Leaving behind crank windows was a mistake

16 days ago by sudoMakeUser to c/justrolledin

And this car is over 20 years old. Stripping the wiring from a 2004 Infiniti G35 to swap the drivetrain into a racecar.

MattBlackAlien 7 points 15 days ago

The use of CANbus means there is less wiring in newer cars (yet even more reliance on electronics, of course).

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ikidd 3 points 15 days ago

You'd like to think so, but CANbus is really only controller to controller, with some sensors on the bus but most still running voltage or current sensing. The shit part of canbus is if you replace an addressed part, controller or sensor, you need the dealer laptop to set the new address in the relevant controller.

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sudoMakeUser 2 points 15 days ago

I was wondering that when I was posting this. New cars will have more electronics but I thought they might take better advantage of CANbus and more powerful central control units.

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Bitflip 6 points 16 days ago

Tetsuo?

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TropicalDingdong 5 points 15 days ago

Akira!

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Lommy 5 points 16 days ago

That's a lot of spaghetti. What kind of car are you swapping the drivetrain in?

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sudoMakeUser 6 points 16 days ago

It's going into a S13 240SX. Thankfully the rest of the parts are available specifically for the swap, but I'm not spending thousands on a swap specific harness so I'm going to strip these ones down.

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hereiamagain 4 points 15 days ago

That sounds like a nightmare

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Lommy 2 points 15 days ago

Okay, that's a cool project! An S13 is one of my favorite cars. One passed me last week with fresh import plates, the driver looked like he was having fun. It's great that they have the swap parts available, that saves a lot of time construction/engineering. Also good to see some car hobby positivity on here. Good luck with the harness and the swap, i hope you'll post more in the future!

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