Of course, we were going to do a very sanitary job of mounting our hardware. Zach Mallin of ZSM Custom made this mount for the Haltech R5. We wanted to be in an easy-to-access location for service and wire harness simplicity,ty as well as to stand off the firewall to keep it cooler in operation. We also wanted a mount with some thermal mass to act like a heatsink to further protect the ECV/VCU. Zach designed the mount in CAD and had it laser cut out of .125 steel plate and mounted about 1″ off the firewall at an angle where it was easy to access the plugs.
To control the car’s electrical functions, we used Haltech’s 15-button CAN Keypad. The keypad links to the R5 VCU via the CAN stream, which means a very simple one-wire control. Think of the birds nest of switches, wires, relays, or fuses that this would have taken in the past! With soft touch, ergonomically designed buttons, the Haltech CAN Keypad is easy to use and simple to configure.
Some of the Keypad’s features include:
- Dimmable LED indicators
- Sealed to IP67
- Vibration and impact resistant
- Operating Temperature -40 °C to +85 °C
- Long Life: 1,000,000 cycles per key
ZSM Custom mounted the keypad on this stand behind our HGK carbon dash. We wanted the dash to be easy to remove and not have the electronics attached to it, making everything super easy to service.
For a Dash Display, we chose Haltech’s huge UC-10 display. We have found that dash displays tend to be small and hard to read, not the UC-10! The UC-10 is huge, about the same size as an OEM dash with a crisp, clear, full-color display. User-configurable display, making it easy to read in fast situations. It is also easy to hook up, needing just a single wire CAN connection to our R5 VCU.
