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| We made a little plate out of some scrap aluminum we’ll use to bolt our AQ-1 to the chassis right behind the driver’s seat. |
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| A cluttered workspace makes for a cluttered mind! |
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| It doesn’t look level, but it is… The instructions list a number of acceptable configurations for mounting the AQ-1 for its built-in accelerometer to function properly. We’ll need that later when we configure the AQ-1. We ran all the sensor and power wires under the carpet up to the front kick panel where our E-ROD bulkhead connector has all the sensor outs and a power source. The AEMnet wire will run around behind the seat and up the center tunnel area and everything will be covered up neatly under the interior panels. |
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| Phew! No one noticed the AEMnet wire going to our Dyno-Shaft wire peeking through the back of the shifter opening in Part 9! |
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| Configuration of the AQ-1 is fairly simple, just download the software and install it onto your PC–or Parallels on the Mac cuz AEM won’t give us a Mac version (bummer). Here on the home screen you can set the conditions under which the AQ-1 starts logging data. We chose battery voltage (switched that is) greater than 12V. |
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| Next we configured the oil pressure sensor. If you have any kind of AEM sensor there’s a Sensor Wizard that lets you pick it from a dropdown list. We’re using the signals from our E-ROD’s bulkhead connector. The instructions that came with our engine specified resistance values for oil pressure in PSI as (PSI=[32*Sensor Voltage]-16). So we made a little table on the bottom right with voltages from 0-5V. Easy! |
