1972 Nova ls Swap Electrical Question
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1972 Nova ls Swap Electrical Question Hey guys and gals,
I am in the middle of resto modding my nova. I just bought a wrecked 99 silverado. all complete with keys and yada yada.5.3l with 4l60. Well my plan is a super budget build.
I have pulled every wire off of the truck and plan to use it on my nova, from headlight to tail light. My questions are.
1. I want to delete all emission,s. Can this be done. and can someone point me in the direction to do so.
2. I am not going to even atempt at the ABS, so will i be okay to unpin them wires and delete them from the ecu?
I have more questions to follow but i want to keep it simple starting out. Thanks .
I am in the middle of resto modding my nova. I just bought a wrecked 99 silverado. all complete with keys and yada yada.5.3l with 4l60. Well my plan is a super budget build.
I have pulled every wire off of the truck and plan to use it on my nova, from headlight to tail light. My questions are.
1. I want to delete all emission,s. Can this be done. and can someone point me in the direction to do so.
2. I am not going to even atempt at the ABS, so will i be okay to unpin them wires and delete them from the ecu?
I have more questions to follow but i want to keep it simple starting out. Thanks .
Id buy an American Autowire harness for the car and strip the truck engine harness down to the bare essentials and power it up off the AA fuseblock. You could use all the truck stuff like your thinking but it will be a giant mess. IMO.
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I'd like to be able to go that route, but I don't have the funds. The other reason for keeping the wiring is that I'm going to use the bcm and truck cluster. Thanks
How bad is the original wiring harness in your Nova? Personally if it's decent, I would keep it. There are several fuse boxes in the Silverado that are going to be hard to find room for and mount, not to mention how many splices you're going to end up with by using the whole harness. Running the BCM alone, intigrating it into your stock harness isn't hard, but it's more wiring. Also, you're going to need the headlight switch if you're wanting the automatic headlights to work. As for the emission stuff and ABS, you can just remove the wires and have it tuned for no emissions.
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How bad is the original wiring harness in your Nova? Personally if it's decent, I would keep it. There are several fuse boxes in the Silverado that are going to be hard to find room for and mount, not to mention how many splices you're going to end up with by using the whole harness. Running the BCM alone, intigrating it into your stock harness isn't hard, but it's more wiring. Also, you're going to need the headlight switch if you're wanting the automatic headlights to work. As for the emission stuff and ABS, you can just remove the wires and have it tuned for no emissions.
Ok i still have the truck headlight switch, so i can figure on grafting it in somehow, cause the auto lights would be cool. I understand its going to be alot of work, but being on a super tight budget with a baby on the way, i guess i have the time...lol
As far as the emisions, i can remove all that, plug the holes in the intake and such and then just remove the wires and reprgram the ecm?
I do need to keep the upstream 02's right? Thanks for all the help.
ls Swap Electrical Question i am useing all harness out of a truck but not the fuses boxes will use aftermarket plan on having all acc off of truck auto lites,inside lites,auto start,tpms,cluster, will use lite switch mounted under dash and senser in top of dash with auto lites will never need to use the switch, all lite will work from bcm. if you need more info pm me have most wiring Schematics for trucks
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i am useing all harness out of a truck but not the fuses boxes will use aftermarket plan on having all acc off of truck auto lites,inside lites,auto start,tpms,cluster, will use lite switch mounted under dash and senser in top of dash with auto lites will never need to use the switch, all lite will work from bcm. if you need more info pm me have most wiring Schematics for trucks
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It can be done and you will have a better system than original. I did it using a 4th gen Camaro harness. It did take a while but I have VATS, the factory alarm, etc. Shoot me a PM and I will send you my wiring spreadsheet to help get you started. The ABS is possible but it takes a lot of room and you will have to get the ATS front spindles so you can run sensors in the front. It was not worth it to me.
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It can be done and you will have a better system than original. I did it using a 4th gen Camaro harness. It did take a while but I have VATS, the factory alarm, etc. Shoot me a PM and I will send you my wiring spreadsheet to help get you started. The ABS is possible but it takes a lot of room and you will have to get the ATS front spindles so you can run sensors in the front. It was not worth it to me.
Also ill be taking pictures along the way and doing a thread for those that would be interested.
Thanks for the reply. I dont have the existing harness for the nova. It was all hacked up when i got it. Someone tried to make the car a drag car.
Ok i still have the truck headlight switch, so i can figure on grafting it in somehow, cause the auto lights would be cool. I understand its going to be alot of work, but being on a super tight budget with a baby on the way, i guess i have the time...lol
As far as the emisions, i can remove all that, plug the holes in the intake and such and then just remove the wires and reprgram the ecm?
I do need to keep the upstream 02's right? Thanks for all the help.
Ok i still have the truck headlight switch, so i can figure on grafting it in somehow, cause the auto lights would be cool. I understand its going to be alot of work, but being on a super tight budget with a baby on the way, i guess i have the time...lol
As far as the emisions, i can remove all that, plug the holes in the intake and such and then just remove the wires and reprgram the ecm?
I do need to keep the upstream 02's right? Thanks for all the help.
Put a SBC/TH350 in it and enjoy it until you can afford to make the switch.
If you get all the schematics you can do it. It won't be easy, but it can be done. One thing you won't like about using the truck cluster is the ABS light. It's going to stay on all the time.
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Here is a link to my build, incase anyone wants to see it from the begining. Thanks
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...l#post16992875
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...l#post16992875
