new connectors for ECU cable
new connectors for ECU cable
The first picture is of the bulkhead connector I ordered from DIYautotune, although nice, it is plastic and rather large so I finally found the type I wanted in Mouser Electronics catalog. It is made by Amphenol and is metal with the pins molded in, gonna be a bitch soldering in the wires, but I have done it before, the secret is to start at the center of the group.
The connector on the upper left is the one that mounts in the firewall and the group on the right is the parts that make up the housing for the cable that goes to the engine. The ECU cable will be cut short, (maybe 10 inches ) and soldered to the back side of the bulkhead connector and be inside the cockpit. This connector only has 17 pins but these will be used for data wires that are low current and another connector with maybe 8 (or more) pins but large pins will be installed for carrying various high current wires. The battery cable will feed throught to a prime terminal on the firewall.
The two Amphenol connectors cost about double the plastic ones but will be helpful in shielding the sensitive (shielded ) timing wires from the cam and crankshaft timing wheel .
Tony