bramagedained Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Bucket list trip. Let me get my last one into college next year and maybe we could do something in the spring of 2016 or 2017. My car may be getting a cage in the spring of '16 and out of commission. Would want to have our own little ZCON with a road course (Motorsport Ranch) and or a drag night. Can I vote? I'll be done with school spring 17 and I should have the turbo 4.8 by then. I'll be swapping in a NA 4.8 this winter along with the 8.8 IRS setup, then turboing it next year. Edited October 8, 2015 by bramagedained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 Broke down an ordered a harness through wiring specialties..... Hope to be fired up by next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsonian Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 You will not be disappointed with the Wiring specialties harness as it is well built. I just received my new harness from them for my 2J transplant, and am very happy with the quality work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Car Mafia Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Looking great trackzspeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 UPS tracker says harness arrives today! hope to have some fire in my ride this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableSrv Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Woot! When I got my chevythunder harness I was totally excited!! so close to being able to start her up! HURRY UP CAN START HER!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1miata Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Beautiful build trackzpeed.... Greatly influential to those of us attempting to follow in your footsteps. I plan to use the same CX Racing products,looks like so far so good regarding the quality of parts. My question is in regards to your fuel cell. I noticed 2 outputs from the sump and a vent on the top. Will you be running a return line? Also will you be running a surge tank of some sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Merrill Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Can you come clean and organize my garage (I will pay you)? Looks great. yeah, wow. I would be ashamed to post mine. I have kids crap every where on top my of my car crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 No fire yet.... Spent most of the weekend helping my daughter with a science project. harness is very nive but instructions for intsall are limited at best. On a positive note, Yury from Wiring Specilaties called me personally over the weekend to address my questions I left on their answering macnine.... Nice customer service IMO. Corvette filter/regulator has a return line that plumbs back into the cell.... no surge tank planned as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 My daughter's science project was to test how the weight of a drag car affects the car's performance in the 1/8-mile. We loaded the car with 250# of sandbags, then went and drag raced until she and I were both achieving pretty consistent ETs. Then we took out the sandbags and repeated the test and tune. We graphed the results. Very simple project, but I got to hang out with Rebekah at the track and she got good with a clutch. This, of course, was with the L6 and her fastest mph was about 68mph. I would not do this again with the LS2. She made an A and all the boys thought she was super cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 I have some questions regarding the old Datsun wiring. Old starter wires. Can I use the thick ringed white wire that was previously attached to the hot post of the Datsun starter and attach it to the hot post of the LS1 starter to power the Datsun chassis safely? And, is the black and white (maybe yellow it's hard to tell) wire with the slide connector that previously went to the solenoid "key on" hot? Old alternator wires. What do I do with the yellow wires still attached to the plug that previously plugged into the alternator? What do I do with the black wire (I believe a ground) can I tie that to the chassis for ground safely? If I use the white wire from the old starter to the hot post on the LS1 starter for power, can I now delete the white and red wire that pulled hot from the alternator? Old coil wires. My previous straight 6 had been converted to a pointless ignition.... The green and black and white wire were tied together as a bypass I assume .there is another black and white wire that I believe was for tach, what do I do with all of these ? If I get these things squared away I am good to go and can fire the car . here are my thoughts correct me if I'm wrong. I have run a line from the alternator to the hot post on the starter and from the hot post up to the positive on the battery . I have tied my wearing specialties wiring per instructions into the alternator hot post in starter signal solenoid as well. If I use the old Datsun ringed white wire that was previously tied to the hot post on the Datsun starter I should safely be able to provide power to the chassis, correct???????? I can use the old slide connector wire that went to the Datsun solenoid as a key on hot to tie in to the wiring specialties wiring....... and I don't know what the heck to do with the old coil wires. Thanks in advance to the Datsun/LS1 community. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableSrv Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) The kit should have a few wires that need power.. and a few wires that get grounded. Any engine harness cable that needed power, I added to my starters + terminal post. Your body harness uses the white/red for main power which should come from the starter of the old engine. The white/red from the alternator is your old charge cable. if your new harness has a new charge cable then you can effectively remove the white/red from the alternator. Otherwise keep using it.the black/yellow is your starter solenoid wire. it's what tells the starter to actually turn the engine over. starter + terminal should have a cable going to the battery, the alternator, and a ignition 12v wire starter solenoid terminal should have a black/yellow wire connected to it alternator should have a engine harness single wire clip that plugs in, and a charge cable that goes to the battery + I suggest you make a few extra grounds while you are at it. I grounded the heads, alternator, and block. You can ignore or cap off all the old coil/distributor wiring as it is no longer needed. Edited October 21, 2015 by CableSrv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 So its ok to use the old datsun wire attached to the LS1 hot post to power the body? OK I can ditch the Red/White wire... What do I do the the other left over datun wires from the alternator? Thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableSrv Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 They are not needed. Either cap them off or fully remove them. The ls1 alternator is internally regulated and won't need to use the datsun's regulator. So that big box that plugs into the alternator can go away as well as all that wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullauto Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Good timing Jim you just asked most of my questions..... Cable thx for the answers... Not too far behind Jim with another cx build.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 She's alive..... for some reason I can't post the video but the Z fired right up. Lots of little stuff to wrap up but I should get some seat time next week. Any suggestions on where to mount the PCM? I've played with a few spots but its sitting in the passenger footwell for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socorob Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I put mine on the firewall up high on the inside passenger side, sort of where the old ac blower was, behind the whit bracket with all the plugs for the dash harness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Got it. Lame video but at least its proof. 012.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableSrv Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 YAY!!! Congrats on a running ls1!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Gadsby Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Awesome! Congrats on your success! (Note to self... I need to get my lazy ass in gear) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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