Finally finished my EBC and KnocksenseMS wiring.

I'm waiting to hear from innovative about the status of my LC-1, and want to wait for it to come back before I bolt it all back up (I'm rewiring it)

but anyways here's how mine looks right now.

mess of wires:




knocksense unit:




LED (lights with knock events):




Boost solenoid:

 

wow, you really worked hard to use the stock harness. I just made my own for the engine harness and kept the instrument and power harness intact. I like the knocksense LED

 

it looks worse than it is, it's a typical boomslang, however it's all mashed together in one spot to fit under the protective cover....

 

can you go a little bit more in depth about this knocksense. What sensor did you use and where did you place it?

My GTX motor came with a knock sensor and a control box (probably just a filter) and I'm curious if I can use those or if I have to use something that has an existing tested calibration.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found the website, but I do still like to know where you connected the sensor.

 

on the motor mount like this....



I've acutally only just removed the bolt and put a stud in place...gotta finish that bit up later.

 

Hey man I have the same kind of mess. Especially with that switch box of mine. I have the connectors and all of that to build a patch harness which I will be doing as well so I don't have to tap into the stock one anymore. I hate tearing up the stock harness.

 

I have a couple of empty bolt holes on my motor so I guess I will just screw it on to one of those.

What is that gray stuff? JB weld?

 

you did NOT jb weld your knock sensor to your block.

 

it appears to be....

on mounting:

 

no, last time i checked I didn't have right hand drive...

 

or a green car?

 

hey what do I know, maybe the steering shaft goes around the engine in the NA.

so scott, dont jb weld it.

 

but why it looks so stable

 

im not, scred in stud, then torque a nut down on the flange....then the sensor, then the second nut, and one lock nut for good measure. I suspect the JB Weld might filter out some noise/knock and get bad readings...

 

well more importantly it's ugly!

 

btw - FM sells their special knock sensor stud individually for the bosch type sensors.

 

yeah I have one here in front of me, and it literally is just a bolt with an allen head and a big *** nut. The bosch sensor is caputured between the big *** nut and the allen head.

 

I gotta get on my wiring...that **** scares the hell out of me though :(

However, I did get my clutch done without knowing what I was doing, and I've done a LOT of research into megasquirt...so maybe this wont be as bad as I think.

 

And who the chuff apart from me is going to see it? (granted a few people as I've photo'd and and posted it on a forum but you get my point)

Anyway I've not JBwelded it to the block, I've used JBweld to attach a bolt onto the block and the knock sensor is sitting on that bolts thread and torqued down with a nut and washer at both ends.

I don't see how the JBweld will filter anything out considering how hard it becomes once it's cured.

Some people need to get in the DIY spirit considering they're all using a DIY ECU

 

Like you'd know, have you actualy built any of your ECU or did you get someone else to do it for you?