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eTiMaGo · 11-23-2008, 07:23 AM

well this thread is already way off topic, so...

I only recently discovered the Princess Bride... I very often saw the quote "Hello, My name is Inigo Montoya..." but had no idea where it was from

excellent movie, its cult status is certainly not inconceivable!

BTW thinkgeek.com now has a Dread Pirate Roberts articulated action figure

Now, back to your regular supercharger programming!

SIPNGAS · 11-23-2008, 09:30 AM

Yeah..we did get a bit off-topic, huh?

LT, will you be working on the SC again today? We're all waiting!

SIPNGAS · 11-23-2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

well this thread is already way off topic, so...

I only recently discovered the Princess Bride... I very often saw the quote "Hello, My name is Inigo Montoya..." but had no idea where it was from

excellent movie, its cult status is certainly not inconceivable!

BTW thinkgeek.com now has a Dread Pirate Roberts articulated action figure

Now, back to your regular supercharger programming!

OMG!! Thomas!! I *love* that website!! Did you see the Office Space Kit?? Wow, I know what everyone in my Cubeville is getting from me for Christmas.

FABULOUS!!

SIPNGAS · 11-23-2008, 12:23 PM

Good luck today!

cali yaris · 11-23-2008, 12:46 PM

I might drop by, I promise not to wrestle with your car again... maybe the dog though...

mrbond · 11-23-2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

As soon as I saw the CAI I also questoned it. I will also try to get an answer about that for you today.

Hey Garm, did you ever get in contact with Blitz to see if the compressor was compatible with the 2 pc CAI's?

LtNoogie · 11-23-2008, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

I might drop by, I promise not to wrestle with your car again... maybe the dog though...

Garm, we are leaving the shop (1:10). There are only two wires left to do and there's a conflict with the instructions that I have to ask the guys about that have done the install.

LtNoogie · 11-23-2008, 07:25 PM

The S/C Activation Box stays inside the car so I run the loose wires through the wire loom.

Up on the firewall above and to the left of the ECU was a rubber plug that plugged a hole leading to the interior of the car. I pulled the plug out and from the inside slit a vertical and horizontal opening in the carpet that covers the hole.

I found the perfect gromment at Pep Boys that had a tapered side that pushed easily into the hole. I push the wire loom through that gromment and into the engine compartment.

There are four wires in the bundle that come from the S/C Activation Box. The instructions say:

"8. Run all the wires, except the red wire from the activation box, to the passenger side glove box area. (Leave the red wire on the driver’s side for now.)"

So we leave the red wire inside the car for now.

The blue wire that comes from the S/C Activation Box has a barrel crimp connector at the end of it, so I thought. There is another identical blue wire that comes off of the relay assembly that feeds through the grommet to go inside the car. The relay assembly stays in the engine compartment.

When I tried to crimp the blue wire from the engine compartment to the barrel crimp connector from the S/C Activation Box, the wire keeps falling out of the crimp. So, we cut off the crimp connector and solder the two ends of the blue wires together and shrink wrap the new connection.

Inside the engine compartment we slowly start snipping wires in the ECU harness, each of us double-checking the other to make sure we are snipping the correct wire. The new wires from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness are soldered one one by one onto the snipped ECU wires and the bundle shrink wrapped.

One wire from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness has to be spliced into the blue wire that went from the relay assembly to the interior of the car. We had to cut the blue wire and make a three-way blue wire connection. The third leg goes to the green wire from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness.

This completes all the wires that goe into the large ECU harness connector. Next, we remove the shroud from the small ECU harness connector by releasing two tabs and cutting the tie strap that ties the back of it to the harness.

So there's only one yellow wire from the interior S/C Activation Box to connect to the small ECU connector and one red wire from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness to connect to the small ECU connector.

But if you notice, there's another red wire from the interior S/C Activation Box that's supposed to also connect to the same red wire that came from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness.

This is the same red wire the instructions said to leave inside the car so the instructions don't match the wiring diagram.

Those of you who have done this installation, did you route the red wire from inside the car through the firewall and connect as the wiring diagram shows? If that's the case, why did the instructions say to leave the red wire inside the car and not push it through with the rest of the bundle?

LtNoogie · 11-23-2008, 07:30 PM

Although cutting/soldering/shrink wrapping wired connections makes for more reliable joints, not everyone has all the tools to do the job right. My brother and I come from a defense industry background so we have most of the tools of the trade. This may be harder on a typical college student.

PetersRedYaris · 11-23-2008, 09:24 PM

Ooooh, bustin out the good soldering equipment...

Is the red wire power (or ignition power)? In which case you could find one inside the car. Test it...

mrbond · 11-23-2008, 09:30 PM

Woooh, Noogie, looking at all this wiring and not understanding any of it makes me understand your joke about keeping the car stock! @_@

Doc Zaius · 11-24-2008, 12:55 AM

Hey Noogie! Looking good! Two soldering stations?! If ever any of my crimps fail, I'm totally gonna undo everything and go this route as well.

But to answer your question, I fed the activation switch's red wire back into the engine bay and spliced into the ECU connection mentioned in the installation guide. Others found an IG+ source inside the passenger cabin to splice into (someone used the cigarette lighter as well).

Good use for the wiring loom! Different from me... I used my included loom to wrap the power wire from the battery over to the relay near the 'charger. For the 4 wires going into the cabin, I wrapped them with electrical tape near the grommet, and they're just bundled together inside the car.

Anyhow... again, nice writeup. And get ready... you'll be making boost in less than 24 hours!

LtNoogie · 11-24-2008, 01:15 AM

Yeah, where my brother used to work, they were never allowed to strip wires with cutters due the risk of nicking wires. All stripping had to be done by melting the insulation. The HoTweezers is that device.

The soldering iron is a standard adjustable Weller soldering station. The last thing is a heat gun.

You also see a spool of solder, solder wick, a solder sucker, and flux remover. Off camera is a jar of flux. Lastly, there's a bag of assorted sized shrink tubing.

It is tight working in that ECU connector but we learned that you can pull some extra wire length out of the harness to give more wire to work with. It was a bit slow but we wanted it to look like it does at work.

eTiMaGo · 11-24-2008, 01:18 AM

It's attention to detail like that, that creates a solid, long-lasting project

My approach would be to twist wires together and wrap with electrical tape, that's why I don't do wiring

LtNoogie · 11-24-2008, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

It's attention to detail like that, that creates a solid, long-lasting project

My approach would be to twist wires together and wrap with electrical tape, that's why I don't do wiring

Thomas, do NOT do electrical work on your car!

Doc Zaius · 11-24-2008, 01:41 AM

Here's a question for all you Blitz owners: what did you use to cut up your engine cover? I bought a Dremel, and a few bits to cut soft things like plastic & wood. Anyhow, worked ok, but the bit gets hot and starts melting plastic and gets plastic goo everywhere, and is hard to make nice even cuts. What did other people use? Band saw? Hack saw? More patience? Let me know... I'm halfway done, and want it to come out nice!

LtNoogie · 11-24-2008, 01:47 AM

I'm switching to a custom aluminum cover. I'm going to have it anodized blue and have some lettering etched into it.

We'll tackle that after the car's running.

TEHxFALLEN V1.2 · 11-24-2008, 02:11 AM

I've been reading your thread, Long!

I love how you're doing this with your brother, with no goofing off whatsoever. Maybe you guys should be an official Blitz s/c installation center!

11-23-2008, 07:23 AM	#109
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	well this thread is already way off topic, so... I only recently discovered the Princess Bride... I very often saw the quote "Hello, My name is Inigo Montoya..." but had no idea where it was from excellent movie, its cult status is certainly not inconceivable! BTW thinkgeek.com now has a Dread Pirate Roberts articulated action figure Now, back to your regular supercharger programming! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-23-2008, 09:30 AM	#110
SIPNGAS I LOVE my Yaris! View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Polar White LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Wisconsin Posts: 5,164	Yeah..we did get a bit off-topic, huh? LT, will you be working on the SC again today? We're all waiting! __________________ We don't see things as THEY are...we see them as WE are. Lisa aka *SIPNGAS*

11-23-2008, 12:23 PM	#112
SIPNGAS I LOVE my Yaris! View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Polar White LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Wisconsin Posts: 5,164	Good luck today! __________________ We don't see things as THEY are...we see them as WE are. Lisa aka *SIPNGAS*

11-23-2008, 12:46 PM	#113
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11-23-2008, 07:25 PM	#116
LtNoogie View User's Garage Drives: '08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 2,517	The S/C Activation Box stays inside the car so I run the loose wires through the wire loom. Up on the firewall above and to the left of the ECU was a rubber plug that plugged a hole leading to the interior of the car. I pulled the plug out and from the inside slit a vertical and horizontal opening in the carpet that covers the hole. I found the perfect gromment at Pep Boys that had a tapered side that pushed easily into the hole. I push the wire loom through that gromment and into the engine compartment. There are four wires in the bundle that come from the S/C Activation Box. The instructions say: "8. Run all the wires, except the red wire from the activation box, to the passenger side glove box area. (Leave the red wire on the driver’s side for now.)" So we leave the red wire inside the car for now. The blue wire that comes from the S/C Activation Box has a barrel crimp connector at the end of it, so I thought. There is another identical blue wire that comes off of the relay assembly that feeds through the grommet to go inside the car. The relay assembly stays in the engine compartment. When I tried to crimp the blue wire from the engine compartment to the barrel crimp connector from the S/C Activation Box, the wire keeps falling out of the crimp. So, we cut off the crimp connector and solder the two ends of the blue wires together and shrink wrap the new connection. Inside the engine compartment we slowly start snipping wires in the ECU harness, each of us double-checking the other to make sure we are snipping the correct wire. The new wires from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness are soldered one one by one onto the snipped ECU wires and the bundle shrink wrapped. One wire from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness has to be spliced into the blue wire that went from the relay assembly to the interior of the car. We had to cut the blue wire and make a three-way blue wire connection. The third leg goes to the green wire from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness. This completes all the wires that goe into the large ECU harness connector. Next, we remove the shroud from the small ECU harness connector by releasing two tabs and cutting the tie strap that ties the back of it to the harness. So there's only one yellow wire from the interior S/C Activation Box to connect to the small ECU connector and one red wire from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness to connect to the small ECU connector. But if you notice, there's another red wire from the interior S/C Activation Box that's supposed to also connect to the same red wire that came from the Fuel Control Unit connector harness. This is the same red wire the instructions said to leave inside the car so the instructions don't match the wiring diagram. Those of you who have done this installation, did you route the red wire from inside the car through the firewall and connect as the wiring diagram shows? If that's the case, why did the instructions say to leave the red wire inside the car and not push it through with the rest of the bundle? __________________ aFe Intake \| Blitz Supercharger \| Megan Header \| TRD Exhaust \| NST Pulley Set TRD Shocks/Struts \| Tanabe NF210 Springs \| TRD Sway Bar \| Motegi TRAKLITE wheels \| Kuhmo Ecsta XS R1 Concepts slotted rotors \| Carbotech 1521 brake pads \| stainless steel brake lines \| Seibon vented carbon fiber hood Last edited by LtNoogie; 11-24-2008 at 01:17 AM.

11-23-2008, 07:30 PM	#117
LtNoogie View User's Garage Drives: '08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 2,517	Although cutting/soldering/shrink wrapping wired connections makes for more reliable joints, not everyone has all the tools to do the job right. My brother and I come from a defense industry background so we have most of the tools of the trade. This may be harder on a typical college student. __________________ aFe Intake \| Blitz Supercharger \| Megan Header \| TRD Exhaust \| NST Pulley Set TRD Shocks/Struts \| Tanabe NF210 Springs \| TRD Sway Bar \| Motegi TRAKLITE wheels \| Kuhmo Ecsta XS R1 Concepts slotted rotors \| Carbotech 1521 brake pads \| stainless steel brake lines \| Seibon vented carbon fiber hood

11-23-2008, 09:24 PM	#118
PetersRedYaris View User's Garage Drives: 2005 Scion xB Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Black Hills of South Dakota Posts: 1,059	Ooooh, bustin out the good soldering equipment... Is the red wire power (or ignition power)? In which case you could find one inside the car. Test it... Last edited by PetersRedYaris; 11-23-2008 at 09:35 PM.

11-23-2008, 09:30 PM	#119
mrbond View User's Garage Drives: 2008 meteorite hatchback Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 960	Woooh, Noogie, looking at all this wiring and not understanding any of it makes me understand your joke about keeping the car stock! @_@

11-24-2008, 12:55 AM	#120
Doc Zaius Lurker supreme! View User's Garage Drives: old and boosted! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada Posts: 792	Hey Noogie! Looking good! Two soldering stations?! If ever any of my crimps fail, I'm totally gonna undo everything and go this route as well. But to answer your question, I fed the activation switch's red wire back into the engine bay and spliced into the ECU connection mentioned in the installation guide. Others found an IG+ source inside the passenger cabin to splice into (someone used the cigarette lighter as well). Good use for the wiring loom! Different from me... I used my included loom to wrap the power wire from the battery over to the relay near the 'charger. For the 4 wires going into the cabin, I wrapped them with electrical tape near the grommet, and they're just bundled together inside the car. Anyhow... again, nice writeup. And get ready... you'll be making boost in less than 24 hours! __________________ 2006 Red Blitzed RS 5-door

11-24-2008, 01:15 AM	#121
LtNoogie View User's Garage Drives: '08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 2,517	Yeah, where my brother used to work, they were never allowed to strip wires with cutters due the risk of nicking wires. All stripping had to be done by melting the insulation. The HoTweezers is that device. The soldering iron is a standard adjustable Weller soldering station. The last thing is a heat gun. You also see a spool of solder, solder wick, a solder sucker, and flux remover. Off camera is a jar of flux. Lastly, there's a bag of assorted sized shrink tubing. It is tight working in that ECU connector but we learned that you can pull some extra wire length out of the harness to give more wire to work with. It was a bit slow but we wanted it to look like it does at work. __________________ aFe Intake \| Blitz Supercharger \| Megan Header \| TRD Exhaust \| NST Pulley Set TRD Shocks/Struts \| Tanabe NF210 Springs \| TRD Sway Bar \| Motegi TRAKLITE wheels \| Kuhmo Ecsta XS R1 Concepts slotted rotors \| Carbotech 1521 brake pads \| stainless steel brake lines \| Seibon vented carbon fiber hood

11-24-2008, 01:18 AM	#122
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	It's attention to detail like that, that creates a solid, long-lasting project My approach would be to twist wires together and wrap with electrical tape, that's why I don't do wiring __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-24-2008, 01:41 AM	#124
Doc Zaius Lurker supreme! View User's Garage Drives: old and boosted! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada Posts: 792	Here's a question for all you Blitz owners: what did you use to cut up your engine cover? I bought a Dremel, and a few bits to cut soft things like plastic & wood. Anyhow, worked ok, but the bit gets hot and starts melting plastic and gets plastic goo everywhere, and is hard to make nice even cuts. What did other people use? Band saw? Hack saw? More patience? Let me know... I'm halfway done, and want it to come out nice! __________________ 2006 Red Blitzed RS 5-door

11-24-2008, 01:47 AM	#125
LtNoogie View User's Garage Drives: '08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 2,517	I'm switching to a custom aluminum cover. I'm going to have it anodized blue and have some lettering etched into it. We'll tackle that after the car's running. __________________ aFe Intake \| Blitz Supercharger \| Megan Header \| TRD Exhaust \| NST Pulley Set TRD Shocks/Struts \| Tanabe NF210 Springs \| TRD Sway Bar \| Motegi TRAKLITE wheels \| Kuhmo Ecsta XS R1 Concepts slotted rotors \| Carbotech 1521 brake pads \| stainless steel brake lines \| Seibon vented carbon fiber hood Last edited by LtNoogie; 11-24-2008 at 02:15 AM.

11-24-2008, 02:11 AM	#126
TEHxFALLEN V1.2 Banned View User's Garage Drives: '08 Lexus IS-F Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Calabasas, CA Posts: 1,890	I've been reading your thread, Long! I love how you're doing this with your brother, with no goofing off whatsoever. Maybe you guys should be an official Blitz s/c installation center! __________________ DON'T LIKE ME? TAKE A SEAT WITH THE REST OF THE BITCHES WHO ARE WAITING FOR ME TO GIVE A FUCK. Sponsored by: Micro Image http://microimageonline.com

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