Project Rewire - LinkEcu G4 Storm

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Shaun,
You know it will all be worth it in the end......:3gears-lh
 
Chris

[shaunwil]

Oh yes

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Got my dash back all smoothed. Flashed a coat of grey primer over it to simulate the original grey flocking of the original setup.

He has done an awesome job.



Although I\'m not completely sure on the silver with the Black of the Didi-dash. May go back to black, what do you think ?



Shaun

[grinder]

what about white ?

[shaunwil]

He\'d painted it in white primer and it was super bright ! I think I\'ll stick with the original grey flock, its a shade darker and fluffy

Shaun

[marcusd666]

I think you should go with block as the leds / display will stand out more it think.

[TiddlesRX7]

I\'d go black if it were mine I think. Any chance of a pic with it mocked up in the dash?

Ade

[shaunwil]

I just don\'t want it all black, the silver did look very cool with the original dash, but this is more of a flat face !

I\'ll be chucking the dash back in to wire up the rest of the gauges and get some images up. Hopefully I can check the connection to the ECU too. Weather hasn\'t been all that helpful.

Shaun

[shaunwil]

I\'d go black if it were mine I think. Any chance of a pic with it mocked up in the dash?

Ade

Well I\'ve not had a good week really (not completely sure why) and my luck is utter junk at the minute. I\'d not put the dash in place with the new digi dash. I\'d roughly worked out the proper position looking at the original dials.

Set the bloomin thing too low down and have had to cut the mount out and will need to basically re-fiberglass it back in a new position I need to angle it slightly more too !

Decided not to touch anything else today, especially when the next job is repositioning the fuel regulator !

Definitely going for the grey though because it looks good in position.



Shaun

[shaunwil]

Well the dash is now modified in a much higher position and I\'ve started plumbing the fuel system back up with the FPR half hidden for neatness.

Just written a Snagging List to get a grip on what is left to do :

1.Position Fuel Regulator
2.Plumb Fuel Lines
3.Fix Engine loom in place
4.Wire Alternator plug and 12v Alarm Bulb (regulates Charge)
5.Wire relay and main power feed for Ecu Fusebox
6.Wire Relay and main power feed for the Gauges
7.Wire Dash and Gauges
8.Wire Wideband 5v into ECU
9.Wire main car loom positive Feed.
10.Measure and order flexi brake lines for all brakes and Clutch (re-route rear brakes and clutch feed out of engine bay) - Include adding Vacuum assist back into the system (using 2 remote vacuum boosts)
11. Measure up and fit all jublie clips to any line that require it (all the coolant system)
12.Re-wire the fan system. Got Aluminium bar for holders for 2 temp gauges (87/85 and 100/95). Wire in to allow for medium and Highe control of the stock fans.
13. Mount all the car loom in place.
14. Repair the headlight covers and order fresh bulbs for headlights.
15. Remove dash and tidy all wiring under the dash, reinstall dash.
16. Remove door connector and re-wire electric windows into new switches in the dash.

This is just the beginning of the list of stuff to finish off to get it into a tunable position. This isn\'t even fully clean with a painted bay !

Shaun

[TiddlesRX7]

I have to agree actually. The grey does look good. Shame about having to relocate it again, but these things unfortunately happen. When its all done it\'ll make you feel better mate. Keep up the good work.

Ade

[marcusd666]

looks like you are going to be busy again mate. the grey dash does look good can\'t wait to see it powered up it\'s going to look cool.

[shaunwil]

Aiming to get it up and running by April. Won\'t be clean though, that will come later.

Spent today removing the door plugs and drilling a hole through for the electric windows. I\'ve pulled the dash back out and started tidying up all the wires in the final position. Wired up all the gauges and started wiring the petrol gauge and charge alarm into the dash.

Ordered replacement flexible lines for the clutch system and the rear brakes. Will be routing them in a different place inside the car away from the engine bay.

Shaun

[grinder]

are you not running braided flexi hoses on the rear already ?

[shaunwil]

I\'m running braided flexi between the hardlines and the calipers, but I going to swap out the main hardline to the rear for braided flexi too and run it through the car. I\'m going to remove all the hardline and flexi for the clutch and run a single flexi line to the clutch routed through the side of the gearbox tunnel.

Shaun