Sooooo I did a *little* engine bay cleanup/rewiring
01-10-2010, 03:36 AM
#21
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 24
Maybe I'm the only one... but I think you need to be off your head to attempt that with a modern car. Unless you REALLY know what you're doing!?
Even if all's well after surgery, this car could be frought with electrical problems days / weeks / years down the line. Electrical gremlin's could quite easily manifest themselves. I hope your connections are good, because if they are not... dampness will creep in before long creating some of these electrical gremlins.
As for taking off the front fender to mount the ECU.... really?
Unless you are planning on turning your Mustang into a gleaming show car with the hood up 50% of the time... I don't see the point.
Like I've mentioned already, I hope you know what your are doing because if you don't, be prepared for some heartache later on down the line.
BTW, if you were selling your car and I was a potential buyer. One look under the hood and I would be gone.
Otherwise, if you DO know what your are doing. Good on you. But I still wouldn't buy it from you!
Cheers
Dazza
Even if all's well after surgery, this car could be frought with electrical problems days / weeks / years down the line. Electrical gremlin's could quite easily manifest themselves. I hope your connections are good, because if they are not... dampness will creep in before long creating some of these electrical gremlins.
As for taking off the front fender to mount the ECU.... really?
Unless you are planning on turning your Mustang into a gleaming show car with the hood up 50% of the time... I don't see the point.
Like I've mentioned already, I hope you know what your are doing because if you don't, be prepared for some heartache later on down the line.
BTW, if you were selling your car and I was a potential buyer. One look under the hood and I would be gone.
Otherwise, if you DO know what your are doing. Good on you. But I still wouldn't buy it from you!
Cheers
Dazza
01-10-2010, 10:29 AM
#24
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: San Antonio TX
Posts: 453
Maybe I'm the only one... but I think you need to be off your head to attempt that with a modern car. Unless you REALLY know what you're doing!?
Even if all's well after surgery, this car could be frought with electrical problems days / weeks / years down the line. Electrical gremlin's could quite easily manifest themselves. I hope your connections are good, because if they are not... dampness will creep in before long creating some of these electrical gremlins.
As for taking off the front fender to mount the ECU.... really?
Unless you are planning on turning your Mustang into a gleaming show car with the hood up 50% of the time... I don't see the point.
Like I've mentioned already, I hope you know what your are doing because if you don't, be prepared for some heartache later on down the line.
BTW, if you were selling your car and I was a potential buyer. One look under the hood and I would be gone.
Otherwise, if you DO know what your are doing. Good on you. But I still wouldn't buy it from you!
Cheers
Dazza
Even if all's well after surgery, this car could be frought with electrical problems days / weeks / years down the line. Electrical gremlin's could quite easily manifest themselves. I hope your connections are good, because if they are not... dampness will creep in before long creating some of these electrical gremlins.
As for taking off the front fender to mount the ECU.... really?
Unless you are planning on turning your Mustang into a gleaming show car with the hood up 50% of the time... I don't see the point.
Like I've mentioned already, I hope you know what your are doing because if you don't, be prepared for some heartache later on down the line.
BTW, if you were selling your car and I was a potential buyer. One look under the hood and I would be gone.
Otherwise, if you DO know what your are doing. Good on you. But I still wouldn't buy it from you!
Cheers
Dazza
Hater.
Looks amazing, I'm a big believer in a wire free engine bay, and you did an excellent job. Looks great.
01-10-2010, 07:34 PM
#27
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 34
Americaniron - funny you should mention that. I had started out with intentions of making a DIY but it kinda fluttered out as I went along. But I did take a few pics of the during process and could easily walk someone through this entire mod. So unless I can get a hold of another stang to do this and get exact measurements then Ill just have to do rough estimates and guidelines or rip mine apart when its warmer and take some measurements.
joekr, flyingpants, TNT1968 - I spent about a lil over a week working on this working for about 16 hrs a day. But the majority of that time was me experimenting with where to mount things and where to run wires. So with that being said, I could get this whole job done in a weekend if I did it again. And since there is a lot of interest in it I will do my best to do a write up on this. And if I can find someone who would be willing to work out a deal on labor and everything then ill do this to another car and do a literal step by step photo DIY. Like I said earlier, itd be super easy to do this again now that I know where I ran everything and mounted things.
SirKnightTg - You could do this and leave the PCM and fuse box where it is and still be able to drastically clean up the engine bay. There was someone else on another forum who had a saleen that had done that and it looked really good. He claimed he put in some astronomical amount of time into it but I dont think it was that hard as he made it seem. Mark's (The Chevy Killer) car is amazing. He has put some serious wrench time into his car and one day mine will be among the ranks of his and several others.
ejanderson05gt - thanks, ill work on writing up a temp DIY until I do this again. Im in Jonesboro, how about you?
Zektor - Dazza, I've been working with electronics and wiring for more than 8 years so all the solder joints and heat shrinks were done properly. Should the electrical gremlins decide to attack my car, bring it! I enjoy a good challenge. I took the fender off for several reasons. First, it made it easier to work around in the engine while doing this mod. Second, I had planned to mount the PCM there because its out the way and protected. And as for selling my car, I have no plans to ever sell this car and hope to pass it onto my future kids one day.
Starfire - I agree that it does look empty on that side right now but my future plans are hopefully going to balance everything out quite nicely. Just gotta save up some money to get em done lol
~Scott
joekr, flyingpants, TNT1968 - I spent about a lil over a week working on this working for about 16 hrs a day. But the majority of that time was me experimenting with where to mount things and where to run wires. So with that being said, I could get this whole job done in a weekend if I did it again. And since there is a lot of interest in it I will do my best to do a write up on this. And if I can find someone who would be willing to work out a deal on labor and everything then ill do this to another car and do a literal step by step photo DIY. Like I said earlier, itd be super easy to do this again now that I know where I ran everything and mounted things.
SirKnightTg - You could do this and leave the PCM and fuse box where it is and still be able to drastically clean up the engine bay. There was someone else on another forum who had a saleen that had done that and it looked really good. He claimed he put in some astronomical amount of time into it but I dont think it was that hard as he made it seem. Mark's (The Chevy Killer) car is amazing. He has put some serious wrench time into his car and one day mine will be among the ranks of his and several others.
ejanderson05gt - thanks, ill work on writing up a temp DIY until I do this again. Im in Jonesboro, how about you?
Zektor - Dazza, I've been working with electronics and wiring for more than 8 years so all the solder joints and heat shrinks were done properly. Should the electrical gremlins decide to attack my car, bring it! I enjoy a good challenge. I took the fender off for several reasons. First, it made it easier to work around in the engine while doing this mod. Second, I had planned to mount the PCM there because its out the way and protected. And as for selling my car, I have no plans to ever sell this car and hope to pass it onto my future kids one day.
Starfire - I agree that it does look empty on that side right now but my future plans are hopefully going to balance everything out quite nicely. Just gotta save up some money to get em done lol
~Scott
01-11-2010, 12:01 AM
#30
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 378
I'm living in Little Rock for college now, originally from Cabot. You said you were looking for a guinea pig to do the DIY, I'd be more than happy to work something out with you. PM me if you're interested man.
Eric
Eric