Calling aftermarket alarms a tumor is surprisingly accurate! Never thought of that before. Hate them things.

Take care of yourself Jimbo! I wanna be watching your videos for years to come.

That Dr's note, pure hilarity!

I love that someone had the audacity to spec out a wagon

13:53 Whomever ordered this car when new definitely had the right stuff. I'm not certain if I'd care for leather seats during the Kansas Summers but a wagon with a 5 speed, a twin cam engine and AC? That's about what I would have bought if I was in the market for a Saturn back then. My 90 Civic Wagon was ordered to that spec, minus the twin-cam. Complete with wind up windows.

That intro is so real. We're not even south and here people fell like flies last week. It was like a pandemic of dehydration. Weird times

I think the gasoline Saturn could benefit from a stock ECM delete entirely. Now that you have DBW going, that would work really nicely with speeduino. Obviously not out of the box (speeduino doesn't support DBW due to safety reasony) but i think the D2B controller you've made could be connected to the speeduino to efficiently control the throttle position. There's many possibilities once you have total control. For example, when cruising, throttle could be set to wide open, timing retarded and lean burning as much as possible. Pretty sure modern engines work like this (also helps if you have an auto, so it's in the correct gear as well) and you can gain a decent fuel economy just by that. Another thing that comes to mind; does that car have EGR of any kind? That would also help quite a bit with economy (especially combined with DBW). Some ideas for future modifications, IF that project continues to be worked on :D

Two words: Mini Split. Cost effective, efficient and DIY friendly. Don't even have to do the whole shop. Slap up a partition where you spend most time. One trip to the ER probably would have paid for it. PS: Automotive engineers from the 80's spent untold hours and pallets of money to do what you're doing in an overheated garage in Greasy Creek, Kansas. Amazing!

Sometimes I think I know things about cars and then I watch one of these videos 😅

Honestly if I were you, my next priority would be getting a Mini Split installed in that shop. I don't care how tough you are, A/C makes a world of a difference. 😄😄

From the perspective of an electrical engineer who like cars, this is "quality entertainment." I don't have the resources to do any of this myself. Thank you!

I like the new projects, but I think the mower engine project was more fun to watch. I quantify this channel as advanced back yard engineering. Most car mods are done on pre-electronic era cars, so this is cool.

Gen 1 Saturn wagons are absolutely awesome. They can even be lightly modded to look very classy and sporty. Gem you got there!

Most cars were once just a dream in somebody's head.

I consider this a sign of my age that I am more and more enjoying the idea of owning a wagon. Just so practical. Young me would be greatly dissatisfied with this new revelation.

This channel has exploded to top of my favourite list.

Love, Love, Love this ROBOT THROTTLE. 💖💖💖

When you kicked the wheel, I laughed and said out loud I've driven worse. Glad you are back in action.

lol that new throttle body looks like one of the legacy products we used to make :D

Enjoying the transition to Dr. Frankensaturn’s Laboratory.

Your original plan to attach the throttle cable to a position sensor mounted in the engine bay is exactly how Mercedes Benz did their throttle by wire in the 90's. I guess great minds think alike.

The dealerships are all telling me 'if your car has power options we'd give you $500 more'.... I reply 'manual locks and hand windows are premium!'

Love your projects, and your humorous rambling , 👍😁❤️

Robo-throttle's dead-eyed stare is a bit unnerving. Like it's secretly planning the driver's demise. Or world domination. 😜

Hope you feeling better and watch the heat. I saved a guy that had collapsed in the New Mexico heat. He kept passing out on me until I got a bunch of water and a Gatorade into him. You would love my 96 Mazda truck I tow behind the RV. 2wd , manual transmission, manual windows and door locks and no ac. The later sucks at times, but at least it doesn’t rob any power of the 2.3 four cylinder that can hardly get out of it’s own way. It set several speed records going uphill behind the RV with a 505hp pre emission Caterpillar. 😂😂

I burst out laughing at "Frank Rizzo, M.D." Now, THAT'S funny!

Loved this episode. I’ve always wondered why with modern technology, we aren’t able to tell the car the gas mileage that I want and then have the computer adjust performance accordingly to make that happen behind the scenes. This is top quality content and my absolute favorite KZfaq channel. Keep up the great work and don’t forget about me when you really go mainstream.

I just adore the new project car 😊😊😊

I'm all about that station wagon, I wish stuff like that was available where I am.

That SW2 looks terrific...from the passenger side. +1 on taking care of yourself. I got right up to the edge of my endurance on a roof job, DON'T do that. Take lots of breaks. You get a lot more done working slowly and carefully...or even not at all!...than you do taking an overnight or two in the hospital on fluids.

I hate to say it, but you are essentially just engineering exactly all the fun sucking factory throttle control car manufacturers use right now to maximize fuel economy, hahaha. It is fun to reengineer it though! Thanks for the awesome insights.

I don't know how the humidity is in Kansas, but down here the humidity is horrid. You can barely breathe when it's 100° and the humidity is high. You can get yourself in trouble in a hurry if you don't stay hydrated and take breaks. Take it easy up there, man.

14:30 Holy crap that tire has seen better days.

You now have a trio of Saturn's and a Wagon now! Those must have been rare units because I don't remember seeing too many of those

That trottle body was mounted on early 2000 Opel Astras 1.8. I use the exact same one on my supercharged V-twin Suzuki. 😄

A robotic throttle, back to your roots and something new at the same time :)

I’ve watched you since s1 ep1 and your videos are still as good as always and they are getting better it’s just what I’m looking for.

Putting the kubota engine in a car would be awesome

Yep, I owned an old Celica with an aftermarket alarm and it was nothing but trouble. Glad alarms are standard equipment these days.

My dad as a mechanic has had more cars come in with no start problems due to aftermarket alarms. They either freak out and not turn off or turn into resistive loads and completely kill a battery to be unrecoverable. Great videos and hope you feel better.

Part 2 for this episode I can't wait. I have been thinking about similar project too. Only difference is that I have thought of sort of cruise control mode 2, where the maximum fuel usage can be limited. I mean that driver sets the speed, computer keeps the speed until a hill comes and fuel usage rises until it hits the limit.

Glad you are doing ok now. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke is no joke. Take care of yourself, I want to see lots more videos! lol Phil

You broke me, Jimbo. I come home from Sunday church, step through the door, and start singing the theme!

To make Robots practical, flaws must be removed... to make Robots lovable, flaws must be added. 👾👾👾👾💖💖💖💖

Stay safe man, the summers in southern and eastern Kansas is just the right mix of heat and humidity to get you if you don’t stay on top of it.

I really genuinely love the wagon. I wish i could find one in that good shape around here.

Oh the car alarms of the olden days. For the first few years when they were a thing, they worked as intended; the alarm would go off, and people would come and see what was going on. Now, when a car alarm goes off, everyone within earshot rolls their eyes and asks "who's the asshole with the alarm?" And goes back to what they were doing beforehand, just slightly more annoyed than before.

Some roads lead to unexpected destinations. 🚙🚙🚙

Uuuuh, Diesel AND stationwagon… awesome!

Stay safe and hydrated brother! Your content is great!! Thank you

There you go. Dual throttle bodies have been a thing for a while in motorcycles, so you get the immediate response of cable driven, and fine RPM based control from the ECU

I have a suggestion but it's probably obvious and you no doubt already got it figured out. How about a third throttle body linked to the workshop temperature sensor for the input and linked to a drinks dispenser for the output driving a jug (I think the Imperial crowd calls them pitchers, jugs might be something else entirely) right there on the bench in front of you? Even your dehydrated videos are great. OK now you've read that go and have a drink.

Lol pretty soon going to have to call it the Saturn Cantina

Now this is neat. I remember when I first LS swapped my car, I was hard headed and insisted on keeping DBW (Early DBW from the Tahoes.. before the OS support came along). Discovering/Editing tables for Throttle% x Airflow was a nightmare since I was flashing with LS droid- but also equally fun. Full electronic cruise, idle airflow adjustment, etc, made it all worth it.

That robotic throttle body animation is gonna give me nightmares

Begging hoping praying that one day you guys take one of the cars to the track

I must say I love this Station Wagon! In Germany there are exactly NONE of these and they would be a soothing but also kindly funny looking apperance. The Saturn might be designed just for our market but sadly never made it here. Don´t call it duckling- it´s not a ´59 DeVille but it holds its own, cars haven´t become more beautiful over the years. I like them Saturns.

Lol the advertisement b4 you started out was showing a jet engine and i was like that Escalated quickly But then realized it was just the per commercial

You could try some diy air conditioning for the garage. Where the system cycles some cooling liquid underground with no phase change. Pumping losses are minimal, since there is no phase change (gas to liquid, like r134a) or elevation change.

Early DBw Dodge Ram trucks had a throttle cable from the pedal to a APP sensor UNDER THE HOOD which sent the APP signal to the PCM and back out to the throttle body. As the crow flies they're about 2ft apart but looked like they had about 20ft of wire to connect the accelerator pedal position to throttle body. At that point I was scratching my head at Chrysler really hard, since you already ran the cable and you mounted the APP outside the cabin why not...I mean...I think I scratched a bald spot trying to figure that one out. As for a easily mount-able APP and pedal combo I present to you....GM GENUINE 15218992 found on several years of Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS. It's got a nice steel plate with 3 mounting studs. There's a few other GM parts that bolt on in a similar way but these pedals are fairly cheap and strangely readily available given the narrow year and model range.

All Im saying is don't be surprised when the gnomes make a diesel powered Saturn Ac with aftermarket alarm for the shop.

gotta get some insulation and a big mini-split in that garage!

Someone else who knows how to option a car! Twin-cam, manual, leather, wagon, with roll-ups is a unicorn build! That thing deserves being fixed up a bit! p.s. get a good upholstery shop to recover the seat!

I live in Southwestern Louisiana. We wish we had yalls temps in summer lol. 105 with 100% humidity is what we get in the summer. And yes, I been to ER a few times because of it, have a bad kidney to prove it! lol

Thanks a lot - now I am going to have to buy a 3d printer. Always enjoy your videos and learn something new.

There are no speed limits on the road to success... but stay hydrated on the way there. 🥤🥤🥤

I had a SC2 with a 5 speed!!! Thing was great to drive! It was fats and cheap on fuel! Let’s just say I miss that car!!!

I picked up a ductless mini split heat pump (1 ton) that would do quite well in that shop (compared to no ac situation that you seem to have now), and it was only $680. You should definitely look into that to keep your shop survivable during the brutal hot summers and the occasional bitter cold winters.

I was wondering how you were going to deal with the heat. Gotta be careful and Gatorade is your friend. I'm in Oklahoma so yeah, this part of the year ya gotta be careful. Keep up the good work. 👍👍

Fantastic vid hope you're feeling better soon

I wonder if car manufacturers are watching mmmm thinking like we need this guy on the engineers Force

Cut off roof of the wagon, only behind the B-pillar, and weld the back doors closed! Make the world's first Saturn pickup truck!

Life is like ice cream, enjoy it before it melts.

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. love your vids

That hatch back is awesome!

For those that don't understand Michigan Vs everywhere else summer temperatures. I was up in Battle Creek Mi for the 18th annual Cruise the Gut. It was early August and around 80 degrees out. People were losing it because of the "heat".

You did great jimbo thanks for the great video

On the new Saturn if you can find a local vinyl repair shop you would be surprised how nice they can turn around that seat.

I just love the way the Saturn project is going, and then there were three. I'm imagining a robotic Saturn army. On another note I like what is being done with the throttle thing-a-ma-jingie, I'm waiting for the next episode. Also take it easy there Jimbo, we can wait a week or two for a new episode. Just cool down and we'll see you when we see you. I prescribe one or two nice cool ones.

I wish I could find such a nice Saturn wagon here in Quebec. Mine is so rusted that I had to do lots of structural work on the "frame".

Excited to see more SW content!

Unfortunately, chronic stupidity is carried on the Y chromosome and there is no cure. Love your work, Jimbo 👍

Good morning, Jimbo.

Spend a little money and get your shop some AC. Split systems aren’t very expensive, don’t need a lot of power to run, and will make the hot summer days of Southern Kansas livable. Added bonus - installation video makes for additional content you can post.

The term of art is "Make it happy". We need the IAC to make the ECU happy.

We're having a heat wave with 90F heat over here in DK too. Remember to drink water, Jimbo!

Station wagon? I remember those things. I see solar panels on the roof in thos cars future, lol.

Glad you are ok, love the content

just this creation alone is amazing to me.. i would love to see its abilities on just a normal every day driver.. i see great possibilities from its use.. i am very excited to see how it does when you test it and get it set up how you want it.. man do i wish i had the abilities to test this process myself.. amazing work as always

Wow that new Saturn even looks decent

You can replace parts, but we can't replace you 👍🏻 look after yourself

Jimbo the heat is no joke to scoff at, take it easy, and remember to drink water! buy a swamp cooler if you can for your shop. its to damn hott

That Saturn wagon kinda reminds me a lot of the Subaru wagon...

Installing AC in your shop yourself would make a cool video!

Stay safe Jimbo! I suggest investing on a split A/C system that doubles as a heater,too

Don't discover anything too significant, the NSA will suprise blow your head off when you get that eureka moment...... jokes/not jokes..... :D

Everyone always assumes that a rotary sensor is a potentiometer. There are such things as rotary encoders which won't wear down and start exhibiting different resistance values over time. The catch is that you need a few wires rather than just two, to convey the encoder's position as a multi-bit value. If you're already going to be using an MCU to take a potentiometer signal then you might as well just use an encoder instead because it will be almost just as easy - only the coding will be a bit more advanced - and greatly more reliable. The trick is using a grey encoder where instead of a typical multi-bit binary integer being output it only changes one bit at a time when it transitions from one value to another, whereas typical binary will have multiple bits flipping on/off when transitioning from one value to another, and rotary encoders are not 100% perfect so you might get noise values when transitioning between values. Grey encoders solve this problem, limiting the noise to just the transition between two values, which isn't a big deal in 99% of applications.

Get well soon, Dude!

I had a 2000 SL1 when I was in college, had aftermarket cruise, manual everything except the transmission *sad face* 1L engine, it was a turd, but it was a reliable turd. Also the unibody design of the car, I lost control on the highway and ended up in a ditch, tumbled the car 6x, ripped the front and rear of the car completely off, engine broke off and tumbled in the engine bay, but inside was mint, extremely safe car

The wagon is so nice