The Ultimate DIY Automotive Wiring Guide

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2 жыл бұрын

Getting the wiring job underway on the Z2H8 Camaro drag car project. using this easy and simple Precision fb and wiring harness along with the leash electronics relay board makes it a breeze. This is only the beginning but the relay board is completely wired up and ready!
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@MrMacGiollaChainnigh 9 ай бұрын

My man. I started this video skeptical as the title stated "Ultimate" but dude, I'm genuinely impressed. I've built multiple chassis/engine harnesses (few dozen) in the past 15 years(with Leash, Bussman custom setups, etc) and for the first time in a KZfaq wiring video, I said "damn, that's clean". Absolute props, and I appreciate the 1440p upload.

@DAPerform 9 ай бұрын

I Can’t express how good that is to hear, thank you 🤘🏼

@MrMacGiollaChainnigh 9 ай бұрын

Keep it up, ,am! I'm subscribed! @@DAPerform

@markm04021979 19 сағат бұрын

Thanks for this vid! Im about to rewire my 1963 Chevy P10 in a few weeks. This does help a lot!!

@DAPerform 18 сағат бұрын

@@markm04021979 glad to help. I have a few wiring videos up

@angeloc700 3 ай бұрын

Just stopping in to say that wire loom is pure artwork. Nice job.

@DAPerform 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@josephsmith6613 5 ай бұрын

This man has a well tuned mind and obviously educated. I admire looking at the neatness and safety in his hobby or career which ever it may be.

@DAPerform 5 ай бұрын

Lots and lots of research to get this done! I wanted to do the wiring once and not have to redo it later. Glad you liked it!

@bdtoel 6 күн бұрын

Looks great, thanks for the tips. Will be trying an all new wiring set-up for my 1972 Porsche 914 V8 327 conversion in the next few months.

@DAPerform 6 күн бұрын

@@bdtoel sounds pretty sweet

@steveivanov7291 2 жыл бұрын

Looks nice and clean. Great work, glad the kit worked well for you.

@802Garage 7 ай бұрын

Nice trick with splitting the current through multiple wires in the Deutsch connectors. I know you mentioned the larger Deutsch connector later in the video, but so others know they are the DTP line which is rated at 25A for power connections. That's a dang nice looking relay panel. Learning wiring and accumulating the tools and supplies is so satisfying. I see that PrimeWeld TIG in the background too. Good choice there. Solid video!

@DAPerform 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate that. Trying to ball on a budget here haha

@shimonwaksman1893 4 ай бұрын

Just a quick note re: amperage capacity in a circuit…. If you need 2 wires to carry your amp load on positive side, since your also grounded through the harness you need to carry the same load capacity on the ground side. In other words you need a 4 wire harness/ connector with 2 grounds in order to complete a 20 amp circuit in this application. So it would be cost effective to move up in connector series so you can save on wire/ connectors. Also the connector is your bottleneck not your 14 gauge wire.( depending on length of course but most likely far exceeds 20 amp load)… Good luck, looks great!

@DAPerform 4 ай бұрын

@@shimonwaksman1893 that’s a great point I overlooked. I haven’t had any other but definitely something I should have looked into thanks for the information!

@BlacxPhoenix Ай бұрын

@@shimonwaksman1893 Yea, came here to point this out too. That ground line is gonna be overloaded.

@DE-ok4ld 6 ай бұрын

Very clean work! I hope I can get mine looking that good!

@patpayson Жыл бұрын

It looks awesome!

@victorocampo8837 Жыл бұрын

Not only interesting, it's very informational. Thanks!

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@johnmedeiros8975 7 ай бұрын

I’m honestly just inspired. Great work bro!

@DAPerform 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great to hear

@demon1891 Жыл бұрын

Nice job on your wiring... not sure what I'm going to do on my project yet so it's nice to see what you have done... great work on the video

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. The kit we got makes everything so mush easier. Still takes some time though

@worshamslawnservice3052 6 ай бұрын

This is a very nice and clean setup, very professional. Very very nice 👍

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

First time wiring a car too! Research pays off lol

@jbrown82elite Жыл бұрын

Great job bro. I have the leash street strip board and I’ll be doing exactly this ;). Appreciate the great content bud.

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! The kit from precision fab is a life changer. So easy an amateur can do it lol. Been wiring for a free week now taking my time and doing things correct the first time. It’s a process but it’s turning out very nice

@timekeeper5275 4 ай бұрын

I gotta say brother you sound really humble.

@DAPerform 4 ай бұрын

We’re both the first to do this, but it’s the first time we’re doing it so sometimes you just gotta do your research and take it all in and see how it comes out. Our work tally shows through the build of the camaro from the welding, wiring and everything in between! Thanks for the comment! Hope you enjoyed and learned a thing or two

@chrisbergeron5399 Жыл бұрын

great job man. love it.

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@joem6859 Жыл бұрын

Looks great, nice job

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@powers6963 5 ай бұрын

Awesome work man. That's a very clean install!! You should be proud of that one. One thing I noticed about the that Leash board is that the relayed circuits use large fuses, so you have to run large wire for the outputs. So, if you have say, a smaller fuel pump that only requires a 7.5 amp fuse, the smallest fuse you can run on that relay board is a 20 amp and so you're stuck running much larger wire than the pump would need otherwise. It's still a great relay board all things considered.

@DAPerform 5 ай бұрын

That’s a good point. I never thought of that before

@derickjones9960 Жыл бұрын

Super clean bro 👌🏾

@DAPerform 10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@HAMMER_2.2 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for some killer info !!

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support!

@danielluis3800 25 күн бұрын

Good job

@codytaylor048 Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@overlandready Жыл бұрын

something you need to know! Splitting wires for a circuit or plug doesn't increase the circuit rating, you have to work to the maximum of the smallest part of the circuit, so that comes down to a single wire in a dual run, So in your initial plug at about 6:10, you are rated to one of the two wires. The reason for this is if one plug connector/wire fails you WILL overload the other connector and potentially cause fire. Rate ALL wires and connectors to above the maximum possible draw. On long runs add in the potential volt drop and resistance of the cable and overcompensate wire size according to that data.

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Understood, the wires size isn’t the issue I was having trying to increase the amp rating it was just for the connector pin. But I do see what your saying. I’m not close on amp draw for any of the components even with 14 gauge wire so we should be good. Thanks for the information though

@joem6859 Жыл бұрын

@@DAPerform I do believe Deutsch has a higher amp terminal/connector that you can you use, might go in a different connector body/housing, but they have them

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

@@joem6859 I conveniently found them after I had wired the car lol I will upgrade in the future

@8SecSleeper Жыл бұрын

I find that interesting, purely because my 85 mustang gt. Uses 4 smaller wires for the alternator output, instead of one large wire.

@stevezack6077 6 ай бұрын

Dam great job

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ryanchenoweth5673 Жыл бұрын

Nice mate - that yellow wire would drive me nuts though 😂

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

It’s been fixed lol

@forgottenknowledge8917 Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's getting to the stage I need a panel. I want to run things my canbus won't allow.

@deanbramer8977 6 ай бұрын

Pretty nice ! Pretty dam nice !! 20:40

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@alfa164ls 10 ай бұрын

Nice build. Something to watch for however, is running the cables between the body and the outside the roll cage, in the event of a side impact you run the risk of shorting out circuits if the wires are crushed together.

@DAPerform 10 ай бұрын

That’s a really good point. I plan on adding a battery disconnect inside the car in the event I need to kill power.

@mauricewaddelliii6244 10 ай бұрын

Just curious, why not use a DTP 2 pin connector that can handle 25 amps for things like the water pump

@DAPerform 10 ай бұрын

Well to begin it’s what I had on hand. With My lack of knowledge with Deutsch connectors I did not know they had high amp DTP connectors available. The connector for the fans would be the only one I would need to swap because of the amp draw. The water pump and everything else is under 10 amps so it wasn’t necessary for me to split the power wire like I did. On the water pump.

@docfischer7291 Жыл бұрын

The Deutsche connectors are nice to run. Have to watch the quality though . Some of that eBay stuff is actually a real soft plastic . Is the IWSS(?!) kit hard plastic ? There is a part number HDP20 connector (like a bulkhead ) but can use it as either , that is a 100 amp plug assembly.

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

So far so good the iwss kit seems to be pretty good quality. Nothing seems out of the norm other than the price compared to brand name Deutsch connector

@darrenlegallais1974 3 ай бұрын

Great video and I love your wiring layout :-). Could I just ask what your black panel is made of that you have everything fixed to?

@DAPerform 3 ай бұрын

That’s just a 1/8” piece of plastic I got from the local hardware store

@darrenlegallais1974 3 ай бұрын

@@DAPerform that’s what I thought but had to check 👌🏼

@haydengarrett9857 Жыл бұрын

I have the leash board and Holley but I only have two 70 amp relays that are ground triggered and I need three. Any advice on how to make a third one ground triggered or can I just get a bigger relay and put two of the fans together?

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

The first thing I would check is how much amps the fans are drawing. It also depends on what kind of fans wether that are brushless or slow start fans

@davidsalazar4257 Жыл бұрын

Great work! Love how it's coming out. Quick question if you don't mind, what (if) did you use the 70amp relay ignition output for (the one before A)? I as well got this kit for my car and am a bit stuck on what (if) I should use that relay. Thanks!

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

That relay is controlled by the ignition switch on my switch panel. The output wire from the relay is connected to the Holley harness and turn on the ecu and dash when I flip the switch on. Regardless of your setup you should use that to turn on whatever ignition setup you have wether it’s a msd box or ecu that controls the ignition on and off

@davidsalazar4257 Жыл бұрын

@@DAPerform Thank you for the quick response! I had originally envisioned using one of the 5 ignition outputs on the opposite side of board next to the 3 always hot battery outputs. Any reason to use one of the main relay outputs over the ones I planned on using?

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

@@davidsalazar4257 the relay is nice because one it’s already there and controlled through the switch. It can handle way more power and also act as a safety the ignition output wire are much smaller wire and cannot maintain the load of current most ignition sources require. It boils down to safety and the fact that it’s already there. I actually had a hard time trying to figure out how to use all 8 relays since most of them can be used to power multiple systems fans, intercoolers, pumps and what not.

@davidsalazar4257 Жыл бұрын

@@DAPerform Awesome! Great explanation I appreciate your help/advice! Goodluck with rest of car

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

@@davidsalazar4257 No problem, thanks for watching!

@harithhussein5962 6 ай бұрын

متابعه من العراق❤

@jimhiscott2918 Жыл бұрын

What are you using for a vehicle load ELD? Very important component.

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Not sure I know what your talking about

@jimhiscott2918 Жыл бұрын

@@DAPerform You should study up on the ELD. (Electronic load detector) it's very important for alternator charging loads

@douglas2lee929 7 ай бұрын

Do you have a video about the "data logger" you refer to? If so, I can't find it. Thank You.

@DAPerform 7 ай бұрын

The data logger I referenced is just a switch on the switch panel that is an input to the Holley ecu which I have not used and just a trans brake trigger to activate the data log

@user-ts8bu1pe6c 4 ай бұрын

Hey bro i think you should add a link of amazon for each product👍🏼 thanks

@DAPerform 4 ай бұрын

The problem with Amazon and links is that don’t always stick around. Most of the time the links will pull up something they can’t find

@chevy2die 4 ай бұрын

Hey did you have them custom make this whole thing? I can't find anything that looks like the kit you have.

@DAPerform 4 ай бұрын

It’s a complete wiring kit from Precisionfabandwire.com. The link is in the video description.

@jbrown82elite Жыл бұрын

What are those clamps you used for the board bud?

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Those 1 5/8 cushion clamps with a rivnut on the back side so it’s easy to install and remove if necessary

@static_chris4097 Жыл бұрын

where did you get the magnetic zip tie mounts ?

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Wire care sells them and also Amazon

@khancross 4 ай бұрын

Is there need for relays if you have one big cable going to a fuse box and from the fuse box to all devices like radiator fan, fuel pump, powerwindows etc. Before the fusebox you add a battery killswitch, evertime you stop driving, use the killswitch to disactivate the fuse box. Am I right with my thoughts?

@DAPerform 4 ай бұрын

I think I understand what you mean, but that just sounds dangerous lol

@khancross 4 ай бұрын

@@DAPerform Why dangerous? Each device has its own wiring and fuse

@DAPerform 4 ай бұрын

@@khancross nothing is being triggered by a relay so they always have power.

@deanbramer8977 6 ай бұрын

Oh check out this car wiring. Love yours but check this stuff out. It’s what I’m using on my new race car. ISIS Power cells. Bad ass how the cells work.

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

Nice

@zzforspd 9 ай бұрын

What's the product you used to spray on the interior? (Black)

@DAPerform 9 ай бұрын

It’s called raptor liner by U-pol

@user-kk3oj5um6e 6 ай бұрын

Whats your opinion on the k&r kit and the racewire solutions kit vs this one , trying to decide which one to go with , thanks

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

I see you found my other video. You can see why I chose this kit it’s extremely user friendly and almost dummy proof. Hands down the best wiring and relay board combo is from precision wiring and fabrication. But thats just my unbiased opinion

@user-kk3oj5um6e 6 ай бұрын

@@DAPerform what about like gauges and stuff , which my car will be a carbed nitrous deal , I've never wired a car so I'm just trying to figure out what's best , and how did you wire in the neutral safety, thanks

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

@@user-kk3oj5um6e the neutral safety is built into the board with two terminals, very simple. It’s all dependent on what your needs are the relay board has a lot of extra outputs as well

@user-kk3oj5um6e 6 ай бұрын

@@DAPerform only other thing I'm concerned with is that if you have a relay failure you can't replace the relay you have to send it back , that could cost you a race if your at the track

@DAPerform 6 ай бұрын

@@user-kk3oj5um6e I’m not sure if they are replaceable or not but you’ve got a good point

@kimwenceslaosanchez4449 8 ай бұрын

what kind of materials do you use when naming the wire for easy reminder

@DAPerform 8 ай бұрын

That’s the nice thing about the precision wiring and fabrication kit. All the wires are leaves every 12” with what it’s for example relay A wire says relay A on the wire itself align with every wire in the kit

@kimwenceslaosanchez4449 8 ай бұрын

@@DAPerform Yeah what do you call the item you use in name tagging the different wires for easy remembering

@DAPerform 8 ай бұрын

@@kimwenceslaosanchez4449 I don’t use anything to label the wires. They are already labeled

@kimwenceslaosanchez4449 8 ай бұрын

@@DAPerform ahh the white paper ? thanks

@greasemonkeygarage1896 Жыл бұрын

What’s the name of the doitch connector kit *

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Ewss it’s from Amazon. Seems to be a pretty decent kit for the price

@xtreamcj3547 Жыл бұрын

Where in Florida are you located?

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

Clearwater area

@natemcann8490 2 жыл бұрын

Does the relay board power the switch panel?

@DAPerform 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the wires on the top of the board are all for the switch panel

@jbrown82elite Жыл бұрын

@@DAPerform how do you like the switch panel? I’m looking at the ARC panel but I’m not sure..

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

@@jbrown82elite love it so far, haven’t had any type of power to it but the wiring process have bee n very smooth so far. I’ve heard some not so great things about the arc panels

@jbrown82elite Жыл бұрын

@@DAPerform thanks man.. I have seen some issues with the ARC as well. Please let us know how you like the panel once you get to use its functions :)

@YaM0MsAh03 Жыл бұрын

@@jbrown82elite if I could get my arc flat touch switch pannel to work with a leash street strip board I'd do that. Haven't had any issues out of my ARC pannel but would like the features the leash relay board has.

@LTVoyager Жыл бұрын

Wiring looks nice, but the camera work is giving me vertigo. Camera pans should be S L O W. Or use a tripod.

@SutharAutoElectronics 29 күн бұрын

❤❤Good work sir❤❤ 🪛🪛I am auto electrician from India 🔧🔧 You from ????

@AutodidactEngineer Жыл бұрын

Not the pink cables 😭😭😭

@DAPerform Жыл бұрын

The only pink wires are the 12v ignition wires on the right hand side 😂

@RadChannel 5 ай бұрын

Those kits are like $1300

@DAPerform 5 ай бұрын

That’s correct. If you price out all the wiring you need that comes with the kit the terminals and the time to labels each wire and do a pull test on every crimp it’s worth the money.