2002 Ford ZX2, automatic transmission
Thank you for checking out my ZX2! This page was last updated on August 11, 2008.
I call this project the Excelsior X2000. As the Starship Excelsior was the successor to the Enterprise in Star Trek, this car is the successor to my previous project. The designation of X2000 refers to Experimental vehicle with a 2 liter engine.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE MODIFICATIONS THAT I'VE DONE TO MY CAR ARE EITHER FOR SHOW OR FOR INTERIOR FUNCTIONS. In no way am I suggesting that anything I have done is a performance modification. My engine is totally stock, and therefore my car is no faster than any other ZX2 with an automatic transmission.
THE SWITCHES AND DISPLAYS IN THIS CAR ARE FUNCTIONAL! As I have encountered feedback about the car, it seems that many people believe that most of the interior switches do not do anything. While there are a few switches that are not yet hooked up, the rest of them do actually work! I've added a dedicated page (Page 5) to this site that describes the function of all the switches and displays for anyone who is interested.
Page 1: Interior pictures, two exterior pictures
Page 2: Interior pictures continued
Page 3: Exterior pictures
Page 4: Archives; previous modifications that have been changed
Page 5: Detail description of the controls and displays
Page 6: Added detail of the Commodore 64 car computer
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Here are two views of the exterior of the vehicle:
MORE IMAGES OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE ARE ON PAGE 3.
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A wide view of the interior and the passenger side control panel:
Close-up views of the overhead control panels. The gauges on the left are for vacuum and volts. The screen on the right is a display for a Commodore 64 computer system. This computer can track vehicle performance and direction:
Passenger side overhead panel and additional overhead controls:
Close-up view of a digital-style gauge overlay I made, as well as a fuel mileage estimator:
The fuel mileage estimator is essentially a back-lit slide rule. After filling the tank, I can use switches to select one of four different amounts of fuel entered (9.4, 9.8, 10.2, or 10.6 gallons), which lights up a different light pattern. I can then slide this pattern so that one side points to the number of miles I drove before filling up, and the other side points to the average miles per gallon. I can also use the slider to get an MPG estimate if I filled the tank with a different amount of fuel than one of the values stated above.
More information on the digital-style overlay is on Page 2.
Views of the dash and navigation panel with Garmin navigation system:
The center console. Many of the controls on the console are for the Commodore 64 computer system. The gauge is an altimeter/barometer. The 5.25-inch floppy drive for the computer is in the image on the left:
