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Originally Posted by slammed con (Post 183981)

A joke harness is an accel harness thats three feet too long and having three of the brand new sensor connectors falling off ans having to take ut to a locak accel dealer and they said theyve seen it before but they fixed it for free then my sequential distributor sub harness came and it was fitted with the wrong weather packs once again it eas fixed for free so :P hopefully that will give you an idea accel cheeraleader:thumbsup:

asking a simple question doesn't make someone a "cheerleader". By the way, a few periods in there would make it a lot easier to read........ :thumbsup:

Jody

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Originally Posted by slammed con (Post 183981)

Speaking of...does your harness have any weather pack (rubber grommets) in the connectors that go to the main ecm? Mine doesnt. The local dealer usually installs his computers under the hood and I asked how/why would you do that without any moisture protection on the harness connectors. :faint:

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Originally Posted by slammed con (Post 183981)

Just curious what your thoughts are. Every Accel harness I've installed I've had to dissect and reroute. The Gen 6 and 7 Chevy harnesses were designed for a 3rd gen f-body with a TPI small block and the ECM installed under the dash.

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Originally Posted by 69MyWay (Post 184001)

in fact mine does not i preffer it was weather proof such as the fast Xfi but accel does not reccomend to install the ecm in the engine bay:_paranoid

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Originally Posted by Efi69Cam (Post 184013)

I would have to agree on the disecting of the harness .What was the thruster designed around?:_paranoid

FYI - the ACCEL harness is the same no matter the application with the exception of the ignition harness.

This is why some might find it to be a poor fit. In my case I installed it on a 400 cid Pontiac motor with a World Products EFI manifold.

I admit that other harnesses I have installed were designed for the specific engine system and that would explain why there is less bulk and issues with those.

On another note - We have this one in and running. Other than final tuning we are looking into another possible ECM fault as it won't turn on Fan 1 - No matter where the program is set for turn on temp - it won't initiate the ground.

We replaced the original ECM from the start due to a bad driver on #1. That one has been returned and I'll swap the loaner out and hopefully solve the #1 fan problem with a possible bad output on this ECM.

Otherwise - it runs very smooth. I have made a couple of hard runs with a G tech. The car weighs in at 3,625 without driver or passenger. We are running a 700R4 with 2:41 rear gears (you read that right). It has a 2,600 stall converter. It ripped a 5.3 0-60 just blowing the rear tires off and a 13.9 1/4. This comes from a car that stock ran a 8 second 0-60 and a 17 second 1/4 mile.

It is lean on hard acceleration and I'm getting spark knock. I believe after fixing that and getting a handle on launching it those numbers will fall.

The best part.....1,500 RPM at 70 mph baby...and smooth as glass in all gears while just cruising. We may push 30 mpg out of this puppy if we stay out of the gas pedal!