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Dave

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Engine Mount Spacer and Chassis Wiring

Started and completed the chassis wiring up to where it will go through the firewall.
I am going to run 3 looms in the car.
One for the parts on the Chassis such as Fans, Horns, ABS sensors, Fuel Pump, Windscreen Pump,  and some water and diff oil temp sender, and another for Engine and Transmission, and a 3rd for body mounted components like Lights, Dash Wipers etc.. etc..

I'm not intending to put ABS on the car, but put the wires in the loom as a "just in case" I ever decide too, or maybe traction control.

Also after reading about sumps protruding below the frame rails, I laid a straight edge across the rails below the sump, dead level just scrapping the sump surface, so I decided to lift the engine slightly for clearance.

10mm Spacer added under engine mount.












I cut the spacer on my mini CNC mill from some aluminium stock, then put in the tumbler overnight to smooth all the edges.










In this pic, you can see how level the sump to frame rails was.










ABS wire from the upper control arm to the sensor in the side of the knuckle.
The sensors are factory VE Commodore/
The plugs are off the shelf Narva AMP 2 pin plugs.
The clips holding the loom to the upper arms are bike cable clamps suggested by another CR builder.
These ones came from ebay in a, stainless steel, 6 pack and are 28mm diameter.



Fuel pump and float sensor is wired.
I also tested to make sure it works...all good.