How not to wire Nitrous

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Apr 17, 2011 | 05:19 AM

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How not to wire Nitrous

I decided this winter to move my switches from the panel under the steering wheel to the ashtray.. Upon removing the panel I found quite a mess, done by a "professional" shop.. I completely rewired the nitrous.. Looks much nicer now.. I can't believe how many splices they used.. What a joke..

After

Sorry, haven't taken a pic of the switchplate. Has the usual, arm/heater/purge and added cutout and linelock to plate

**** wiring I removed

Apr 17, 2011 | 09:38 AM

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hahaha... nice professional wiring job indeed.

Apr 17, 2011 | 10:49 AM

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Nice job on the re-do! it sucks that you seldom get what you pay for!
The old saying should be re-written!

Apr 17, 2011 | 10:58 AM

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Nice job on the re-do! it sucks that you seldom get what you pay for!
The old saying should be re-written!

I couldn't believe the mess they made.. Every wire was spliced multiple times. It was like they picked pieces of wire off the floor and spliced them together until they had the length they wanted.. Pretty sad.. I sure learned a lot about wiring on the re-do.. Should of done it myself 3 years ago.. Live and learn..

Apr 17, 2011 | 04:36 PM

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Looked better then my car. I had a friend and SRE (Sutton Racing Engineering) rewire mine and it is much better.

Apr 17, 2011 | 07:05 PM

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Really, I myself have seen some "professional" jobs before that looked similar. I so wish i could afford to open my own shop, not that I am that good but it's just the fact that I care that much not to do such as you posted. I guess they figured you would never pull the panel

Apr 18, 2011 | 12:51 PM

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I am 19, a newb to nitrous, and just finished wiring my first kit and my work looks better than the shops...something wrong with that picture.

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Apr 18, 2011 | 06:23 PM

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Yep, learned my lesson.. Did the same thing as you.. Took awhile, but well worth it..

Apr 18, 2011 | 08:39 PM

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I agree you pay good money for something and get a crappy job.

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Yep, learned my lesson.. Did the same thing as you.. Took awhile, but well worth it..

I did my wiring and have done a few other cars around. If you take your time, do the job right, and make it neat, it works much better. I can not stand to trouble shoot on something that looks like a birdnest of wires. It's kind of like a pet peive of mine to make it neat. Here's a pic of my wiring job.

and my switch panel I made.

Apr 18, 2011 | 08:44 PM

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I agree you pay good money for something and get a crappy job.

I did my wiring and have done a few other cars around. If you take your time, do the job right, and make it neat, it works much better. I can not stand to trouble shoot on something that looks like a birdnest of wires. It's kind of like a pet peive of mine to make it neat. Here's a pic of my wiring job.

and my switch panel I made.

Is that pressure in the center console? Also looks a lot better Larry. I bet you are counting the days.

Apr 18, 2011 | 10:01 PM

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Nice cleanup Larry

Apr 19, 2011 | 03:25 AM

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Nice cleanup Larry

Thanks Corey, Jeremy and everyone..

Apr 19, 2011 | 05:41 AM

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very nice job Larry! Now take all that excess wire to the scrap yard to cash in for copper

there looks to be a lot of wire there

Apr 19, 2011 | 01:17 PM

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very nice job Larry! Now take all that excess wire to the scrap yard to cash in for copper

there looks to be a lot of wire there

Thanks Ryan. I am going to shove it down the throat of the guy who did it.. If he's still in business.. That's why I saved all the wiring I removed..

Apr 19, 2011 | 01:43 PM

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that was a electrical fire waiting to happen. I guess he never heard the saying measure twice cut once before. I hope you didnt go back with the crimp connectors and sodered it all together.

Apr 19, 2011 | 02:49 PM

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that was a electrical fire waiting to happen. I guess he never heard the saying measure twice cut once before. I hope you didnt go back with the crimp connectors and sodered it all together.

There's a couple in there.. But not every 6" like before.. lol