If you wanted another layer of unnecessary complexity - you could add an accelerometer and more code, to perform an "auto level" function on each engine start - like many modern cars - and get it to set the correct angle to the lights dependent on rear passenger (lol)/luggage load. Which would also allow you to add more comments to your code 😀
I'm genuinely loving the madness of this... How about a head mounted sensor so you could angle the headlights closer or further away as you look up or down?
@@WesleyKagan I’m an aerospace engineer that thinkers a lot but never thought of Using a Servo to drive linkage like that - especially on the light system !! Super imaginative!! Keep up the excellent work. Are the SolidWorks files for the actuator avail at your linkage ?? I can now think of many things to do with that system! Thanks!!! Keep them coming !!!!!!!
All I can say is you’re the only one I keep refreshing for. More and longer videos are mandatory from one of the smartest guys on RUclips and probably the planet. That’s you Wesley!
What material did you print the ball bearing race from? I would have thought the bearings would eat thay plastic in time. Nice use of ots bits to fix an otherwise expensive problem though.
Great solution. Can't imagine what an oem replacement system would cost, if you could even find it. How often were these originally even supposed to be adjusted? Was this just an unnecessarily complex aiming screw?
Its for compensating for cargo. Not that relevant on a Porsche, but a family wagon could be driven to work with one person, and then loaded full of people and stuff in the evening. This would make the rear sag and the headlights point to the sky and blind other drivers. Afaik it was (and still is) regulation to have an an adjustment dial in the cabin or automatically leveling headlights.
A bit of correction, the original system is actually vacuum actuated ;) Thanks for sharing the files ! If you want to get rid of the K-jet and install a standalone ecu, let me know i'll share my files with you ;)
I’m actually curious now, because all of the documentation I have is a closed loop hydraulic system. I appreciate it! I don’t mind dealing with k jet, it’s a fun effort in frustration!
@@WesleyKagan My bad, you are right. It's just that I've never seen one of these working well, they are always empty so I assumed it was vacuum ! Anyway, good riddance ahah
@@Benautodesign Not a bad assumption to make on older German cars... all the Audi's, Porsches and such from that period were full of vacuum operated stuff.
Curious if the 928 lights could be modified for side to side rotation like modern BMWs. If so, then you can have these follow the road as you turn. Love the idea of using an accelerometer to keep the lights level through acceleration, breaking and various load levels. Keep doing what you do!
Nice. I’ve had a bunch of 928s (3 right now), but never had a working headlight adjustment system. At one point I tried to buy all the stock parts to put an adjustment system in a us car, but even if you can find working parts there in not a great way to bleed the system.
I fell in love with this car after watching Risky Business ❤️😁. The chase scene with Guido the Killer Pimp is epic 80s! Sometimes you just gotta say “What the f@ck” and restore a 928.
When you put it into the car, what Arduino board do you actually use and do you just power it from the 12v car system or drop it down to 6-7v via a DC-DC converter?
Hay i have ford probe rear wheel drive mod motor,97prbe spider 😊not done but had too have rear wheel drive,,,that rubber time -belt,in your car how long will it lasts
Good old Porsche, do hope my engineer gets around to restoring his but life has got in the way and his place looks so sad with half broken cars...although he is doing cool things with 3d printers. Thanks for the upload with i had some CAD skills but without a proper functioning keyboard/mouse makes life hard the things we sacrifice to eat
Is there any update/news on the V12 corvette? Have you moved on completely from the freevalve miata build? I know you said you were going to move on for someone else to take over, but I didn’t legitimately expect to go a year with no more freevalve miata.
i got a question about your 60's f1. On the boxster the engine is rear mounted but your build is e mid engine so you have inverted the rear and the front of engine/gearbox. So you changed the engine direction of rotation, right? how did you menaged to do that? i guess you needed to reset the timing belt, cams and spark, using the same degrees but in the opposite direction and using an external waterpump, am i right? (soory for the bad english :D)
Neat solution! Did you or possibly you father work as a Porsche mechanic or are you like me and just take broken stuff apart a rebuild (overbuild) it better?
Any Idea about a timeline for Wind Tunnel Pt. 2? I am also building a wind tunnel and I am struggling with measurements. I can't find the right arrangement of load cells to measure both lift/downforce and drag accurately at the same time
can you do a video on ignition timing including idle speed? is it 800 rpms at idle? what is ignition timing at Initial and Before Top Dead Center? 36 degress and 31 degrees?
This is an interesting video. I've been interested in 928's. My first thought was, why is this system needed at all? Is this Porsche's version of the manual adjustments used on most cars? And to make it hydraulic seems like a very British (cough Jag) solution. I imagine a US company would have used vacuum. You came up with a nice solution though.
Its for compensating for cargo weight. Not really that relevant on a Porsche, but if you load a car full of people and stuff the rear will sag and the headlights will point to the sky and blind other drivers. Its regulation in Europe to have a manual adjustment in the cabin or automatically leveling headlights. The normal adjustment is still done with the screws around the headlight I assume. On most European cars of the time the adjustment is vacuum operated afaik.
This was the perfect bit of RUclips having spent a frustrating time trying to get my engine to do more than fire occasionally. Oh, and I love 928s. Last one I drove was a dog but made the journey to the very North of Scotland fun.
@@WesleyKagan you should like more of your designs, you've got some ingenious solutions. Personally I wanna adapt the free valve clone you came up with for my mgb motor some day.
@@quatre1559 If he gets it working better I'd love to adapt it to the GM ecotec head. I've got a 2.2L that I'd love to have FreeValve tech on... The only sucky part is that I wouldn't be able to pass inspection in my area with an aftermarket ECU... 😞
I’m working on a project where my Pontiac G6 will have adjustable headlights like pickup trucks with a tow package does. I was thinking of using an arduino and a knob from a Toyota. And possibly in the future making a fully automatic headlight adjustment
Like all successful car RUclipsrs, never finish a project so that you have a constant stream of content. Personally I don't like watching the conclusion episodes. Fully admit that I'm interested in problem / solutions moreso than finality.
If you wanted another layer of unnecessary complexity - you could add an accelerometer and more code, to perform an "auto level" function on each engine start - like many modern cars - and get it to set the correct angle to the lights dependent on rear passenger (lol)/luggage load. Which would also allow you to add more comments to your code 😀
Which honesty would be an accelerometer module and like… 5 lines of code. That’s a good idea! Wouldn’t be too hard at all.
I'm genuinely loving the madness of this... How about a head mounted sensor so you could angle the headlights closer or further away as you look up or down?
It's becoming more German than OEM!
@@WesleyKagan "Wouldn't be too hard at all."
Famous last words
This is starting to sound like a watchmaker’s idea!
Excellent Engineering man !!! Love To see people use 3D printers for solving problems. Nice Servo and code!
Thank you very much!
@@WesleyKagan I’m an aerospace engineer that thinkers a lot but never thought of Using a Servo to drive linkage like that - especially on the light system !! Super imaginative!! Keep up the excellent work.
Are the SolidWorks files for the actuator avail at your linkage ?? I can now think of many things to do with that system! Thanks!!!
Keep them coming !!!!!!!
All I can say is you’re the only one I keep refreshing for. More and longer videos are mandatory from one of the smartest guys on RUclips and probably the planet. That’s you Wesley!
Here for the 928 content baby!!! Love the mod that is sweeet. ‘85 US & ‘84 Euro owner and I’ll be waiting for the dank ‘28 content
Using that same servo for a DRS in a FSAE car. Can say it definitely will hold the lights in place
The 928 was such a peculiar old beastie. Should be fun to see how you decide to improve it, since no vehicle in your care can just be left as-is.
You have to be the coolest youtuber out there, great vids!!
Nice elegant solution!
Thanks!
Continuing to love the content!
You are amazing love the fix on headlights!!
What material did you print the ball bearing race from? I would have thought the bearings would eat thay plastic in time. Nice use of ots bits to fix an otherwise expensive problem though.
Great solution. Can't imagine what an oem replacement system would cost, if you could even find it. How often were these originally even supposed to be adjusted? Was this just an unnecessarily complex aiming screw?
Pretty much. Someone wrote up a fix on rennlist years ago, but it was refilling the system and I didn't want to deal with that. Quicker this way.
Its for compensating for cargo. Not that relevant on a Porsche, but a family wagon could be driven to work with one person, and then loaded full of people and stuff in the evening. This would make the rear sag and the headlights point to the sky and blind other drivers. Afaik it was (and still is) regulation to have an an adjustment dial in the cabin or automatically leveling headlights.
More 928 please..
You got the same interior as mine does. Nothing!
Awesome content.
Freakin awesome
Thanks!
A bit of correction, the original system is actually vacuum actuated ;)
Thanks for sharing the files !
If you want to get rid of the K-jet and install a standalone ecu, let me know i'll share my files with you ;)
I’m actually curious now, because all of the documentation I have is a closed loop hydraulic system.
I appreciate it! I don’t mind dealing with k jet, it’s a fun effort in frustration!
@@WesleyKagan My bad, you are right. It's just that I've never seen one of these working well, they are always empty so I assumed it was vacuum !
Anyway, good riddance ahah
@@Benautodesign Not a bad assumption to make on older German cars... all the Audi's, Porsches and such from that period were full of vacuum operated stuff.
I farted during the forth one.
It's an inside joke
#sixseasonsandamovie
#6seasonsandamovie
Now freevalve the 928
Dude change all lights from bulb to led
No matter if small and specific or big and crazy, You always make it a Quality work.
Thanks! Sometimes I think it’s overengineering though
@@WesleyKagan In a world of underengineering; it's a breath of fresh air.
@@gafrers You woke up and decided facts only.
Looking forward to more 928 content. Also hoping you'll be continuing the XJS content. You're right on my favourite era of cars :)
Absolutely more 928 content, I’m keeping this car forever. The Jag is a different story haha
Curious if the 928 lights could be modified for side to side rotation like modern BMWs. If so, then you can have these follow the road as you turn. Love the idea of using an accelerometer to keep the lights level through acceleration, breaking and various load levels. Keep doing what you do!
I have a ‘79 928 5-sp. It is a little underpowered, but I love it. The vacuum system is kind of a pain, but otherwise, it is bulletproof.
Your videos fall in line so well with my interests. Got everything from car mechanics, to electronics and even C programming. Sweet jesus! 🦃
Great to hear! Thanks!
928 is my favorite Porsche...
Same here! I love them.
@@WesleyKagan There so weird and the opposite of general Porsches. Plus there really pretty! And there engine makes a great table "Top Gear"
Yes! More 928 Content... Dude you're amazing.
I’m adding that linear servo design to my list. That’s awesome work!
Thanks!
Nice. I’ve had a bunch of 928s (3 right now), but never had a working headlight adjustment system. At one point I tried to buy all the stock parts to put an adjustment system in a us car, but even if you can find working parts there in not a great way to bleed the system.
I’ve always loved the 928
I fell in love with this car after watching Risky Business ❤️😁. The chase scene with Guido the Killer Pimp is epic 80s! Sometimes you just gotta say “What the f@ck” and restore a 928.
Looking forward to more 928 content
Liked and subscribed. Mainly based on the "cocaine white" comment. Plus the excellent content.
FreeValve the thing!
on the solidworks file, did you extrude-cut a circle along the spiral and then fillet or are you cutting with a solid?
Next video: Freevalve V8
is it possible to get the cad files for the boxster trans to m137/m275?
When you put it into the car, what Arduino board do you actually use and do you just power it from the 12v car system or drop it down to 6-7v via a DC-DC converter?
So did i get that right? You just installed an ardiuno in a porsche?
Basically 1000x calculating power now, self driving when? :P
Hay i have ford probe rear wheel drive mod motor,97prbe spider 😊not done but had too have rear wheel drive,,,that rubber time -belt,in your car how long will it lasts
Very nice solution. This adjuster on my 928 does not function, I had assumed it was vacuum actuated, now I know different, thankyou.
Good old Porsche, do hope my engineer gets around to restoring his but life has got in the way and his place looks so sad with half broken cars...although he is doing cool things with 3d printers.
Thanks for the upload with i had some CAD skills but without a proper functioning keyboard/mouse makes life hard the things we sacrifice to eat
Is there any update/news on the V12 corvette?
Have you moved on completely from the freevalve miata build? I know you said you were going to move on for someone else to take over, but I didn’t legitimately expect to go a year with no more freevalve miata.
That's some really cool homemade linear actuators 😁👍 love creative and functional mechanisms like that 😁
i got a question about your 60's f1. On the boxster the engine is rear mounted but your build is e mid engine so you have inverted the rear and the front of engine/gearbox. So you changed the engine direction of rotation, right? how did you menaged to do that? i guess you needed to reset the timing belt, cams and spark, using the same degrees but in the opposite direction and using an external waterpump, am i right? (soory for the bad english :D)
Neat solution!
Did you or possibly you father work as a Porsche mechanic or are you like me and just take broken stuff apart a rebuild (overbuild) it better?
Any Idea about a timeline for Wind Tunnel Pt. 2?
I am also building a wind tunnel and I am struggling with measurements. I can't find the right arrangement of load cells to measure both lift/downforce and drag accurately at the same time
can you do a video on ignition timing including idle speed? is it 800 rpms at idle? what is ignition timing at Initial and Before Top Dead Center? 36 degress and 31 degrees?
Are you ever gonna post/work on that beautiful C3 behind you in every video? It's such a tease every time I see it!
If it was my project: and ill make these connections waterproof
Me: proceeds to wrap electrical tape around it
Me: thatll do pig, thatll do
Sorry for bothering but is there any updates on the mechanical computer? I always check this channel every month or so because that video intrigued me
Im commenting to help you get more traffic for the algorithm. That being said i still would of commented on that your computer is sick as fuck
Old bmw have the same headlight adjusters. Never seen one working.
If you can fix the Pathfinder one headlight on low beam issue. I know i can just run a other power wire.
4:15 Agreed, Season 4 of Community wasn't that bad.
Did you just say "pieces parts"??? I thought my Dad was the only person who said that.
Love your channel. Please do a video deleting that stupid secondary air pump!
I would definitely do a LeMons team with you. We would definitely have the coolest car.
928 has been on the ownership list for a long time. I assume you have seen the LS swap kits.
just an fyi, the best and only way to building a proper 928 is by putting an 07k engine in it.
Was the ball-worm mechanism your idea or part of the original piece?
I agree the 4th season it's not bad... I'm still waiting for the movie tho...
Cool I hear the electrical can be a nightmare. ie dont try to upgrade the stereo with amps & sub the electrical wont like it. Lol
nice video i love the 3d printed solution 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
More free valve tech! Dino numbers after conversion over stock numbers.
It would be a bad ass build if he built his interpretation of a Rally 928
Season 4 of Community was definitely mailed in though
I’ve always like the 928…
I remember when they were new in the late 70’s
Yessss.
Love that car... When I saw it for the first time back in the '80s, I thought it was a spaceship... 😍
It does give off those vibes. I’m working on a video about how influential the 928 was in design.
Made me look at this vehicle. An oddball with potential. I like it.
aw hell yeah! simple but does the job nicely - love it!
Will there be 928 Free valve tech swap on the table?
Always love seeing a new post from Wesley.
I thank you dearly for this!
This is an interesting video. I've been interested in 928's. My first thought was, why is this system needed at all? Is this Porsche's version of the manual adjustments used on most cars? And to make it hydraulic seems like a very British (cough Jag) solution. I imagine a US company would have used vacuum. You came up with a nice solution though.
Its for compensating for cargo weight. Not really that relevant on a Porsche, but if you load a car full of people and stuff the rear will sag and the headlights will point to the sky and blind other drivers. Its regulation in Europe to have a manual adjustment in the cabin or automatically leveling headlights. The normal adjustment is still done with the screws around the headlight I assume. On most European cars of the time the adjustment is vacuum operated afaik.
@@banaana1234 Thanks for the info. I did not know that was a required feature in Europe.
Nice linear actuator 😀
Love that you're a 928 Enthusiasts as well. I know it is crazy but a Manual transmission 928S4 or GTS is my dream car
Yeah, they are all going up. My first 928 was a ‘78 for $1500, and had a brand new set of $1000 tires
Wesley, can you please apply for a job at Tesla?
You got a manual 928? Lucky
Wes you are as impressive as you are entertaining friend. Rooting for some more good videos and your channel growing.
Great video thanks Barry Uk
This was the perfect bit of RUclips having spent a frustrating time trying to get my engine to do more than fire occasionally. Oh, and I love 928s. Last one I drove was a dog but made the journey to the very North of Scotland fun.
928 is just a great look car too
This is perfect i can probably modify this to make a set of bullet mirrors powered!
Probably! I really like my design here, I think that’s a first
@@WesleyKagan you should like more of your designs, you've got some ingenious solutions. Personally I wanna adapt the free valve clone you came up with for my mgb motor some day.
@@quatre1559 If he gets it working better I'd love to adapt it to the GM ecotec head. I've got a 2.2L that I'd love to have FreeValve tech on... The only sucky part is that I wouldn't be able to pass inspection in my area with an aftermarket ECU... 😞
yeah season 4 was okay i guess
what happened to the solenoid valves on the mx5?
Swap Craig’s k48 in it
I love the loop() code comment!
Nice solution, i assume you are going to mod the original switch?
Yeah, build an adapter between that and the potentiometer
Love your content man!
You like a challenge!
928 freevalve?
Another absolute banger from this channel
Thank you!
Good work man
I’m working on a project where my Pontiac G6 will have adjustable headlights like pickup trucks with a tow package does. I was thinking of using an arduino and a knob from a Toyota. And possibly in the future making a fully automatic headlight adjustment
Wesley: Doesnt upload for a good 5 or 6 weeks
Also Wesley when he does: I bought a new car!
My upload schedule is chaos
Like all successful car RUclipsrs, never finish a project so that you have a constant stream of content.
Personally I don't like watching the conclusion episodes. Fully admit that I'm interested in problem / solutions moreso than finality.
@@WesleyKagan yes, yes it is. But at least its good content every month or so :)
very cool
YES! MORE!
Very nice