the wire tuck pic thread

[OutlawLui]

My semi tuck




Still have a long way to go

[s13beast]

I can haz in?

[StryfeS13]

Didn't really know where to post this question other than here.

When you guys are relocating your fusebox to the glovebox (s13) or where the airbag was (s14), what are you doing with your fuse box power wires that plug into the lower tranny harness and the EFI plugs?

[GSXRJJordan]

The fusebox will still need battery power, no matter where it is. As far as "EFI Plugs", do you mean the S13's plugs to the engine harness? For S13 just turn them around and run them back into the passenger footwell area. For S14, that stuff all changes, but you're still passing all the power/triggers through the M63/F3 plug anyway.

[C-unit]

chassis harness is tucked

[StryfeS13]

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

The fusebox will still need battery power, no matter where it is. As far as "EFI Plugs", do you mean the S13's plugs to the engine harness? For S13 just turn them around and run them back into the passenger footwell area. For S14, that stuff all changes, but you're still passing all the power/triggers through the M63/F3 plug anyway.

Yeah I know it needs battery power. I'm talking about the 3 connectors that usually plug into the fuse box on S13's that are part of the lower transmission harness. Just cut and extend or what?

And yeah I meant the plugs that go to the engine harness. The brown one and gray one.

Thanks

[GSXRJJordan]

You still need to connect to the trans harness, although you can change the alternator and starter solenoid wiring if you want to get fancy and lose those two useless connectors.

[lalo167]

What wire do you guys recommend to extend the injector wires? I'm trying to run the harness through the manifold. Will I have to extend anything else?

[benarovi]

same gauge as stock wire. I forgot size I recently did mine. I also extended the CAS and MAF at the same time, ran the maf behind the motor. you might have to extend the cas

[lalo167]

Originally Posted by benarovi

same gauge as stock wire. I forgot size I recently did mine. I also extended the CAS and MAF at the same time, ran the maf behind the motor. you might have to extend the cas

I'm having trouble finding the size, and any idea on how long to extend the wires?

[GSXRJJordan]

Originally Posted by lalo167

I'm having trouble finding the size, and any idea on how long to extend the wires?

Depends on the engine, KA is different than S13 SR, which is different than S14/S15 SR. RB's it depends on which manifold you're using.

20ga wire is fine, stock is 18ga for injectors.

[lalo167]

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

Depends on the engine, KA is different than S13 SR, which is different than S14/S15 SR. RB's it depends on which manifold you're using.

20ga wire is fine, stock is 18ga for injectors.

Stock KA24DE

[drft-s12]

[EvoVIII808]

im not the best at reading wire schematics but looking at the FSM (EL-21) can i remove the 4 Retract Relays and get rid of all that wiring that runs to them. I have a Silvia front and really want to clean up the main harness going across the front end.
I have already removed the plugs/wire for the headlight motors.

[GSXRJJordan]

Originally Posted by lalo167

Stock KA24DE

I think the overall length from under the manifold to the injector is about 7" on my KA stuff. Easy enough to measure...

Originally Posted by EvoVIII808

im not the best at reading wire schematics but looking at the FSM (EL-21) can i remove the 4 Retract Relays and get rid of all that wiring that runs to them. I have a Silvia front and really want to clean up the main harness going across the front end.
I have already removed the plugs/wire for the headlight motors.

Yup, can def lose the headlight/retract relays when you go Silvia front.

[EvoVIII808]

Alright. Thanks a bunch. This is going to git rid of a lot of useless wires.

[EvoVIII808]

Started my full tuck.

[shaggy sr]

Originally Posted by s13beast

I can haz in?

i like the way it looks simple. what parts should i remove and tuck something around the bay? semi wire tuck.

[GSXRJJordan]

Besides the engine harness, the chassis harness/fusebox/relay box and battery are the big ones.

[tricky_ab]

Originally Posted by EvoVIII808

Started my full tuck.

You're going to wrap these...right?

[EvoVIII808]

Yup, they are wrapped. Been doing bit by bit and placing things where I want them as I go. Tomorrow it will be complete. Only thing on the sides now are headlight wires. Harness ran across the dash and over to glove box. Lower engine harness comes through the tranny tunnel. Not as clean as the others I have seen, but it gets the job done.

[Super_OK_S13]

Excuse the not painted-ness... this is my engine harness. the chassis comes out on the sides just like EVOVIII808 did. this is also before i built the new core support and lower rad support..

[Matej]

Would this hidden under the radiator support be sufficient for cooling an SR?
Griffin Aluminum Drag Race Radiators 2-55185-XC - SummitRacing.com




I would go with the radiator option that uses an in-line filler neck, but other than that it would be identical to the kit above.


Another shroud option is this one made by Flex-a-lite.

[Matej]

Saved these pictures from members on here, but I do not recall who they are.

[Matt.]

some cool stuff here getting ideas

[GSXRJJordan]

Yeah that'll do fine, especially if it's ducted from the bumper inlet to the radiator.

Tek18b_Jimmy, your engine harness looks solid, but is that white heat shrink at the ends of your FR braided loom just normal polyolefin stuff, or adhesive-lined? That loom will pull out of the heat shrink over time with vibration if you didn't use adhesive heat shrink.

[Super_OK_S13]

Thanks GSXRJJORDAN- unfortunatly i didnt know about the sticky shrink tube in white when i did it. so i electrical taped the ends of the loom to the wire clusters, then used heat shrink on it. if need be, i will find the sticky kind of white heat shrink and de-pin at the connectors and try again.

i did pull on the loom and it didn't really want to pull through the heat shrink.

[the.SHOP]

[sr20detconv]

Mine

From this:


to this:




To finaly this:

[sil14zenki]

^looks good
when i first did my swap

how it looked last year

now tubs and going to change engine bay color for 2013