well I sold the ninja. it needed some maintenance and a kid I know through work needed transportation in a bad way while his Miata is getting fitted and tuned for a turbo. he paid me what I had in it and I reinvested the money into the 40! so heres updates so far. its now my main focus. im getting married in less than 60 days and moving in February across the states. onto the project!
for now I mocked the brake calipers up with washers on one side to see how things sit. I took measurements of the bracket I need fabricated and sent it off to my fab guy so im just waiting on that now...
and gave it its first bath in about 8 months or more haha still no clear coat and its been a year
then I hit the youtube up to learn more about my vac lines and printed a page out of the FSM (I saw you guys cant host the FSM link anymore- shame. hope its ok I post it!)
Now onto the fun parts!
As I previously posted I had gutted my OEM gauge cluster and fitted it with a CNC plate for custom gauges, BUT I saw a part I've always lusted after and went for it...
Which brings me to where Im at now... the wiring. It hasn't been as bad as I imagined, in fact its quite simple. Battery power goes to a fuse block, the fuses then go out to a relay (a relay is just an electromagnetic switch trigged by the switches), power sits on the relay until the switch is flipped which when doing so a coil is energized in the relay which creates magnetism causing a little metal contact to be pulled into place completing the circuit and sending power to the component. so the relay is basically just a big switch that is triggered by a little switch, and used for high voltage applications such as the starter or fuel pump, or headlights, wiper motor, ect. its triggered by a low voltage switch cuz well its safer that way. so my power goes from battery, to fuse block, to relay, to a distribution block (for ease of wiring or adding additional wiring later). this picture is kinda like what im building but mine will be slightly different. one of his blocks is for the trigger switches, one for accessory on position of the switch (with the one wire to it in the lower right), one block for the components, and one block for the grounds.
*fused power in from fuse block in upper right corner black wires | red wires = trigger switches | green = components | white = grounds. **I think anyways
I have some of my wiring leads already daily-chain-linked, soldered using oem pigtails, braided together, tapped up, wrapped in loom, and taped again and ran and tucked in the bay as well as the same treatment for the headlight home runs, and turn signals, the tag lighting will be wired separately for... reasons...
I also bought a good used engine wiring harness off a friend and pulled it all apart, it looked solid underneath, and I know it was on a running car that it just got pulled for an SR swap so I trust it will work. I did find 3 or 4 spots where someone had done a patch job. I strengthened their crimp work with some solder and heat shrunk it, rewrapped everything in tape, loomed it all up, ALL of it, and taped it again for added measures... (oh yeah I also installed the injectors and fuel rail BTdubs)
unsure where this plug goes TBH...
or these really...
and the terminal doesnt match my temp sensor... I have 3 bolts on my valve cover so its an s13 engine, but this manifold came off the other s14 engine I had. the guy I picked the block and head up from just had it rebuilt, it felt smooth and still had fresh assembly lube on the crank, cylinder walls looked fresh as well, but he told me it was from an Altima I think he said? how would I know and why would it matter?
It was also already hacked on the dash plug...
OK so I have a few questions: forgive me ive tried searching the forums for months and im still lost on this as far as my application goes...
1) I have no dash harness. is it possible to wire thing like the fuel pump to the key'd ignition without a dash harness? surely someone has done this. I was told the orange wire on the dash connector is the ignition start signal- but what does this wire to? is it for the ecu signal to the pump to turn on? is that my relays "switch" to turn it on? or does this orange wire go to the key or elsewhere??
2) What needs to be hooked where exactly on the key switch/ lock cylinder... like just the radio on the ACC and the starter relayed to the RUN position of the switch? does the fuel pump need to be wired to the switch at all and if so in both the ACC and RUN positions???
3) I saw they sell a 5spd engine harness online... I thought the manuals didn't require a harness really... just hardwire some reverse lights in (on a switch- the only thing I might put on a switch) and wire the speed sensor... which im also lost about... does the speed sensor wire to the ECU or just straight to the gauge? i heard the trans harness has the alternator and o2 plugs on it though and ill need that...
I think that covers everything. I know how to put my fans to run off the sensor rather than a switch, I figured out how to wire the headlights to the OEM stalk switch, so if I can tackle this fuel pump and ignition wiring, I shouldn't really have any switches for anything at all but accessory lighting, and all I lack is engine oil, trans fluid, and running some wires and im on the road with her!
also on order I just got my new knock sensor and ignition control unit in the mail today, and waiting on some aftermarket aero mirrors I ordered, a rear drift armor bash bar with the jackpoint, chase bays fuel line kit with FPR, and a few other goodies... the fun parts are starting to come in as things finish up. for now its just a little restoration for a fun daily. after that who knows, maybe ill keep it and swap engines one day or turbo this KA... stay tuned!