wire harness problem Options

[celicaracer18]

ok i emailed elprototypes and they said

Hello:

Based upon our experience, this is not a simple job.

Testing, splicing and configuring for the application is about 30 hours. This assumes both harnesses are in original undamaged condition.

Note: We solder all joints and match all wire gauges to avoid the risk of damage to the vehicle.

The flat rate for this service is $1,500. The hourly rate is $65. / hour for damaged harnesses or repair of modified harnesses.

By now you may be experiencing "sticker" shock; however, we would like to assure you that the cost is real, as is the time to do it properly. (We do a lot of repairs to harnesses that have been improperly modified and the total cost is invariably higher for the customer.)

Regards,

ELP

is there not anyone who an do it cheaper, and i though someone told me ^they did their harness for $300

[97sccelica]

i never really looked to far into wiring for any swap

but i know for a fact that extending wires in the harness is one of the major steps

if i were to do a swap, i would try and make a water tight box for the ECU to be mounted in the engine bay and that way only deal with the wires for the gauge cluster and AC control to be extended to the ECU/proper place on 3sgte harness.

not sure if that would work too well

maybe some of the guys who have done the wiring themselves could comment.

other than that, spring an extra $1200 for an EMS. make your own harness(that i know i could do easily, making a hybrid harness would be much harder imo)

a friend of mine did it on his 240z turbo. two wires for each injector(12). wires to the crank angle sensor(3), signal wires to each coilpack(6) wires for map sensor(3) and intake temp sensor(1). total of 25 wires that connect to the engine(control wise, gauges require their signal wires, but thats easy to do), starting with brand new connectors and wires.