Cruise control in a manual Skyline

[jmac]

Has anyone put an aftermarket cruise control system into their manual Skyline? I cover a lot of k's for work in an R34 and cruise would be fantastic.

Just wondering if anyone's done it, or at least heard of kits that work well.

Thanks........

[someonestolecc]

I'd like to know as well. I don't want to hi-jack jmac, but I have cruise control as part of my rb20 related stuff in the cef and if I could put a cruise control accell plate onto my sr20 then that'd be great. I have all the other part of it (the cable and controller). I was thinking if the normal cruise control works by detecting the tension on the accel cable, and simple KEEP it at the same tension then you should be able to use any wrecked nissan one circa models a31, r32, r33, r34 etc.

It might, off course, work vastly differently... anyone know ?

[siksII]

  jmac said:

Has anyone put an aftermarket cruise control system into their manual Skyline?  I cover a lot of k's for work in an R34 and cruise would be fantastic.

Just wondering if anyone's done it, or at least heard of kits that work well.

Thanks........

hey, i have an aftermarket kit in my car, it was fitted by the previous owner.

i cant remember the brand name, but i have seen them for around $200

it would have been in there for a few years now, and i have used it many times, it works really well and is smooth when regulating the throttle.

[jmac]

  siksII said:

hey, i have an aftermarket kit in my car, it was fitted by the previous owner.

i cant remember the brand name, but i have seen them for around $200

it would have been in there for a few years now, and i have used it many times, it works really well and is smooth when regulating the throttle.

sweet - if you come up with any clues re the brand please let me know!

anyone else? is this just a case of walking in to autobarn and saying "duhhh take my moneys"?

[WazR32GTSt]

i had cruise in my last car and really didn't use it... even though i drove 45mins each way to and from uni every day for 4 years

my 2c to think about: will you use it enough to justify the possible $300+ price tag?

[jmac]

  WazR32GTSt said:

i had cruise in my last car and really didn't use it... even though i drove 45mins each way to and from uni every day for 4 years

my 2c to think about: will you use it enough to justify the possible $300+ price tag?

in city driving, mostly not, but the run i do to work (>1 hr/day) is through lots of boring 70-80-90 km/h zones, fairly light traffic and straight roads notorious for having white vans parked behind bus shelters and blokes hiding behind trees pointing hairdryers at you.

$300 is only 2 decent speeding fines... but your point is duly noted.

[WazR32GTSt]

  jmac said:

in city driving, mostly not, but the run i do to work (>1 hr/day) is through lots of boring 70-80-90 km/h zones, fairly light traffic and straight roads notorious for having white vans parked behind bus shelters and blokes hiding behind trees pointing hairdryers at you.

$300 is only 2 decent speeding fines...  but your point is duly noted.  

mine was also lots of stright driving. thing is, with so many traffic lights and speed changes that you mentioned, cound the time where you are at a speed and not accelerating or braking from the lights or to dodge cars, or for roundabouts etc etc

the time when you are cruising at speed is minimal

you would end up activating the cruise about 10-15 times in a trip... clearly not worth it i think

also, they allow you to 'relax' more behind the wheel, making your rection times absolutely shithouse

but i'm not going to say anymroe as its your money and if you have your heart set on it then fair enough

in that case, i say check out autobarn or supercheap - they probably have some generic kits that are pretty plug-and-play type of things...

best of luck,

Warren.

[siksII]

  jmac said:

sweet - if you come up with any clues re the brand please let me know!

anyone else?  is this just a case of walking in to autobarn and saying "duhhh take my moneys"?

hey ill have a look for u soon and post it up but i can tell u now it is not anything fancy, but works well.

[Jordan]

Cruise control kits read your speed signal and dont need to be calibrated. They will see the pulse speed when you "Set" it while driving and will aim to keep the car at that pulse rate by modulating the throttle control in the engine bay using the cable and motor/diaphram thing. It knows that going one way increaces teh speed (pulse) and the other way will decreace it, its so basically simple it can be built from scratch if you knew how to.

With regards to manual or auto, its compatable on both, but you will need to wire up the safty cut-out differently. Normally in Autos it linked to the brake and also the handbrake. When you setp on the pedal or pull the hand brake it switches off and goes back to manual mode. In a manual car, it will be linked to the clutch as well as the brake and handbrake. That way it cuts off if you put your foot on the clutch to change gears.