So it turns out that the stock gauge power wire will not power the 3 PLX gauges. On a related note, anyone know what fuse powers the stock gauges? Lol. I checked a few down on the drivers side panel, but they all seemed good. I guess I'll have to pull out the voltmeter. Haha

Maybe under the hood at the IPDM?

Not there, I checked my data on the steering lock fuse pull...

If I remember correctly the Instrumention BCM controls the power to the meters and there is no seperate fuse for the triple meter.

I ran a switched power supply from the under dash fuses and used a "add a fuse" connector from PA or CT for my instrumentation power supplies.

Uhoh, well I hope I didnt **** anything up then. Everything else continued to work just fine, I just lost power at that wire. Off to the service manual I go.

What do you mean by a "add a fuse" connector? I was going to probably just run a relay system, but this might be easier.

Thanks

Mitch

Found it.

Check out the electrical section at PA or CT and they are there. Simple easy solution
for adding extra fused power sources.

Daddy Likes :)

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Very nice :tup:

Looks familiar!!

Looks like every other civic now with no bumper :stirthepot:

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Nope. I don't see a transformers logo anywhere....

He has them listed...

Haha sorry Mitch, couldn't resist
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I did put the bumper on last night as well as the front sway endlinks, took some pictures for you trollers as well :D. I have 0 leaks after running it so now while I am waiting for the racelogic I will finish up the exterior, I bought the Adams starter kit, so the car will be getting clayed and waxed and ready to get all dirty.

Front Endlinks
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Dirty bumper back on
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Getting close, gotta finish up the engine bay then just electronics. Once the snow is gone I am going to drive the car out to my parents farm and lift it up in the air (without a lift :( ) and go to town on replacing the clutch and flywheel. I have to get this done with enough time left to drive it enough to get through the break in period for the dyno at the beginning of may.

Also some of you already know, but I had the hatch open with the back wheels off the ground and it was to high and hit the garage door openinger :( Left a pretty good scuff on the spoiler. I am going to try and see how much a detailing shop can get out, if its unrepairable I might either just plasti dip it for now or wrap it. :(

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That looks like most of the transfer was from the door, not the car... It should buff out with swirl remover and an aggressive polisher like the porter cable or similar.

I hope so, I just dont want to burn the paint. Ill find a professional to do it or someone who has done it before. Fingers crossed.

It's uber simple if you have the Porter Cable or Flex polisher. Random Orbital FTW... :tup:

Once we're on the road with these things I can have a look at it for you. No big deal!

Appreciated, The only power tool I got for cleaning is this thing. Not sure if it is heavy duty enough or not.

Simoniz Palm Grip Polisher, 8-in. | Canadian Tire

Run away... be afraid!

The Flex is awesome (Lounge member NuffZed has it) and most of us have the Porter Cable (from Rona for about $159). The Flex has higher RPM and is a bit newer but the PC is very good too. Can't damage the paint unless you drop it on the hood! lol

lol. Ill just do the whole car by hand and then worry about the spoiler later. Its not noticeable unless your closely looking at the car anyways.

Ordered up some RE11's today :). Got them for $1665 to my door which I figured was not to bad.

Did you get the wire/fuse situation rectified?

Yup I guess I should update that thread. What happened was that the small wires running to the gauges shorted out. Not sure why the fuse showed continuity that one night I checked them all. But looking at it closer it was pretty evident that it was blown. I pulled the nav out and disconnected the pigtail I added to it and have had 0 issues since. I have since ran a fused connection to the same power source as the oil pump for the turbo, so if that fails my gauges will turn off. Seems to be an all around better idea anyways.

Mitch

Good job Mitch :tup:

Good choice on the tires. For me it was between the RE11's and the AD08's for my 350z. The AD08's won because they come in 295's, and RE11's did not. They hold the 460whp, no traction problems at all.

I am very happy with the choice. James has the RE11's and I think he is happy with them.

Glad to hear, I pretty much went through the forum looking for reviews and it was between this or the V12s. I went with 305's in the back, hopefully they tuck in there nice.

Everything I read on the RE11's was positive, from the traction down to the wear. Little pricey but I figured not a bad idea to have the traction when your boosted.

That was my last big thing to buy, looks like we will be installing the traction control here shortly and then its just a matter of waiting for the roads to clear up to get the rubber on and an alignment done. Still trying to work out deals for the clutch install.

I dont think I have checked the weather forecast so much before. haha.

Really looking forward to seeing this car in person this year! Good work Mitch!

Thanks Mark, I hope to bring it out a bunch. It will be my daily driver this summer, rain and shine. I have learned alot about this car over the winter that's for sure.

Do you have anything more to share about the traction control system? I thought I remember you saying you were doing something different than the GTM off the shelf product?

Actually I just got it today and started making a plan of how to go about installing it. It is going to be a fair amount of work. Its going to have every feature that racelogic provides. No lift shift, launch control everything.

We have been going over the schematics and looking for the best way to do this. The Injector harnesses will be plug and play so there will be no cutting of the stock wires. The ABS wires have proven to be a bit more of a issue. It is virtually impossible to get to the main connector on the ABS module so that leaves tapping into each sensor between that and the sensor.

The rear ones will be easy, they come up into the trunk and then up to the front, they can easily be tapped there. The fronts will be a bit more of a hassle, we have to either tap into the harness where each abs sensor connects to the main harness infront of each wheel well. This is if we cannot get a pig tail extender for each one made up.

I believe I am going to try and put the brain of the unit (as well as all my PLX modules) under the front passenger seat. It will be easy to cram everything under there (gotta check the height first) and hide all the wiring.

Sounds awesome. What do you lose out on by going with the GTM version?

Well to be fair Sam did say he could add all these features. The reason GTM does not advertise is that it is significantly more work to install. In order to get the no lift shift you have to tap into each of the speed sensors manually. If not then you can get all this info through the ecm harness and not have to deal with this so were hoping it pays off. I would think with a boosted car the no lift shift should work awesome, no need to bleed off the boost between shifts.

Looky! James came over today and we got it up and running. This was just a quick test to make sure that it was cutting the injectors properly. Sounds pretty sick and even at ~2800 rpm rev limiter you can hear the turbo starting to go, I think this is going to work pretty well. Tomorrow will be cleaning up everything and tucking it all away somehow, there is ALOT of wires sitting in the car right now.

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I like

Very nice :tup:

What the car looked like before I began hiding wires and cleaning it all up. 3 hours in and I still have ALOT to do :/

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nice build, seems like you are keeping busy!

Thanks!
and yup, tires should show up this week. Just will have to get them put on and then throw a clutch and flywheel in her.