Rusty Wrench

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My personal adventures with cars, repairs, and everything automotive

#001
Extinguishers are on place now
Extinguishers are on place now

The front one is installed on the adapter. One mount is bolt + nut, for another one I had to cut a thread: the access from below is limited. Anyway, the plate is thick enough. I was very lucky with …

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#004
TwingoDash
TwingoDash

The first-gen Renault Twingo has no RPM or coolant temperature gauges, which is annoying on track. So I made TwingoDash: a simple ESP32 dashboard that shows both values and adds LED shift indicators. A WiFi OBD2 dongle reads RPM and …

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#006
Sport tyres
Sport tyres

Riding with Chinese winter tyres on a track is definitely not a thing. I finally decided to buy proper racing tyres. Ladies and gentlemen, Extrime VR2 in medium compound. - I went with the medium compound because most of the …

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