How did you reconcile the differences in both the plugs between the '90 US wiring and the early Canadian combo switches? And how did you reconcile the wiper wiring? It seems like you'd have to rewire all the turn signals and wiper to make them work with the Canadian combo switch.

 

Back to Double O 86's question. I don't have windows anymore and I simply reach over the door and unlatch the door from the pull handle or from inside the door I pull down on the linkage that runs from the door handle to the latch.

 

+1. I have a cable attached to the latch, and when I push on the cable it catches the latch just before it reaches the skin of the door and the door swings open.

I also used similar cable and an adjustable turnbuckle to support the doors after removing the crash beams (NASCAR bars on both sides of my cage).

 

interesting. i knew you had to treat the exposed wires to keep them from oxidizing, but i didn't realize that heat was that problematic. my house is full of aluminum wire as well as the leads on my welder.

geez, i had better check the connection on my oven. when i replaced it last i forget if i put anything on the wires to keep them from oxidizing. its pulling 30A i think, so that might be a problem

@rharris: when did they stop using aluminum wire in residential houses? mine is 12ish years old and is full of it.

 

Yes sir. I just need to see how much weight there really is in that area and if it merits the time to do it. I have a couple scrap cars here I am going to cut up to see how much is there.

 

If your house was built 12 years ago, then it has some variation of an aluminum alloy and not just aluminum like in the 70's. That is safe, but you do have to take a few more precautions than normal. The main thing you have to watch out of is called cold creep. This is where the wire gets hot and cold several times quickly and actually expands. This can cause problems down the line if you aren't careful, but mainly is only a concern when you have a circuit that is blowing a breaker fairly often.

 

aluminum wire=cheap *** fail and fire.

 

okok, you made me google. i think the al idea got a fail without a fair shake.

http://delphi.com/manufacturers/auto...bles/cable-al/

So it is being marketed. I cannot find any references to real world battery cable tho. I suspect that the al cable is going to be 30-40% bigger and eat into the weight savings.

 

It doesn't need to be any bigger from what I understand. Aluminum is very conductive and a standard size battery cable would suffice.

 

I had to re-wire everything. You also have to use a canadian wiper motor. The switch logic for vurtually every function of the combo switch is inverted with the canadian non air bag switches.

I also took every unused wire out of my harness, no warning buzzers, AC, cruse, Air bag etc.

Bob

 

Does the door get too floppy if you cut out the side impact beam? I am thinking of taking some weight out of my door somehow.

Bob

 

Yes. You can remove essentially everything except the impact beam, but once the impact beam goes the door will not support itself when it's open.

 

This is good to know before I started hacking.

Bob

 

Yes thanks for that. Until I have a full cage with door bars it is probably a good idea to leave them in anyway.

 

Trunk floor. Replace with a thin aluminum panel or get daring and move the radiator back there.

 

pics or it didn't happen

 

i did that on our shop crx with ls/turbo swap. works alot better. gonna road course test it soon.

 

If I added a transmission and/or diff cooler, that is where I would put them, in the trunk, with some creative, preferably downforce augmenting ducting system as a bonus.

 

I don't know about the radiator in the trunk idea... You would need more coolant and longer hoses which would add weight and it wouldn't get any air through it.

 

Not that I'm saying it's a good idea, but you don't exactly leave the trunk area stock when putting the radiator back there. We know that much.