wow, thats a lot of work you've done there! Looks great.

 

lookinng good brother

 

I can't wait to see this project completed!!!!!!!

 

All of the oil pan wires are supplied by the harness that comes from the passenger side.

 

The ones im trying to figure out what they go to, if anything, are in the same harness as the oil pan wires. There are two other wires that go down around the same area, both single wire one plug. Any ideas? I was going to take a pic this morning but was late for work

 

Me either! I took a nice chunk off of the end of my middle finger on my main sanding hand. Sucks :/

 

ill post up a pic of the mystery wires tonight

Ive been thinking... (uh-0h) origionally i was going to put the FC coil on the drivers side strut tower. This will work fine and be easy to do. The problem with that is that it looks like crap sitting there, and the wires wont be able to be totally hidden since right on the other side of the strut tower is the suspension spring. The problem is that I cant decide on where to put it

Question:

Would the FC coil get too hot if it was mounted on top of the engine?

 

sorry, no pic. I literally didnt feel like doing any actual work last night, so i didnt What I did do, was pull my turbo timer off of the shelf so i can wire that in before the dash goes back in. The three wires hook to the ignition to shut the car off a set time after the key is shut off. The three wires hook to IG1, IG2, and 12+ constant. Can someone check and see what wire on the ignition switch is 12v+ constant for me? That would be awesome! I would do it myself, but i have a small wiring issue right now...

 

No. I think it's where the FD mounts its coils stock as well as the RX-8

 

THANK YOU! not only would that look better, it would also be much easier with the wiring and what not. Plus, now it will be easier to 100% hide the ignition box i made.

 

Is it Possible that the two wires you have are your oil pressure sending unit wire and engine coolant sensor wire?
one should be a slide type and the other a female bullet type.

P.s. I have been fallowing and taking notes :-)

 

There is also a small, maybe two foot long, pigtail that goes down to the trans. It originates from the drivers side harness. There is also one wire that goes to the starter for the 12v trigger for thew solonoid.

 

thats exactly what they are for, i looked at the two in question after you posted this. I totaly forgot about that stuff lol

On my trans the only wires are two that hook to im guessing the reverse switch, they are bullet tybe connectors. Then out of that same sub harness is the wire that goes to the starter i believe. Ill have to check that to make sure. Where the sub harness to the trans plugs in at on the pass side harness is a 6 wire connector.

 

The 12v signal to the starter just a female spade connector right? The only wires to the trans itself are the two for the reverse switch, then i have a single female spade to the starter (not counting the main battery cable lol) On the engine I have the ignitor/dizzy wires, alt wires, choke temp wire, one single wire to the the nikki carb, one wire for the crystal on top of the engine, one to the oil pressure sending unit and two single wires to the engine pan. Sound right to you? I simplified the engine harness 6 months ago and kindof forgot.... sorry for all the wiring questions lol

 

Correct the starter wire is a female spade, then you should have two other wires that are bullets for your reverse (red and yellow i think). Sounds good to me. there should be one wire that goes to your radiator coolant sensor/level sensor but thats apart of your headlight harness i think.
Keep up the good work can't wait to see yours finnished.

 

yep, the one female bullet that goes to the rad i left with the headlight stuff. I now feel much better in knowing that i have everything right. There were a few wires that were mystery ones, i knew 95% didnt go to anything, so i took em out. Good thing i guessed right! haha Tons of work getting done tonight and over the weekend! The woman works a double tomorrow and is going to a friends all night... So im thinking a case of yuengling, tons of sandpaper, and some one on one with the old girl in the garage. who knows, might be ready for paint saturday.... key word there "might" haha

Thank you guys for all the help and words of encouragement!

 

Ill get you guys some better pics of my wiring inside the car as soon as its done. The holesaw i bought was for a half inch drill, mine is only 3/8

 

is it wrong that im going to be jealous of your ending product?

 

Tear yours apart this winter and do the same it's not hard at all, just takes a lot of time. Don't be jealous, be inspired.

 

I've seen a lot of the VW guys do this and it looks soooo clean! Looking good... can't wait to see it finished.

 

lol im jealous still.....im inspired im tearing my whole car apart this winter for a complete repaint job....crap ton of sand coming my way

 

yeah, im definitely not going to miss the sanding! I welded a patch in the bay last night. I didnt take any pics of the hole i dont thing, but drivers side strut tower all the way at the bottom was rotted out. Ill have a pic of the finished product and the template i made for the hole. I did a little sanding last night, but nothing to really update about lol tons of work getting done tonight though.

 

You can certainly mount the coil on the engine. Mazda even went as far as putting threaded holes on the top to use bolts. Looks pretty good in my opinion too. Although i went ahead and put some heat reflective material on a piece of stainless to act as a mount/heat shield. The only problem is then you have things adding onto the top of the engine, which looks cleaner as few parts hanging off or sitting on it as possible.

 

I would like to do a wire tuck too. Never done it. I didn't even know where to start. Hate wiring!!

 

Every time I think about doing one, I keep thinking it would be easier to
rip everything out and just start with a Painless Wiring Kit instead.

*sigh*