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aot93 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 11:41 am No the motor is still above / inline the axle but inverted from standard position.

Excellent, pretty much exactly what I had in mind. Good to know it works OK in that orientation; that is now my plan for installation.

Did a quick search following on from your comment on the mounting rubbers, it seems they are a known weak point on the Outlander and can fail fairly quickly. There are tougher polyurethane versions available though.

Can't quite make out your car, is it a Mini Marcos?

Can't quite make out your car, is it a Mini Marcos?

In my profile pic, yes that's my mini Marcos, currently an ice but one day...

Bratitude wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 12:54 pm Was it just hard to source a electric Subaru steering rack?

They are like legos…

Never thought of that - did you use one? Do they fit in the older models?

Before and After, allthough i already took the original column apart.
It's in the car, but there's still a lot of work to do: The Impreza is getting closer to be back on it's wheels:

Zapatero wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 7:53 am

Bratitude wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 12:54 pm Was it just hard to source a electric Subaru steering rack?

They are like legos…

Never thought of that - did you use one? Do they fit in the older models?

I swaped power steering racks in to cars with a 20 year gap, that being said after a quick search it dose look like the newer EPS racks have a different mount.

Your Prius eps should still maintain good road feel and makes open pilot easier to set up

Bratitude wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:47 pm

Zapatero wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 7:53 am

Bratitude wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 12:54 pm Was it just hard to source a electric Subaru steering rack?

They are like legos…

Never thought of that - did you use one? Do they fit in the older models?

I swaped power steering racks in to cars with a 20 year gap, that being said after a quick search it dose look like the newer EPS racks have a different mount.

Your Prius eps should still maintain good road feel and makes open pilot easier to set up

Now you've planted a thought in my minde that i cant get rid of anymore.
So i can implement Open Pilot?
Braking will be done by regeneration?
Can i retrofit a radar sensor?

Zapatero wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 1:07 pm
Now you've planted a thought in my minde that i cant get rid of anymore.
So i can implement Open Pilot?
Braking will be done by regeneration?
Can i retrofit a radar sensor?

Pretty much!

you need:
steering(done!)
Brake(half way there?)
throttle(done)
vss (done!)
radar (easy)

Here’s the open pilot fork for old cars : https://github.com/Lukilink/openpilot

Liking the sound or this too, my daily has adaptive cruise and It's going to be the main thing I'll miss. Does open pilot use radar or a camera for the cruise control?

I didn't use the Steering Angle Sensor but it is needed, i guess?

I wouldn't know how to electrically power the brake? That would mean to put an ABS Block in that has this ability, but that also means to build custom brake lines. So i guess braking by torque command (regeneration) has to serve the purpose! Still i will integrate the radar sensor right away so in the near future i can have a self driving Impreza!

Brakeing is done with a servo, electric motor, assisted master cylinder. So your ABS can stay. It's the vacuum servo etc. what can go.

EV_Builder wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 5:43 pm Brakeing is done with a servo, electric motor, assisted master cylinder. So your ABS can stay. It's the vacuum servo etc. what can go.

do you have a link (Ebay, Google)?
Thanks!!!

Google : Bosch ibooster

Brake Booster: Check!

Bratitude wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 1:43 pm
Pretty much!

you need:
steering(done!)
Brake(half way there?)
throttle(done)
vss (done!)
radar (easy)

Here’s the open pilot fork for old cars : https://github.com/Lukilink/openpilot

you need:
steering(done!)
Brake(done!)
throttle(done!)
vss (done!)
radar (easy)

openpilot is going to be awesome

I made some adapters for my Ibooster to fit a Subaru master cylinder, and to bolt up to my pedal box

Bratitude wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 9:52 pm 260C62D2-E05E-4655-939A-D68A1EF10BB7.jpeg98957C7D-C0E9-4993-946B-96C7F29AD665.jpeg701F4853-9440-4BB2-97CA-75E3C59AB921.jpeg

I made some adapters for my Ibooster to fit a Subaru master cylinder, and to bolt up to my pedal box

Awesome! I'll see how i can mount the brake booster with as little effort as possible.


Something else i did was installed a potentiometer to my HVAC unit. Johannes had the idea of using a potentiometer and convert the value to the canbus so the AC or the heater run in variable stages due to the input.

Before After

Today i mounted everything on the front axle to get the car back on the wheels as soon as possible: The front brake calipers and discs are installed and the steering is fully set up: Getting closer step by step: I marked and sent the already cut to the right length driveshafts to motomax.pl to get a set of custom made driveshafts for my build:

The Subaru is back on it's own wheels: The iBooster is in the car and fits perfectly well.
Anyone ever controlled the iBooster via CAN-Messages? Ground Clearance is alright, though i'm going to fabricate a tiny skid plate:

Which booster did you buy? And dit you kept your MC?

EV_Builder wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 3:23 am Which booster did you buy? And dit you kept your MC?

I have a honda 2018 iBooster - hopefully the can messages will be the same like with the tesla iBooster.

What is the MC?

Zapatero wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 9:32 am

I have a honda 2018 iBooster - hopefully the can messages will be the same like with the tesla iBooster.

What is the MC?
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Check here: https://github.com/commaai/opendbc
There might be a dbc file that contains Honda ibooster id’s

MC= master cylinder

Thanks, seems like there are some that could be the right ones. I'll test as soon as the canbus is wired. The car didn't have one, of course


232 BRAKE_HOLD: 7 XXX
SG_ XMISSION_SPEED : 7|14@0- (1,0) [1|0] "" XXX
SG_ COMPUTER_BRAKE : 39|16@0+ (1,0) [0|0] "" XXX
SG_ COMPUTER_BRAKE_REQUEST : 29|1@0+ (1,0) [0|0] "" XXX
SG_ COUNTER : 53|2@0+ (1,0) [0|3] "" XXX
SG_ CHECKSUM : 51|4@0+ (1,0) [0|15] "" XXX

This used to be a button for the front headlight washers. I asked the guys next door (they wrap cars and can make stickers, too) if they can make this button look like a charging door button. I think they did a great job:

That's cool!
Gets me thinking about the fading sliders that control my seat ventilation...

I found out that i can make twisted pair cables easily - did the first one by hand and it took me forever. With the power drill it takes 5 seconds Nice, twistet pair can bus cables On This End there's the plug for the prius power steering I crimped all the cables for the iBooster plug. I'll connect both can bus systems of the iBooster as i have two can bus systems in my car anyways. Finished plug