A Few Upgrades

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  1. riporter

    riporter Member

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    Let me qualify this post by first stating I did not do this work although I did assist, this was done at a local Auto-Electric shop by the owner.
    We did a total rewire of the car outside of the interior.
    First we moved the battery to the trunk, the glare from the camera flash makes the holder look scratched...its not. Those are qwik disconnect knobs on the cables. Makes a great theft deterent, I can disconnect the battery and reconnect it in under 10 seconds.
    The other pic is where we brought everything together in the engine compartment, positive and negative terminals are down low, the car could still be jumped off from these connections if need be.
    The relays handle all accessories outside of the interior, there fused and also have fusible links in the wire,there are extra connections on the relays for future upgrades. The 100 amp alternator and relays made a huge difference in the way everything operates now. Absolutely no voltage drop with everything on. A fan overide switch was put inside along with a micro-switch that breaks voltage to the ignition box, another anti theft device.
    There are no other wires visible outside of this point except the main loom coming over the driver side fenderwall.
    Lastly, we wired in the sequential tailights kit from web elecric and it works GREAT.
     
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    looks great

    good job Ric how was the trip to fl ?
    Ron Hartsville
     
  3. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    (y) Looks great Rip!!!
     
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    Looks great! (y)
     
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    maverick1970 MCG State Rep

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    Looks great, where did you get that hold down for the Optima battery?
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    rick,
    looks great...want to do a tech. page from start to finish?? :yup: ...frank...

    p.s. did you get my p.m. i sent??
     
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    That looks good Rick. When I come to Charleston, I want to look that over. Good ideas there, buddy.(y)
     
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    looks great. nice job.:)
     
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    littleredtoy Seth

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    Nice job.
    Are they the silicone water hoses?
    Are they Goodyear?

    I thought about going with those myself
    although it sort of violates my retro styling.

    Seth
     
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    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Yes, I was also wondering about those hoses. Where did you get them?
     
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    They are the Goodyear hi-miler hoses...I ordered them in a kit from Summit.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    looks awesome Rick.......well done!
     
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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    I like it. Well done.
     

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