Electrical on street/ strip car
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12/03/10 10:56 PM
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Do you use the stock wiring harness or aftermarket switch panel?
Doug
MOPAR or NO CAR!!! 1965 Dodge Coronet soon a 6.1 Hemi with a Magnson blower 810 hp on pump gas 1964 Dodge Polara 582" Indy alum Block 426-1RA heads, 1933 Plymouth PE all Steel, LT1 4L60E 1959 Plymouth Savoy 33,000 mile survivor Old cars are never done. They are ongoing projects!
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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Combination of both, my needs are simple. Start with key and use relays for FP/Fan and WP. mike
ditto here.
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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12/03/10 11:42 PM
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On the car I am building for Drag Week I plan on using most of the stock wiring harnesses but with relays... I'll trigger the relays with the wire that normally would go to the item(in a lot of the cases) sure I'll need to add some
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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Doug, Interesting question, and one I'll be tackling soon!! When I bought my 62 Valiant, it was a bracket car, with moroso W/P drive, no alternator, Mp ignition, and started with the key. My plan all along was to put it back to street/strip, but I was in a hurry to go racing! So I added a painless wiring 6 switch panel, relays, and a digital 6, and completely bypassed the stock system... Now, I want to get the lights hooked up, alternator hooked up, and I'm trying to decide how much of the 50 year old stock harness to trust, and integrate into the plan...
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
4 Street cars, 5 Race engines
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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I use the stock harness for lights and wipers only. Everything else is worked off of a relay panel I built in the glove box, switches are on my TA shifter console. It does use the ignition switch still.
I thought it would be cheaper to build my own relay panel. By the time I was done I could have purchased one for just a small amount more.
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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IMHO..I think it's far easier and that you'd be way ahead using an aftermarket kit.There are several to choose from and lots of good ideas in the street rod magazines.
Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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how much of the 50 year old stock harness to trust
Definitely, replace or bypass all the original bulkhead connectors.
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Re: Electrical on street/ strip car
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12/04/10 01:19 PM
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Either way I will buy all new. Its not about the cost. I only have one chance of doing it right. I am thinking about complete aftermarket so I can hide most of the wiring.What kits have you used and how were they?
Doug
Doug
MOPAR or NO CAR!!! 1965 Dodge Coronet soon a 6.1 Hemi with a Magnson blower 810 hp on pump gas 1964 Dodge Polara 582" Indy alum Block 426-1RA heads, 1933 Plymouth PE all Steel, LT1 4L60E 1959 Plymouth Savoy 33,000 mile survivor Old cars are never done. They are ongoing projects!
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