thanks jim, but I have designed the harness in similar fassion, individual
circuits no daisy chains, and am very proud of my design. I am building
this car as much as a project/challenge as I am an end result so to me an
extra expense is worth it.
James Nazarian
71 B Roadster
71 BGT
63 Buick 215
"Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"
Enzo Ferrari
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> From: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
> To: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@colorado.edu>
> Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Wiring harnesses
> Date: Monday, October 02, 2000 7:03 PM
>
> James-
>
> I am completing my second total rewire of a V8. First car is my GT with
now
> around 140,000 miles. Second car is my current project, a roadster. My
goal
> was lots of fuses, no "daisy chain" circuits, larger wire sizes,
elimination
> of corrosion problems at connectors. In other words, eliminate as much
Lucas
> as possible.
>
> In both cases, I started with a street rod wiring harness, 21 fuse, 23
> circuits, colored, printed wire. That is each wire is terminated at the
fuse
> block by the factory & is printed every 6 or 8" with the circuit name
such as
> left rear turn signal, electric choke, fan, etc. The fuse blocks use GM
style
> plug in fuses. The theory is that you mount the fuse block in the ideal
> location, then route the wires in an organized fashion to the particular
> components.
>
> Expect to pay from $200-350.00, mine were under $250.00. This is much
faster
> and much simpler than designing your own harness. The product from
American
> AutoWire included helpful instructions & wiring diagrams that were a help
> integrating those Lucas turn signals & other switches that I retained.
>
> Not to discourage your present course, but the street rod guys have been
doing
> this for years & have lots of products to save time, possibly money in
the
> long run.
>
> Jim Stuart
>
> James Nazarian Jr wrote:
>
> > Is there anyone out there building a complete harness for their V8? I
am
> > about to buy my supplies from WorldWideWire and they have offered me a
> > discount if I have anyone else to go in on it with. Looks like under
$200
> > each for wire, spiral wrap, and fiberglass underhood sleeves. If
anyone
> > wants the full details email me privately and I'll put them together, I
> > just got the quote and it includes a lot of options so I have to do the
> > math yet.
> >
> > James Nazarian
> > '71 B roadster
> > '71 BGT ever so slowly turning into a V8
> > '63 Buick 215
> >
> > "Given a conflict, Murphy's law supercedes Newton's."
> > -Anon
> >
> > "Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics."
> > -Fletcher Knebel
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