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Old 02-23-2010, 12:08 AM
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Default Pictures of my winter Race car complete re-wiring project

This winter I decided I was going to delete some electrical items from my car and also add a few things, so I just ended up rewiring the whole car. A few months ago I wired another LS car, which gave me a few ideas to use on my car. I then took it a few steps farther and made a smaller, and more compact board. I also used some new relay centers that really tighten things up. The board is made of carbon fiber, for something different and because its light. I also made a new radio plate that houses a custom 5 switch panel for the nitrous control. I forgot to take pictures of that, but will here in the next day or two. This board will completely run the whole car, from the 2 stages of nitrous down to the parking lights. Everything is wired into here and uses metri-pak connectors for each separate harness that goes out in the car. Its basically a plug and play deal, once the harnesses are made.

I had some interest in the last board I made, and I've considered marketing this design. Basically a base design board with options added along the way. Would there even be an interest in such a thing?

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I am already confused looking at the wires lol. JK looks good though.
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lookd beautiful...what do the "strips" do? theres not a fuse in them is there? and they only short to the wire firectly across them correct?
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They make it easier to trace down/fix a problem. Just unhook a circuit by unscrewing it rather than having to cut/splice wire.
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i like it...im going to be rewireing my car this year.
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Originally Posted by ryarbrough
They make it easier to trace down/fix a problem. Just unhook a circuit by unscrewing it rather than having to cut/splice wire.
hmm sounds like you could eliminate a bunch of connetions by removing them
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Wow that is freaking awesome. I love wiring and that look like it will very clean when you are done with it. Where did you happen to pick the board up at?
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hmm sounds like you could eliminate a bunch of connetions by removing them
You could... It just makes more sense to some to have everything on a board like that so it's easier to number/troubleshoot/etc. I'm positive those connections have NO negative effects on the performance of the systems to which they are linked.
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looks super-i always end up adding on to stuff, then it becomes a rats nest,
then it gets hard to trouble shoot
great job
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Brian

that looks awesome!
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
hmm sounds like you could eliminate a bunch of connetions by removing them
Terminal strips clean up the board and make it alot easier than having to run one wire to EVERYTHING. With the strips you can jumper from side to side if you have more than one thing that needs that power input or output. If you ever look at any professional wiring, it will almost all be done on terminal strips. Plus, it makes it alot easier to route wires when all you have to do is run the wires and land them on the board. They also allow you to easily check voltage and resistance within a certain circuit without having to cut/splice into the wire. If you've never wired before, its hard to understand the benefits of the terminal strips.

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Wow that is freaking awesome. I love wiring and that look like it will very clean when you are done with it. Where did you happen to pick the board up at?
I made the board and the round tube support frame around it. I ordered some carbon fiber from a local chassis shop. I then got out my tubing bender and fabricated the support frame. I also laid out the board layout on the computer so I could see what size of board I needed.

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You could... It just makes more sense to some to have everything on a board like that so it's easier to number/troubleshoot/etc. I'm positive those connections have NO negative effects on the performance of the systems to which they are linked.
No negative effects on the performance of the systems whatsoever. If anything, they have a largely positive effects as I listed above.

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Brian

that looks awesome!
So you like this one Larry?

I've revised the prices since we last talked.
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looks good but where in the hell did your k member go??
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Looks great man! I'm in the process of doing something similar to mine too.
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The only thing I can bare to get out is... WOW. my mouth hit the floor. Super clean, that is just simply amazing work.
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Originally Posted by cbra-klla
looks good but where in the hell did your k member go??

You tell me....lol
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Originally Posted by SMKN TA 95



So you like this one Larry?

I've revised the prices since we last talked.
yes..very nice. I would love to have this done to my car.

let me know once you are done and see if we could send you some customer
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DAAAAAAAAAMN Brian

That looks amazing. Excellent job sir.
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That's beautiful, makes me want to go back and redo my T/A.
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That's the cleanest wiring job I've ever seen. Great work.


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