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The next challenge was guring out the electronics, which was the most time consuming piece of the puzzle. In the stock Turbo, should the wing not move, or extend up all the way, or take too long to deploy, the dreaded Spoiler warning is displayed on the instrument cluster.
It was necessary to understand the switch logic and reverse engineer what the original programmers had coded into
the cluster ECU in order to circumvent the warning. After completing the ladder logic, I made a prototype electrical gizmo with relays and programmable timers mounted to a plywood board for in-car testing. It functioned perfectly to circumvent the warning. The nal challenge was guring out how to t all of the electronic components into a small waterproof box – with that piece done, it was mission accomplished.
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