Post weekend update. My father came out from Sacramento to help with my wiring harness project. We started by using 409 and a stiff brush all the complete harness. Then rinsing in a warm bucket of water. Then towel drying followed by blow dry with the air hose. Then we let the harness bake out in the sun for a good 2 hours. Then we installed the individual pieces of the harness and finished with the main trunk under the dash and through the fender area, into the front grill section. This amount of work took us all day. I also installed my rear wheels with 335x35x17 Pilot Sport tires.
The second day we worked on the guage panel. It took us quite awhile to sand and grind the carbon fiber guage panel to accept my stock guages and new switches. Wilkinson must make the panel holes purposfully small to accept newer style guages and switches. We also had to narrow the guage panel so it fit properly into the carbon fiber center console piece. We had to drill holes in the dash to bolt on the center console, and drill holes in the guage panel to screw onto the center console. We also installed the steering wheel, and I installed the new fuel inlet into the gas tank.
We also installed one of Rick Mosely's relay kits. Rick does great work and we were impressed with the easy of installation. I would of rather have installed the relay kit under the dash but couldn't find enough space for it. Also my particular car seems to have a different fuse layout then his instructions indicated. The cooling fan wires were installed at fuse number 7, not fuse number 11. We had two large pink wires at number 7. I am also pretty sure somebody changed out my turn signal switch on the steering column. The wires do not color match the wires at the plug under the dash.
I hope to eliminate most of the engine compartment wiring. I will use the Electromotive direct ignition system, which will remove the coil and distributor and the ignition resistor. I will use a single wire, self regulated alternator, and a silenoid starter. This should remove most of the wiring in the engine compartment.
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