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Old 12-31-2009, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by koolrayz
Anybody know what the block with the two plugs next to the two fuse blocks is?
Its part of your headlight door electrical system.
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The wiring on this car was done by Matt Garzoni at then RPM (now out of business)




All turn signals, lights etc work on the car. It was taken apart and re-wired to have the essentials including all lights and power windows/locks. It is located in the dash in their plastic holders but nicely stored for easy access for any reason.


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Wow! That looks amazing! Don't a lot of the turbo guys relocate their fuses? I'm more interested in a simple way to hide the fuse blocks, than stripping all the wires I don't need. What do you turbo guys do?
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Originally Posted by a98ws6
Wow! That looks amazing! Don't a lot of the turbo guys relocate their fuses? I'm more interested in a simple way to hide the fuse blocks, than stripping all the wires I don't need. What do you turbo guys do?
We send alot of time rewiring .

I am contemplating doing this to my current shop car. It is being built as more of a purpose Drag car then street car. However I do want it to be street legal. I still want to use the Factroy PCM and guages.

If I am gonna dump it all to re wire the car I will get a MegaSquirt system and a MSD 6010 box and call it a day. We recenttly did a FOX Mustang Coupe with a 331ci Stroker a buddy of mine owns. Ripped all the engine harness out. Re ran all the chassis harness out of sight. Wiring up a MS2 ECM and its all good. MS3 is in the beta phase now. It will run LS1 Coil On Plug ignitions too.

Sorry for the thread hijack.
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Originally Posted by koolrayz
BS3 just never seems to make the budget on the car for me.
Probably half the fuses and relays in the two blocks are currently not being used. I think I am going to get the harness out and start by cutting out everything that is not being used. It pisses me off I didnt have the time to do this last winter. I am going to pull the f&^%ing dash again and get the PCM and whats left of the fuse blocks in the car. Anybody know what the block with the two plugs next to the two fuse blocks is?

Thanks for all the replies, I always take pictures as I go. I may keep updating the first post with pictures to try and make it easier to keep track of for people.
I started mine tonight. Bs3 is not an option for me because I am keeping mt car street legal and it will not pass obd2 insp. without factory PCM. I pulled all of my wiring tonight and will start cutting out anything I dont need in the morning I will take pics as well. If you run into any trouble let me know I may be able to help. But I am also pulling my dash .
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Originally Posted by BadCompany VP WS6
The wiring on this car was done by Matt Garzoni at then RPM (now out of business)




All turn signals, lights etc work on the car. It was taken apart and re-wired to have the essentials including all lights and power windows/locks. It is located in the dash in their plastic holders but nicely stored for easy access for any reason.


So, did he go to a fuse block type of deal, or keep/relocate the stock blocks? That looks awesome. Glad to see RPM was still putting out good work until the end.
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I relocated my fuse boxes side by side mounted directly to the radiator support. Looks alot cleaner. Didn't use the plastic tray that the boxes mount to stock. Boxes aren't hidden, but looks better than the stock location
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can we seen some pics^^^^^^^
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[QUOTE=koolrayz;12687259]Anybody know what the block with the two plugs next to the two fuse blocks is?QUOTE]

Thats a controller for the headlights, only on Trans Ams.
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Im considering doing something like this when I start on my Z28 project. Anyone ever think of running the fuse boxes under the airbag cover on the passenger side? Ive got alot of wiring experience, in fact I hate wiring not really sure why im considering it...oh well
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Yes I will post a pic in a bit
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Originally Posted by fuel
can we seen some pics^^^^^^^
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Originally Posted by Josh@KY-Turbo
We send alot of time rewiring .

I am contemplating doing this to my current shop car. It is being built as more of a purpose Drag car then street car. However I do want it to be street legal. I still want to use the Factroy PCM and guages.

If I am gonna dump it all to re wire the car I will get a MegaSquirt system and a MSD 6010 box and call it a day. We recenttly did a FOX Mustang Coupe with a 331ci Stroker a buddy of mine owns. Ripped all the engine harness out. Re ran all the chassis harness out of sight. Wiring up a MS2 ECM and its all good. MS3 is in the beta phase now. It will run LS1 Coil On Plug ignitions too.

Sorry for the thread hijack.
have you guys used the megasquirt before??
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Originally Posted by cbra-klla
have you guys used the megasquirt before??
Yep. We did the Fox Mustang I posted about. I have tuned a few. Once you get it all setup up it is easy to get tuned and making power.

Use the MSD 6010 for the ignition.
Use the MS1 or MS2 for the fuel. Remove the engine harness completly or keep the bare essintail to run the gauges.
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If you arent running wipers, take the whole assembly out and put the boxes in there. There is a ton of room and it's not hard to get to. Just need to lengthen a few wires.
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Originally Posted by MrElectric03
Anyone ever think of running the fuse boxes under the airbag cover on the passenger side?
I have my pcm and one of my aftermarket fuse block in there. I hinged the air bag cover for easy access.
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Originally Posted by y2k_ta
I have my pcm and one of my aftermarket fuse block in there. I hinged the air bag cover for easy access.
I like that idea, Thanks!
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Originally Posted by y2k_ta
I have my pcm and one of my aftermarket fuse block in there. I hinged the air bag cover for easy access.
Thats what im thinking, im going to look into keeping the factory fuse block but in a full race car how many fuses are really used? Could always use an aftermarket. Do you have any pics? That just came to mind sounds like a clean setup.
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Since I have alot of electrical crap removed, I was also think of redoing the factory fuse boxes to only have one fuse box
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Originally Posted by nemss1
Since I have alot of electrical crap removed, I was also think of redoing the factory fuse boxes to only have one fuse box
That would be a good idea, just have to relabel everything so ya know what is what... but it should be doable.

I have alot of stuff out of my car too, interior panel is about 2/3 empty, exterior one has some stuff out too.... still alot in there, but I wonder how much is just redundant at this point.


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