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Time to buy a ‘72 travelall. Can’t hack me if there’s nothing to hack. ETA: then swap in a modern engine and use megasquirt to run it instead of all this connec

Time to buy a ‘72 travelall. Can’t hack me if there’s nothing to hack. ETA: then swap in a modern engine and use megasquirt to run it instead of all this connected bullshit

hef19898 4y ago
Ah, megasquirt! If it wasn't for budget, and my utter inability to work with, or get to work, anything electronic (PCs are plug and play and some drivers, that doesn't count) I would have it or something similar on my '82 Rover V8 by now. Things are what they are, so dual carbs it will be until my estate figures out a way to add EFI. Good luck "hacking" something that has all of three fuses and a 15 year old JVC radio...
- mgarfias 4y ago
  I feel good about the unhackability of my 2001 corvette. It don’t have any connected anything.
- adql 4y ago
  Does opening and starting it with nothing but screwdriver counts as "hacking" ? If so it can lmao. > Ah, megasquirt! If it wasn't for budget, and my utter inability to work with, or get to work, anything electronic (PCs are plug and play and some drivers, that doesn't count) I would have it or something similar on my '82 Rover V8 by now. Damn I thought that's a cheap option but I've looked at assembled ones and is near the price of Ecumaster...
  - hef19898 4y ago
    I always wanted to try to use a screw driver or hot wiring it, just for the fun of it. If I break something, well, me and electrics... So I don't have the courage! I once saw someone put a Bosch (?) EFI from a VW Golf GTI on a 3.5 Rover V8, should almost be cheap, if you onow what you do, so not for me. Either way, I can quite literally rebuild those dual Zenith carbs in the desert (don't ask...), if parts are there. So for overall reliability I take that over a cobled together EFI. At least for now, who knows what the future brings. Ah, and to answer your question, yes, I think a screw driver counts as a hack!
vardump 4y ago
Don't forget to leave your device(s) home as well. Or at least put them in airplane mode.
connicpu 4y ago
Even cars from the 2000s, as long as there's no displays more advanced than a 1-bit LCD matrix you've probably got nothing to worry about
rozap 4y ago
Check out speeduino. Software and hardware are open source.

Time to buy a ‘72 travelall. Can’t hack me if there’s nothing to hack. ETA: then swap in a modern engine and use megasquirt to run it instead of all this connected bullshit

hef19898 4y ago

Ah, megasquirt! If it wasn't for budget, and my utter inability to work with, or get to work, anything electronic (PCs are plug and play and some drivers, that doesn't count) I would have it or something similar on my '82 Rover V8 by now. Things are what they are, so dual carbs it will be until my estate figures out a way to add EFI. Good luck "hacking" something that has all of three fuses and a 15 year old JVC radio...

mgarfias 4y ago
I feel good about the unhackability of my 2001 corvette. It don’t have any connected anything.
adql 4y ago
Does opening and starting it with nothing but screwdriver counts as "hacking" ? If so it can lmao. > Ah, megasquirt! If it wasn't for budget, and my utter inability to work with, or get to work, anything electronic (PCs are plug and play and some drivers, that doesn't count) I would have it or something similar on my '82 Rover V8 by now. Damn I thought that's a cheap option but I've looked at assembled ones and is near the price of Ecumaster...
- hef19898 4y ago
  I always wanted to try to use a screw driver or hot wiring it, just for the fun of it. If I break something, well, me and electrics... So I don't have the courage! I once saw someone put a Bosch (?) EFI from a VW Golf GTI on a 3.5 Rover V8, should almost be cheap, if you onow what you do, so not for me. Either way, I can quite literally rebuild those dual Zenith carbs in the desert (don't ask...), if parts are there. So for overall reliability I take that over a cobled together EFI. At least for now, who knows what the future brings. Ah, and to answer your question, yes, I think a screw driver counts as a hack!

vardump 4y ago

Don't forget to leave your device(s) home as well. Or at least put them in airplane mode.

connicpu 4y ago

Even cars from the 2000s, as long as there's no displays more advanced than a 1-bit LCD matrix you've probably got nothing to worry about

rozap 4y ago

Check out speeduino. Software and hardware are open source.