WC's never ending s13 project

[spooled240]

how do you like the light up key ring? I want one for my s14 but idk if it will work.

thanks for the pics man, i appreciate it. I've been wanting to do a straight canister type exhaust like yours but I could never find anyone that has even done it or had any pics at least.

[White Comet]

how do you like the light up key ring? I want one for my s14 but idk if it will work.

thanks for the pics man, i appreciate it. I've been wanting to do a straight canister type exhaust like yours but I could never find anyone that has even done it or had any pics at least.

thanks, glad you like it. i'm pretty pleased with it. i havent messed with the lit king ring sicne i dont have a bulb for it yet. i'm gonna order a bunch of leds for the cluster and key ring and other stuff.

keegan stopped by the other night to wrap up the alarm and a few homeless wires. so now everything is pretty much good to go and i'm just wrapping everything up for good, except i ran out of e tape

heres the harness that goes from the ecu to the dash

i removed everything i didn't need and instead of cutting, depinned what wasnt being used

finished product

and just as a refernece for those just venturing into the world of wiring, if you're solder joints don't look like this you're doing it wrong

i'm picking up more tape and finishing it up, but i did nothing today

[hbpignosePA]

looks like im doin it wrong

i know the idea/concept but i cant get the technique down

and i is a visual learner sooooo

can i haz help plz

[White Comet]

not a prob, this might be helpful to a couple people. the way keegan showed me does it perfect everytime. after you twist the wire ends together, hold the tip of the gun on the underside of the wire. after a little time ( the thicker the wire, the longer it takes) the soldering gun will heat the whole thing. hold your solder on top and the heat will pull it down through the wire, permitting the solder to penetrate inside between the strands and not just coat the outside. this gives the strongest bond and as a bonus you don't get a bulge from a blob of solder on the outside

[spooled240]

when i first started i used to melt the flux wire and drip it on the wire and that didn't really hold anything and looked like crap.

i like to kind of hold the wire with my soldering gun and push down on the top of the wire with the flux. AFter a while the wire will get hot enough and the flux will begin to melt and look like it's getting sucked in the wire. That is a beautiful sight lol

[Bumnah]

Electrical tape? No heat shrink?! Amateur.

[White Comet]

i like to kind of hold the wire with my soldering gun and push down on the top of the wire with the flux. AFter a while the wire will get hot enough and the flux will begin to melt and look like it's getting sucked in the wire. That is a beautiful sight lol

thats exactly what i described

Electrical tape? No heat shrink?! Amateur.

i used heat shrink on a lot of the big stuff but its almost impossible and not worth it to do on every little thing

[Didderson]

Bumnah's just being a jerk, you fine with tape lol.

That solder joint is too long, and probably not hot enough. Maybe it was my fail, probably attributed to my $15 solder iron.Great to know everything wiring wise is finally finished since you maybe didn't know how to finish it yourself or you would have done it weeks ago lol.

[Bumnah]

Figured people would catch on to my sarcasm by now...

[mattblancarte]

I've always thought of you as a straight shooter, Amrit.

[mRodiek]

I picked up on it a long time ago

[White Comet]

Figured people would catch on to my sarcasm by now...

i did know you weren't serious, but that doesnt mean i'm not gonna defend myself. i got more work and pics and i'll have em uploaded tonight, always check out my brother's thread later to see some of my photography skills

[White Comet]

Bumnah's just being a jerk, you fine with tape lol.

That solder joint is too long, and probably not hot enough. Maybe it was my fail, probably attributed to my $15 solder iron.Great to know everything wiring wise is finally finished since you maybe didn't know how to finish it yourself or you would have done it weeks ago lol.

yeah the wiring is now taken care of with keegan's help. theres still one little plug that doesnt have a home but it's unimportant. everything else was traced down easily, the biggest thing was i had no idea on the alarm, and i didnt even want to attempt it since it was already half way done

[Didderson]

Aw come on now. I didn't mean u were a jerk for real. Like the songggggggggggggg, Teddy should come in here and dance it for us because I fail at it!

[White Comet]

lots more done with lots more pics. i'm too tired to post pics now but heres a previewic piping painted and installed for both sides

[mRodiek]

[White Comet]

heres a quick update before i run over to work on the car. as you can tell from the teaser pic, the ic piping is done. since my last couplers and clamps came in i was able to mock up and finish the lower section of the cold pipe. as you can see, its just a 90 degree bend that i trimmed and painted

and i gave the hot pipe side one last coat as well

i took another pic of a good solder joint just cuz i think the last pic is a little blurry

i wired up the last few wires on the pass side then started mounting things like the ecu. i unbolted it cuz i didnt like the harness coming in front of the dash bar, so i unbolted the dash bar and slipped the harness behind it

here you can see the harness behind the dash bar

redid the cluster subharness since i had it unwrapped

and heres more finished ic shots

i decided that the tt will live in the glove box this time so i extended the wiring for that

and everything on the driver side is getting mounted, or at least getting figured out where its going

heading over to work on it now and i hope to have all the wiring mounted and secured today

[White Comet]

heres more of an update once again. the headlights are finally working like they should be, thanks to mge showing me up. i made a newb mistake and didn't bother to bolt down some of the grounds since they went to "unrelated" things, but of course it's all part of the same electrical system so nothing is really unrelated. after hooking up every single ground the headlights are working perfectly, and i'm pretty sure i know exactly which ground was the culprit. next up we took a look at the headlight subharness and this would explain why 2 of my 3 subharnesses adon't workso i went a picked up one of those plugs from advanced.

earlier in the day i picked up some stubby wrenches so i could tighten the nuts for the manifold. i then got the turbo back on and the rest of the hot pipe as well.

i also realized that i need a vac nipple coming off the intake pipe for the catch can. since my cs catch can comes with 2 diff sizes of nipples i decided to take one of the smaller ones and cut it and have it welded onto the intake pipe. then that will go to the other small nipple on the can and the other side will have the large nipple going to the vc. well i had this whole idea at like 4:45 and the local amish shop that does my machine work (i'm not set up to weld aluminum) closes at around 4:30 and 5. i got there just before 5 hoping that someone would still be there to give the project to and then i figured they could do it tomorrow. well they welded it for me while i waited for $5, gotta love the amish.

[spooled240]

it's coming together =]

some people have 20,000 dollars into their car but people like you and me have hours and hours of work which makes the car more unique and special IMO.

[Didderson]

Really good update man. It's nice to see it finally rounding the final corner.

Too bad it took really long, but at least everything is as perfect as you can make it, so for that I commend you greatly. Miles ahead of your last shell.

[White Comet]

it's coming together =]

some people have 20,000 dollars into their car but people like you and me have hours and hours of work which makes the car more unique and special IMO.

yeah i agree. right now it feels like i'm dumping all my time and money into it

Really good update man. It's nice to see it finally rounding the final corner.

Too bad it took really long, but at least everything is as perfect as you can make it, so for that I commend you greatly. Miles ahead of your last shell.

yeah it took forever but i'm pleased with the work that i've done. i Have lots more pics to upload and even a write up on a solution to corroded/rusted light bulb sockets. lots of big updates coming soon. expect roughly 1 update a day

[idahotuner]

dude jeff. i think it be sick to black out, powder coat everything black in the engine bay.

[duffman1278]

Ben is posting.....AGAIN?!?!? he's back lol

[mRodiek]

Ben is posting.....AGAIN?!?!? he's back lol

I thought the same thing lol

I cant wait to see your car running WC

[S133P3R]

yeah good point. i forgot to mention it in here, but before anyone worries about the paint i did my home work and went with a specific paint that even helps dissipate heat evenly.

any info on your special paint?(lets bump this b**** to 50pages, i wanna see this thing in a lake!)but seriously, paint info please?

[spooled240]

just start quoting those long a** posts with a ton of pics

[S133P3R]

just start quoting those long a** posts with a ton of pics

id rather just quote the pics individually so i can be more specific with my questions.... that thing will be sleepin with the fishes in no time.

[White Comet]

dude jeff. i think it be sick to black out, powder coat everything black in the engine bay.

ehh it would but someone else can try that, lol i like the contrast from black to polished metal

I thought the same thing lol

I cant wait to see your car running WC

i'm only a few minutes of work away from it firing up. just have to connect the last turbo line. well actually it'll probably be more then a few minutes, it's fought the whole way so far

any info on your special paint?(lets bump this b**** to 50pages, i wanna see this thing in a lake!)but seriously, paint info please?

its vht brand and it says flame proof on it, its a high heat dissipating ceramic paint. as for my car swimming with the fishes, sorry but its too close and i have confidence in the engine harness since all other wiring from the tuck has been flawless

i have more pics that i haven't uploaded yet but will soon but i'm working on a write up right now since i have nothing better to do then wait around at 5:30 in the morning

[1sikS13]

So you are running an external wastegate correct? If so are you gonna dun an open wasteaget dump or you gonna reroute it into the exhaust

[White Comet]

i have pics a few pages back, but i have an open dump from the wg