under hood wiring (ecu also) in buggy pics needed please - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

prostock3 · 02-18-2009, 08:44 PM

im wiring up my buggy and i need some pics for ideas of where to put my ECU, and how you guys did your wiring to make it look not so hacked up. I want to keep it realyl clean and simply but cant figure out a nice way to mount my ecu. Its a chevy LS1 ecu. Thanks for the help

carter3 · 02-19-2009, 04:00 AM

Put the ECU under the dash. As for as the wiring hook everything up at the engine. Strip all the wire loom off and work your way back to the ECU. Cut all the wires to length and solder back together and heat shrink(one at the time).

It takes a long time but it comes out very clean.

BigWoodyWag · 02-19-2009, 05:53 AM

Sorry no pics, but my chassis is very similiar to the TC's (Rich Schmaus SP? built). The ECU on mine was bolted on a plate on the top of the truck intake all the way to the back by the dash bar. I flipped it over, and drilled the fins on either side and bolted it through the fins on the back of the truck intake.

The ECU upsidedown seems like it was made to fit on the back of the intake like that, I dunno, but it works so far for me.

It dropped the height at the back of the hood by 3". I would have liked to have mounted over above the footwells (eitherside) but there just isnt enough harness to stretch that far.

Sapper · 02-19-2009, 06:58 AM

I did the wiring for this truggy. I relocated the ECU to the top plate. I had to lenghted the wiring harness.

http://www.evolutionmachine.com/inde...8&hl=dash+help

It was a holley projection ECU. I also mounted the MSD ignition modual, and Nitrous window switch all on the roof panel.

prostock3 · 02-19-2009, 08:15 AM

thanks, i would like to do something like under the intake in the middle but i put my oil filter there

prostock3 · 02-20-2009, 07:54 AM

Anyone else?

harrison · 02-20-2009, 09:58 AM

Here is mine,
Street legal LS1 Bluetorch Buggy
12 volt guy switch panel, self canceling turn signals on timers, hazard flashers, running lights, brake lights, horn, high low beams, computer is mounted in a modified factory plastic bracket from a Vette.

Most everything is on relays one fuse block for the engine another for everything else.

Gauges and Switches

Headlights with LED turnsignals

Fan Wiring

bigdaddylee82 · 02-20-2009, 10:32 AM

Headlights with LED turnsignals

That's pretty slick

. Are those moded stocker TJ lights, or did you do that your self? Links/info please.

- Lee

harrison · 02-20-2009, 10:46 AM

The lights are made by a company called Autonik that sells to the streetrod crowd you can find knockoffs on ebay for a lot less money but most of them are not LED. You also have to do a little cutting on the TJ buckets to make them fit.

02-18-2009, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
prostock3 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 62903 Location: Mich Posts: 517	under hood wiring (ecu also) in buggy pics needed please im wiring up my buggy and i need some pics for ideas of where to put my ECU, and how you guys did your wiring to make it look not so hacked up. I want to keep it realyl clean and simply but cant figure out a nice way to mount my ecu. Its a chevy LS1 ecu. Thanks for the help __________________ 2009 Twisted Customs buggy (sold :C) -----2001 Donzi 38zx -----2004 Duramax 2500 CC

02-19-2009, 05:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
BigWoodyWag Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Jan 2004 Member # 26468 Location: Land O' Sugar, Tejas Posts: 4,422	Sorry no pics, but my chassis is very similiar to the TC's (Rich Schmaus SP? built). The ECU on mine was bolted on a plate on the top of the truck intake all the way to the back by the dash bar. I flipped it over, and drilled the fins on either side and bolted it through the fins on the back of the truck intake. The ECU upsidedown seems like it was made to fit on the back of the intake like that, I dunno, but it works so far for me. It dropped the height at the back of the hood by 3". I would have liked to have mounted over above the footwells (eitherside) but there just isnt enough harness to stretch that far. __________________ Triple Nickel Racing, Lead Foot Syndicate & TGTW Lemons Racing 555race on TWITTER

02-19-2009, 06:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sapper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Member # 14455 Location: TOO DAMN COLD LAKE Posts: 2,231	I did the wiring for this truggy. I relocated the ECU to the top plate. I had to lenghted the wiring harness. http://www.evolutionmachine.com/inde...8&hl=dash+help It was a holley projection ECU. I also mounted the MSD ignition modual, and Nitrous window switch all on the roof panel. __________________ [URL="http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=805235"]My new chassis build. 406SBC, 416 Mog axles, and 46's.[/URL]

02-19-2009, 08:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
prostock3 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 62903 Location: Mich Posts: 517	thanks, i would like to do something like under the intake in the middle but i put my oil filter there __________________ 2009 Twisted Customs buggy (sold :C) -----2001 Donzi 38zx -----2004 Duramax 2500 CC

02-20-2009, 07:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
prostock3 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 62903 Location: Mich Posts: 517	Anyone else? __________________ 2009 Twisted Customs buggy (sold :C) -----2001 Donzi 38zx -----2004 Duramax 2500 CC

02-19-2009, 04:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
carter3 Wheeler Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 63680 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 237	Put the ECU under the dash. As for as the wiring hook everything up at the engine. Strip all the wire loom off and work your way back to the ECU. Cut all the wires to length and solder back together and heat shrink(one at the time). It takes a long time but it comes out very clean.

02-20-2009, 09:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
harrison Wheeler Join Date: Oct 2007 Member # 101932 Location: Harrison, AR Posts: 292	Here is mine, Street legal LS1 Bluetorch Buggy 12 volt guy switch panel, self canceling turn signals on timers, hazard flashers, running lights, brake lights, horn, high low beams, computer is mounted in a modified factory plastic bracket from a Vette. Most everything is on relays one fuse block for the engine another for everything else. Gauges and Switches Headlights with LED turnsignals Fan Wiring Last edited by harrison; 02-20-2009 at 10:04 AM.

02-20-2009, 10:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
bigdaddylee82 Stuck in Yankeeville Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 54666 Location: 793 mi from Fayetteville, AR Posts: 558	Headlights with LED turnsignals That's pretty slick. Are those moded stocker TJ lights, or did you do that your self? Links/info please. - Lee

02-20-2009, 10:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
harrison Wheeler Join Date: Oct 2007 Member # 101932 Location: Harrison, AR Posts: 292	The lights are made by a company called Autonik that sells to the streetrod crowd you can find knockoffs on ebay for a lot less money but most of them are not LED. You also have to do a little cutting on the TJ buckets to make them fit.

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