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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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Question Which wiring harness for a Ls Swap?

no matter what car or truck that your putting it in.
which harness or who's harness do you suggest?
who's got the better deal?
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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oh i dont have a harness and im really not patient enough to build one from scratch.
might have someone that could help build one,i just dont have a harness currently.
was looking at this guys harness.
http://www.larryselectricsite.com/LS1.html
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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If you're going to mod your own harness, F body harnesses are the easiest and cleanest. Alot less wires than a truck harness.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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If you absolutely have to buy a 'built' harness, you can't go wrong with a Speartech harness, give John a call, tell him what you're working on. He is always here offering assistance.

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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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I built mine out of a F-body Harness..
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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I'm building mine out of a truck harness... lots of wire to get rid of.
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 05:29 AM
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I'm using a truck harness with the fuse box also. It wasn't bad at all to pull the wires not needed out. I got rid of a bunch of wires out of my harness.
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 05:56 AM
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I got my harness from Current Performance Wiring....
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got mine from techrods...very happy with it..
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Built my own, and several others
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Originally Posted by bjamick
I'm using a truck harness with the fuse box also. It wasn't bad at all to pull the wires not needed out. I got rid of a bunch of wires out of my harness.
you have any pictures of your harness?

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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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u not going carb no more?
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 06:50 PM
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If you were to use a corvette one with a DBW is it tough to convert to standard cable driven TB? Any disadvantages to Corvette harness?
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by NemeSS
u not going carb no more?
possible different project,s-10
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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I have heard alot of good things about techrods harness...
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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I personally have not used one of Larry's harnesses, but I have been to his shop a couple of times. He was very helpful and knowledgeable and was willing to talk as long as I wanted without the guarantee of a sale. Not sure if that helps you out or not??
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 06:23 AM
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I melted down a bunch of pennies and made my own wire, stranded and twisted it by straining it through a calendar, then coated it with high temp insulation I made from composite plastics I had laying around, colored the wires as needed with food die, and then used all of that to build my own harness.
Assembled my own engine computer with old parts I had from Broken Pacman Machines, and an Apple IIe.

It's not that tough, just takes time, you guys should try it.
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Jones'n
I melted down a bunch of pennies and made my own wire, stranded and twisted it by straining it through a calendar, then coated it with high temp insulation I made from composite plastics I had laying around, colored the wires as needed with food die, and then used all of that to build my own harness.
Assembled my own engine computer with old parts I had from Broken Pacman Machines, and an Apple IIe.

It's not that tough, just takes time, you guys should try it.
LOL!! wise guy...
plug in connectors,fuse block,relays,nothing to start with at all.
which direction would you go?
even if you didnt have a Pacman machine,or Atari
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 11:45 AM
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I'm cheap, am modifying my own from the truck harness with the 6.0. In the past, I've used harness' in their entirety using ALL the donor componants, including VATS, not knowing how to do it nor where to start. It doesn't seem that hard now that I've jumped into doing my own. I say that, before I've gotten it together and the engine running...
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y u dont post on carbedlsx no more?
i got some pics of my parts on there now and more comin
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