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I just finished assembly on the Camshaft Angle Sensor and to be honest I've never felt more proud of something I've made. Aluminum and steel construction? With moving parts and electronics?? And I made it??? CRAZY

Now you may ask, "did you actually 'make' it if technically 100% of the manufacturing was outsourced?" And that's a good question but hey maybe we don't answer it.

One month it was in my brain. Next it was in the real world with a plastic prototype. Now it's done and actually working.

I stuck the end of it in an electric drill, spun 'er up, and the computer was reading the data perfectly!

This was the last really big hurdle for converting the 280Z to run on an aftermarket standalone computer, so it shouldn't be long before the engine is back in the car!!

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PietDeVries

Looking amazing Ronald. How many prototypes did you go through before daring to send it for final machining?

Jakub Urbanski

Great work. You put so many time in this that it was made by you. And let's stick with that

Corey Pietrzak

Having no earthly idea what that does, it looks extremely impressive! It reminds me a little of the Pink Floyd Relics anthology where Nick Mason drew a steampunk-ish *something* and they made an actual 3D version of it to photograph for the remaster. Nick Mason is also a car guy, coincidentally. So you basically know what it's like to be in Pink Floyd.

Ronald Finger

3D model is on V54 😅 But I only made about 2 printed prototypes! I probably should've made more but everything worked out haha

Ronald Finger

Thank you! This part detects how fast the engine is spinning and what position the camshaft is so that the computer knows when to trigger the fuel injectors and fire the spark plugs :)

Jeremie

you may not have actually made it but you designed it so that counts for something

RomaldFonger

Very skibidi ohio! No fanum taxes here!

John Workman

Nice! And you’re the engineer regardless. And I hear they make more anyway 😉

Collin Lennon

Sick! Some of the bolt on options on the market are very expensive. I have used JLCCNC recently and it has opened up a world of possibilities for Datsun and bicycle mods

KFH_Kevin

Nice work Ron... Very impressive indeed!!!

S0wndman

That is so cool! You rock!

Okidokey27

That's so cool and God I can't wait until this video comes out

Calvin Jilek

Denso, Bosch, Magna, Ronald Finger This is awesome! I love the type of custom work you put into these projects. This is certainly something to be proud of!

Bram Steenbrink

Fully desinging something, having it produced at a partner you trust and doing quality control yourself definitely counts as making it! Just the fact you don't have a specific expensive machine doesn't make it no longer your creation :D