I finally took the time to chip my Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC from
AUTOart.
After popping the hood, this is what's revealed. What one immediately notice is that it's very little space for the chip in here (as the car is apparently not designed to be chipped). Another problem is the placement of the IR LED as the drive shaft is in the center of the car.
I started by removing all the stuff inside the car, that includes both wheel axles, engine, cables and the switch with which you can choose the polarity to the engine. I then drilled the front-most hole to suitable size for the LED.
The problem here is that the dive shaft will short the LED's pins, so I tried getting it as low as I practically possible, however not all the way down as that could risk it touches something on the track. A bit of electrical tape on the LED's pcb should protect it from shortening...
I found that the chip itself can only be positioned on the left side of the motor and as far to the front as possible. The chip does also need to stand flat on the bottom which requires some cutting of plastic enforcement aligned with the rear-end of the motor's fittings.
Another problem is the light's pcb in the car body. This must be cut loose in one end and bent back as far as possible to make room for the chip (see blue frame in above pic).
After this, it's just a matter of soldering all wires together and below is the result:
Underneath you can see the IR LED between the front axle and the motor.
