Cruise Control

[ian]

I've read quite a few threads talking about cruise control, so thought I'd put up my experience.

I put an electric one on, as I was a bit worried about mucking around with the vacuum...

I used a Rostra 'global cruise' - which has a lot of configuration settings - and a rf control unit on the steering wheel. We ended up bolting it to the top of the abs unit, and running the throttle cable around in a loop and back over the engine.. (see the attached pictures)

It works fantastically, and has tap up/down, resume etc, It’s also very good at NOT building up the speed to much at the top of hills. Overall accuracy is claimed to be 3%, and in practice it seems to be doing that – if you have it set on 100 on a country road, the needle only goes up or down by about the width of the needle ie some part of the needle stays on the 100 all the time..

One little trick was to attach the speedo sensor wire to the wire going from the speed sensor to the dashboard, NOT the wire going from the dashboard to he ECU, which didn’t work for some reason..

Hope that helps!

[ian]

I had trouble attaching multiple pics, so I'll add them one by one..

[ian]

and the last one

[ian]

and I forgot to say, it goes on a manual (you add a clutch switch) or on an auto.

[rs73]

who did it for you ian? which shop? how long did it take them to install it, and was installation neat (no dash parts broken, etc, etc?)

[ian]

A proper auto electrician in inner melbourne, they had the car for the day (it took them a few hours, as they hadn't put one of these in a skyline before) installation was perfect - all the wires are in sleaves, you can't tell they had the dash off, etc.

I was going to do it myself, but I needed it quickly and didn't want to muck around. Cost fully installed was about $750. If you want the actual place, I'm not sure what the post rules are (am I allowed to mention businesses?) but I can PM you…

If you’re somewhere in melb, I might be able to come for a cruise and show you.

[rs73]

I think you can post a business name if just referring someone to go to them, free plug in other words. Unless your auto electrician is a bit shy to be famous... But you can't post business name in case of defamation (such as posting your bad experiences) as this can drag sau to defamation lawsuit etc, etc...

I'm of course in melbourne, but not planning to install one soon.

Just trying to get as much as business contacts for ppl who has done something in a skyline before (electrician, exhaust, etc, etc) just in case I need something in the future.

Inner melbourne would be great as it'll be easier for me to drop the car off on way to work and pick it up on way home.

[ian]

I'll ring and ask him tommorrow, if OK I'll post it.

[rs73]

yeah sure, or you can even pm me

[Daz]

Sounds good, I also have a R34 manual. Do you use it much?

[franks]

thats an excellent review. congratulations.

[skyguy3804]

Ian,

I'm also from Melb., S.E. Burbs. I have an R33 Auto & I miss cruise control (Had it in my Ti). Looked into this some time ago & was quoted $750 for the rostra & $250 (I think!) installation. Sounds like you got a fantastic deal so if you wouldn't mind, could you plz tell me where you got this done... PM me if you like.

Cheers,

C.

[ian]

I used

C Q Auto Electrics

147 Church St Richmond 3121

(03) 9428 6476

and ask for Carlton.

They are on the corner of church st and highett st, and you can then catch a tram into town (work!) along bridge rd ie

http://www.street-directory.com.au/aus_new...&star=&heading=

If anybody needs more pictures, let me know, or if you want me to hoon around and show you I will if I can! I thought people would be interested, as we all use our skylines for cruising as well as hooning, surely :-)

And someone commented to me that it seems to be about the price for cruise controls ($750), but to emphasise what skyguy3804 said, most places quoting those types of prices aren’t supply Rostra ones and switches on the steering wheel…

And to answer one of the other comment, yep I use the skyline a lot, it's the 'family' car, as I have the four door r34 GT-T..

I've driven quite a few skylines (I lived in Japan in the late 90's), and I much prefer the r34 to the r33 and r32. Mind you, a done up r32 gtr isn't too bad either..

And on another note entirely, you might be interested to know that Anthony at Autobarn at 529 elizabeth st is a Skyline nut, he has already bought in quite a few skyline parts for the store, and has told me he will get me anything in that I might need… I haven’t tried him out yet, but he seems to know what he is talking about.

Is there a central thread or list anywhere of skyline resources in Melbourne that people have found to be good? If not, should we start one? I could start a list on my own internet page if anybody is interested and happy to contribute, as it’s sometimes pretty hard to find things in all these threads.. :-)

[skyguy3804]

Thanx very muchly Ian, will endeavour to contact them in the not too distant future. Too many things I want to do... not enough money... isn't that how it goes?. Was looking at getting FMIC, now this has changed my perspective as I have wanted CC for so long now... What to do, What to do...

Cheers,

Chris.