Unqlyrwstl

Such an awesome detailed build. Nice work man.

twojayzee

Thank you. Appreciate it. It gets better... hopefully


Alright, it seems like i've only been back from SEMA for a few weeks - but its been two months ! holy moses. Work has demanded my attn out of town, but thankfully thats coming to a close and I should be able to really dig in again.

I updated Post#1 with my mod list to generate some more interest


A few photos from SEMA also - My favorite high dollar ride was the Ring Brothers Chevelle "Recoil" I only have up-close detailed photos.
I actually like the self-built cars that are outside as well.


Here's the fast and loud C-10. It looked better in person than I expected




The kindig it designs futureliner, also a million times better than expected. Phenomenal actually




The liberty walk 458 before it got smashed by the jeep - lol

twojayzee

Since I posted the mod list on page one - I'll start uploading the photos of the wiring and assembly.


Decided to go with some Cannon plugs aka mil-spec connectors










Some of the male pins




Female pins





Picked up this $300+DMC crimp tool on fleebay for $19.99 as "broken" When i got it, all of the grub screws were sitting in a bag.
I reassembled it and used a friends "go no-go" tool to test it. Still tests awesome. I'm sure its out of certification for aerospace work, does fine for me.

twojayzee

Same deal for the molex connectors for the infinity. No soldering on these babys if you want them to fit in the connector.
I couldnt find the tool for a reasonable price so I got one of the generic china ratchet style for the correct size pins. They work awesome after a little practice, since I've never used anything like them before.






First crimp - BAD



Next crimps - BAD




Finally figured it out

N1T3MARE

iTrader: (2)

This build is pretty incredible. I just don't have the patience to do a build like this myself. Keep up the good work!

twojayzee

^ Thank you

MORNING UPDATE

There's nowhere flat on my firewall, in the vicinity that I wanted to mount these connectors.
So I made my own area.

This is the patch panel/plate I made for the firewall







And the panel that mounts to it











Also decided to make a backing plate and tap it for the fasteners so I wouldnt have to remove the whole dash for access if I need to remove the connectors




The area with the nut on it, I was checking to make sure I didnt need those. I also decided to add two fasteners in the middle.
To make sure the plate sits flat when tightened down.

twojayzee

Decided to add some panels with contours to match the firewall so it blends in






Its not done yet, but here's the 85% complete portion

twojayzee

Picked up some harnesses from a friend that works at a body shop. When they get in accidents and sever the harness, they replace with new instead of patching old.




Stripped those suckers down into usable lengths




Got the harnesses routed to the trunk




Make use of the factory fuse box that was once under the hood




My dream mounting spot




Figured out a way to mount it with a bracket I made, and pop rivet it direct to the box like some of the other fasteners.
The inside of the box is covered with rubber isolation pads in this area.






Mount the box




Test fit all the harnesses into the box with the fuse block reinstalled





Voila

TRACKMKIII

Fuse block location is sick!! This build is insane!

jeepy

Wow !! Love the location!

twojayzee

Thanks guys. It worked out good, I was a little leery because its so close to the fuel tank, but alot of cars have electrical equipment that close to their tanks.

twojayzee

Picked up this marine fuse block for the trunk. It comes with Silver labels that are meant for sharpies.
I had some clear tape for the label maker, that worked perfectly on top of the silver.



Got the car powered up electrically for the first time in 3years. It was a great feeling to see lights on in the dash and be able to move the seats and roll the windows up and down

twojayzee

Before I ripped the dash apart, to finish the wiring I decided it was time to start fitting the IS350 steering wheel in place.


I'm doing this so I can have controls for the radio, and the paddles for the TCI transmission controller.




With the stock clock spring, I had 7 pins. One for the horn, 2 for the airbag, 3 for the shifter (common ground and 1 pin for up shift request and 1 pin for down shift request)
That only left 1 pin, and I wanted cruise...
That left only one option, try to use the ISX50 clockspring. I purchased a steering column and wheel complete minus airbag from a local wrecking yard. I would have tried the entire IS column, but didnt want to go thru that much effort since the newer cars have a bunch of snap together crap that has nowhere to bolt to.

The clock spring was bad, so I dismantled it to learn about the connections...




The IS clock spring wouldnt fit, so I was on the hunt for a new toyota that would - The one I ended up with fits the Avalon/Tundra/Sierra. Fits with a few small modifications.
Heres the connections




Now to get that part ^ - bolted to this part >




The little plastic part that cancels the turn signals required trimming an 1/8" notch






The new clock spring in place of the old one. 3 of the 4 screws line up for mounting.
The other is a very small amount out. I trimmed and used a washer to secure it in place.




The connectors for the clock spring are around $10.00 but the pins were something like $7.00/ea with the 6" pigtail. I found out theres an aftermarket adapter harness that is made to tie aftermarket stereos into the factory wheel. The whole connector was $11.00
And then you have left over pins. I picked up two of these, one for the clock spring, and one for the stereo.







I plan to use an IS350 air bag, but with the single stage detonator from an IS300. I've seen several people do it that way.

Here's the mod with the column covers on, before I capped off the second stage of the air bag plug. Keeping all the factory tilt column and oem goodness.






The column covers in the older toyotas get really brittle as they age.
I put mine back together with ABS glue and paper clips.

Phase 1


Phase 2



VOILA

TRACKMKIII

Awesome job with the clock spring and steering wheel! !

twojayzee

ow that the steering wheel had been test fit, it was time to gut the car and go for it







This is during the dismantle process. I was thinking - wtf am I doing here, this was originally going to be a pnp swap with a fcd !





With everything out of the way - this is where the infinity will reside, in the factory location





Clearancing the factory cover a bit. I plan to use some HDPE material to go over the top of the whole area to conceal the molex connectors