one if they aren't really expensive, but it is ford... mucho $