hollabakzach23
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Good Evening All! My name is Zach and I finally picked up my first mustang. I've always wanted to build a 5 liter and I've recently had the opportunity to do so. After all of the research I've done it has not been a crazy build. I decided to stick with the stock bottom end since I have a spare motor I will actually plan on going all out with someday. E cam, ported factory e7 heads with 1.6 roller rockers and comp valve spring. Also decided to do the gt40 intake. Everything else has just been factory replacement (alternator, water pump, all new gaskets, etc.). Pretty standard "run of the mill" build for my first one which has been an awesome learning experience. The only off the wall part, and I know I will be flamed for it, is that I swapped the aero nose onto the front end because I had the swap already laying around off of the 88.
Now on to the fun part. I started with an 88 donor car that was only good for parts. I will be using the headlight harness from that 88 as well as the main harness to power the computer. I will be leaving this car fuel injected since that's what I began with. I will also be running the fuel lines and gas tank from the 88 once i rwplace the fuel pump since i already have the tank out. I have the main harness repinned for the mass air setup and the maf, computer, and my intake ready to go. Where we will be starting this project is the other wiring...
I bought the car and the harness coming from the driver's side of the firewall was cut completely, exposing a nice set of about 50 wires. I assume these are mostly coming from the fuse block. I will eventually trace these all down when I pull the dash but I am more interested in starting this car and hearing it run first before I put the time in the dash wiring. Now I may be going out on a bit of a limb here but all I had time left to do before I sold the 88 was cut the harness from the firewall that powered the starter solenoid, etc.
My main question is, can I somehow wire that harness into the harness already in the 88? If so, what is going to be the necessary wires needed to start the car. The other part I am unfamiliar with is getting the fuel pump relay involved. I know I will need to wire one up, but how will I go about doing so. Thanks in advance, and any help would be appreciated!
I will post a pic of the harness that I have and working with.
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Now on to the fun part. I started with an 88 donor car that was only good for parts. I will be using the headlight harness from that 88 as well as the main harness to power the computer. I will be leaving this car fuel injected since that's what I began with. I will also be running the fuel lines and gas tank from the 88 once i rwplace the fuel pump since i already have the tank out. I have the main harness repinned for the mass air setup and the maf, computer, and my intake ready to go. Where we will be starting this project is the other wiring...
I bought the car and the harness coming from the driver's side of the firewall was cut completely, exposing a nice set of about 50 wires. I assume these are mostly coming from the fuse block. I will eventually trace these all down when I pull the dash but I am more interested in starting this car and hearing it run first before I put the time in the dash wiring. Now I may be going out on a bit of a limb here but all I had time left to do before I sold the 88 was cut the harness from the firewall that powered the starter solenoid, etc.
My main question is, can I somehow wire that harness into the harness already in the 88? If so, what is going to be the necessary wires needed to start the car. The other part I am unfamiliar with is getting the fuel pump relay involved. I know I will need to wire one up, but how will I go about doing so. Thanks in advance, and any help would be appreciated!
I will post a pic of the harness that I have and working with.
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