I've had this idea for a few years, and now that I have the radiator and condenser out, I'm considering doing it.
I want to put a neon (or more than one) light in the grille mounted to the back side of the bumper (shown in the pic in yellow) where the tube itself can not be seen. It would be off all the time except for when you are at WOT, then as the rpms hit about 3000 it would start to slowly (low duty cycle, like on 5% of the time) flicker on, and as the rpms go up, the flickering would get faster (high duty cycle, like on 95% of the time). As soon as the throttle is let off (the rpms start to drop) it goes completely off. This would all be controlled by a dedicated microprocessor (microcontroller) based electronics circuit.
I'm trying to figure out the color or colors that could look cool. I'm thinking 1/2 red, 1/2 orange (as shown in pic), then the intended effect would be that the engine bay is making so much power that it is glowing fire red hot. Of course, the on-off control of the lights is extremely important. I think this color selection and contol came from (in my head) mixing the images of a glowing red hot exhaust header with the fire burning out of the exhaust of a Top Fuel dragster. Thoughts on color selection?
I'm going to have a new Fluidyne and no condenser, so it would probably reflect well off the radiator.
Now, I'm not really down with automotive neon, but perhaps I could make an exception for a cool effect.
ANY AND ALL COMMENTS or SUGGESTIONS are desired! Like color choices, tube selection, operation, whatever.
Thanks,
Rick
I want to put a neon (or more than one) light in the grille mounted to the back side of the bumper (shown in the pic in yellow) where the tube itself can not be seen. It would be off all the time except for when you are at WOT, then as the rpms hit about 3000 it would start to slowly (low duty cycle, like on 5% of the time) flicker on, and as the rpms go up, the flickering would get faster (high duty cycle, like on 95% of the time). As soon as the throttle is let off (the rpms start to drop) it goes completely off. This would all be controlled by a dedicated microprocessor (microcontroller) based electronics circuit.
I'm trying to figure out the color or colors that could look cool. I'm thinking 1/2 red, 1/2 orange (as shown in pic), then the intended effect would be that the engine bay is making so much power that it is glowing fire red hot. Of course, the on-off control of the lights is extremely important. I think this color selection and contol came from (in my head) mixing the images of a glowing red hot exhaust header with the fire burning out of the exhaust of a Top Fuel dragster. Thoughts on color selection?
I'm going to have a new Fluidyne and no condenser, so it would probably reflect well off the radiator.
Now, I'm not really down with automotive neon, but perhaps I could make an exception for a cool effect.
ANY AND ALL COMMENTS or SUGGESTIONS are desired! Like color choices, tube selection, operation, whatever.
Thanks,
Rick