AWD E36 BMW

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Builds an AWD LS race car with pretty much everything custom and hand made and is surprised by the size of the project.  You crack me up

Whats is your plans with the lights etc, just fitting the standards back in or some sort of dummy panel?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

LOL yeah there’s that… guess I just thought I’d have been recycling a lot more from the Lexcen but as you mentioned yesterday I’ve improved strengthened every single aspect of the car so it’s all good!

I made a pair of blanks to fill the stock holes and I’ll make a new mount for the light bar setup I used on the Lexcen..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Looks great with those!!  Yea totally different body configuration and shape.  Not long now mate…

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

The stock lights are a bit crap and prone to breakage during the day events, I rarely run night events anyway so not a hassle to bolt the light bar on.. yep not much left to do now!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Firmly into Wiring Hell…

Spent an entire day on it just identifying what it all is, what I need to keep and what can be safely deleted, in the Lexcen I ran full VZ harnesses, so there’s a lot to go, Air bags, HVAC, stereo, per windows, mirrors, seats..

Still have a another day before I get to modifying it all to fit..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

I didn’t do the loom in mine and wish I did. Bugs the shit out of me knowing there is redundant wires in there the guy just taped over. Slow and steady wins the race mate!!

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Half the reason why I just paid someone for a custom loom. But mainly cause I’m shit and hate wiring hahah.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

I just did enough to make it work last time, I figure I’ve gone so far into the build this time I may as well remove all the unused wires..

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Today End..

I think I’m at the point I can just about start laying it out, I’ve removed all of the redundant wiring, had a bit if a scare when I thought I’d chopped out something needed but it turned out it was only the wires for the 2nd pair of O2 sensors..

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

I had a few unknown loose wires going to the dash, turns out two were interconnections to other parts of the car and one was the seat belt switch, all good and sorted, didn’t want to go any further till I knew what they were.

Also sorted out my wheel speed sensor wires, stock the VZ mounts the ABS under the bonnet on the drivers side, one front cable is about 300mm long the other snakes around the front to the left side.

The ABS is now behind the driver’s seat, I measured it out and the left cable is easily long enough, I dug into the old loom I was using to trace the mystery wires in the dash and liberated it’s left cable, it’s now the new right cable!

The rears are easily long enough to do the job no matter how I route them, I was a bit surprised when the cables turned out to be plain wire inside a thick outer sheath, always thought they were shielded coax..

Got the car off the hoist so I can open the doors fully to make routing the wiring harnesses easier, it can stay down while I do the paint as well..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Did I hear you say paint?  Colour, scheme?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

LoL, nothing special, just going to paint the bumpers and the wheel arches, drivers sill the stock colour, I’ll do the bonnet Satin black.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Sorted out the rear wheel speed sensor wiring, went down and deleted the unneeded cable, also went through all my Deutsche connectors and sorted them into pairs.

Still planning it out in my head before I start chopping the harness up, only want to do this the once. Pppppp..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yep, measure twice, cut once

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

VRSenator065 wrote:

Yep, measure twice, cut once

<fingers crossed>

I’m fairly sure I have my head wrapped around it now, like just about everything I do there will be one way that it’ll all fit and go together just want to be “sure” before I commit as I don’t have a spare Harness..

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Had to cut another hole in the firewall utilised an existing small hole I was going to have to patch as the 20mm pilot hole, the new improved porta power/ hole punch worked perfectly! Once that was done I mocked up the main harness to see what I was up against.

Put the ABS pump in place then ratted the correct wires from an old junk harness to make the extension, did the same for the DBW, that’ll do for today, only so much I can stand per day..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Neat as usual IJ, looking great.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Gary!

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That’s me done for the day, BCM, ECM and both Fuse panels mounted out of the way.

Can start Wiring Hell tomorrow!

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>not doing hidden wiring?</p>

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Nah not on a race car, you want everything easily accessible just in case.

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