Don't worry, I've got your number!

How many ring and pinion sets did you go through on your nos truck before you went to the fab 9? If I remember right it was a bunch.

Have you broken any rear components on the lil sis turbo set up yet or does it seem easier on driveline parts compared to nos.


Interesting question. All the wiring under the dash is one main loom with wires legging out to reach their destination. The easiest way electronically would be to swap out the whole harness. But I'll warn you it's no small feat and probably has been the most upleasant part of this project for me so far.

Now, I've heard that you do not absolutely have to run the doors through the BCM if you don't want to. You will loose some functionality like "one-tap" down on the windows, and if they are the defrosting mirrors it would probably not work as well because there are addtional wires to the switches in the dash that control this. From what I've heard the controls for the window swich , lock switch and mirror adj. switch are built into the door. All you have to do is run 12v power to the proper wires coming out of the door and hook up any additional grounds that may be coming out of there (there may not be any if they're grounded in the door). If I recall there are only a couple of wires that come out of the doors and 2 are for the speakers. To me this would be the easiest way to convert and just deal with not having a couple of wussy perks that the BCM can do for you.

 

Had to send the Versafueler back to Acceleronics today as one of the wires coming out of the box was smashed and copper was showing. I told him that I would spend the $60 to overnight it to him for inspection if he could get me another one shipped out to my house by the end of the week.

Granted, I just unwrapped this thing, never hooked it up, bolted it down or started splicing wires or anything. I took it out of the box, looked at it and put it back in the box with everything it came with including the supplied butt connectors and mounting screws unopened.

He admitted that it was a problem from there assembly shop and that he would send me a new one, which I expected. However, he said that he didn't feel it was his responsiblity to cover costs (shipping) to get it back to me before the end of the week. Said that if I wanted it faster than their std. rate ground shipping that I would have to pay for it. Not sure how I felt about that?????????????????????

Would you guys make a stink, or just pay the extra to get it here so I can finish this thing up?

 

Pay the extra. He should cover ground freight and you cover the rest.

 

Thanks for the info!

I really only want the power windows and locks; I'll be keeping the manual mirrors for simplicity. From what I have observed, there are 4-6 wires already in the harness plug so I guess I have some wire chasing to do.

 

I could be wrong but I noticed when I switched from manual seats to electric seats when I was about to sell my CCSB that the harness already had the wiring for the heated and electric seats. I did have to swap connectors so that I could plug in the new seats but all in all the wiring was already there. I'm wondering if it's the same for the windows. I could be wrong though.

 

I checked again today, there are at least 4 wires that run into the door on my manual window truck, and there is nothing that runs off of power in the door since mine is a WT trim truck.


sorry to thread jack

 

That might be them!!

 

Yea, I noticed when i was striping the harness in the cab there was some extra wiring for options that my truck did not come with. Talked to a guy at the dealership and he told me that most of the "harness" wiring in these trucks is generic and then options are added on later.

262_NBS: If you go over on ls1tech, I've seen writeups on "race wiring" the f-bodies that talk about deleting the BCM and running a 12v supply to keep the elec. windows functional. Might help you out a bit.

 

on the nos truck like 10..haha on the lil sis its been the only set i have put in it though...the nos hit was just alot more violent at initial hit...even though this one 60's better...

 

LOL, I remember you telling me it got about 30 passes per ring/pinion.

You goona have some dyno time available for me when I need it?