started to gather things for all the wiring next.
went to install the wiring specialties harness and since it was made for the fuse box being in the stock location, by moving it over to make room for the intercooler piping a few of the plugs didn't reach it now. so i had to make some extension harnesses. good thing i still had my oem harness and a spare chassis harness laying around that i could cut the plugs from. these actually ended up being too long but i've shortened them a little more since taking these pics and they fit perfect now.
the original oxygen sensor was badly dented in a couple of spots so i got a new bosch universal unit that showed to cross reference to the oem one. cut to length, new pins crimped on, and original connector back on. good to go.
speaking of o2 sensor, bought a plx dm6 wideband. still need to get it mounted up in the downpipe.
and speaking of gauges, i sold my old greddy ones a while back since they lit up orange (even though it said red) and got some speedhut gauges instead. went with white background with red letters and red backlight in boost, water temp, oil temp, and oil pressure. should look sweet. so i'll have a total of 5 gauges now including the wideband. 3 in the center vent and 2 on the a-pillar.
collection of supplies to do all the power and ground cables:
got an optima redtop battery with side post connections. 1/0 gauge power cable rated to 375A, and 1/0 gauge and 4 gauge ground cables. lug connectors & boots, cable protector/sleeving for running the power cable through the chassis to the trunk, 300 amp fuse, battery terminals, firewall boot, and new oem positive connector cover.
some cables made up
made a bracket to mount the battery post on the passenger wheel well in the engine bay. the idea here is simply connect the battery to the original ring terminal positive cable without cutting & joining things. the cable that runs from the battery to the front will be sandwiched under the post and isolated from the chassis to prevent shorting.
ran the cable through the hood ledge, firewall grommet, into the rocker void, and over the rear wheel arch to the trunk, then across to the driver side where i will be mounting the battery with a billet aluminum tray.
made a tab to mount the fuse to and welded it onto the side of the tray
also put together a subharness for all the speedhut gauge sensors and ran it through the same firewall grommet and across the firewall behind the engine harness.
by then i was just about ready to get everything powder coated.
all the brackets i made, plus rear sway bar brackets, battery tray, fan spacer, brake master heat shield. and all the intercooler piping & coolant pipe
back from being coated!
drilled/tapped the turbo outlet elbow with a 90 degree hose barb for vac/boost line
all piping installed. whooooooooooo i love it...
starting to come together!
threw a sheet of DEI reflect-a-gold on the brake master heat shield & installed.
and you can see the AN fittings on the valve covers in those last few pics. bought all earls fittings & hose. $$$$$$
made my first AN line, -6 power steering low pressure line from rack to cooler. still need to make all the others.
so that's about it for now. i feel like i'm really close to first start up!
things left to do:
-finish wiring and plugging everything in
-finish making AN lines
-run all vacuum lines
-connect heater hoses/radiator hoses
-weld bungs in downpipe for wideband and crankcase evac
-test fit/connect exhaust
-trim & fit r32 radiator shroud
-add fluids
that should be most of it. i'm hoping to get this thing fired up in the next month or so depending on how much i can get done. can't wait!
as always, thanks for looking!