Wes's "Red Rocket" B6T build

[festivaWES]

Finally got to a point where I am motivated to do the swap. Not much progress so far, just mainly prep. I'll be paint the engine bay while everything is out of the car.

I have my buddy from 43 auto coming up today to lend a hand. Hopefully we will get the dash out, the new engine harness ran, and the mock up of the FMIC from a mercedes slk230. A question for you B6T guys...How did you retain your stock running light/headlight harness?

Without further ado...pictures.





The tools I used


The B6T

[festivaWES]

The FMIC with pipes...

[eurotiva]

Nice. Glad to see another project getting started.

[Damkid]

The way I did my wiring for my b6t and klze is I retained as much of the stock wiring as possible, like starter wires, headlights wires, all the wires for the gauges like oil sensor temp sensor etc, and on the b6t harness I used strictly engine sensor wires, basically the minimum needed to run the engine

[spiko]

Oh man, going to have to subscribe to this one!

[festivaWES]

The way I did my wiring for my b6t and klze is I retained as much of the stock wiring as possible, like starter wires, headlights wires, all the wires for the gauges like oil sensor temp sensor etc, and on the b6t harness I used strictly engine sensor wires, basically the minimum needed to run the engine

So you kept the original ecu plugged in? I wanted to strip down the harness and get rid of everything that i wouldn't need and simplfy the harness with basically just the headlights/running lilghts. Also the starter/alt/ oil pressure and trans sensors. I am keeping the e-series trans as of now.

Later the sohc protege 4WD/AWD setup will go in.

[festivaWES]

Intercooler fit nicely, no cutting of the bumper cover. The air flow to the intercooler could be better though. I may opt to cut up the rebar alittle but leave the cover intact.....ah i may cut the cover also and move the license plate. Who knows!

[freshtiva]

Im digging your dads front end loader. Good luck Wes, I know if anyone can make it work it would be you. BTW, that motor looks familiar.

[festivaWES]

^^ Yeah not only is it a front end loader. But it doubles as a cherry picker!

[Aaronbrook37]

Wow that SLK intercooler looks like it belongs there... I'll be watching this one closely, that's for sure!

[Damkid]

So you kept the original ecu plugged in? I wanted to strip down the harness and get rid of everything that i wouldn't need and simplfy the harness with basically just the headlights/running lilghts. Also the starter/alt/ oil pressure and trans sensors. I am keeping the e-series trans as of now.

Later the sohc protege 4WD/AWD setup will go in.

No the stock ecu connectors are un-used since the stock engine sensors are no longer being used, so the stock ecu connectors are just hanging under the dash out of the way

[festivaWES]

Okay. Gotcha.

A little more progress. Mated the trans/engine. Washed the engine bay down with degreaser to get ready to scuff and paint tomorrow.

[festivaWES]

Pics to follow tomorrow.

[Maxtiva]

I hope to see it one of these day. Good luck with the swap.

[sasquatch]

sweet build ill be watching this...

once you get the harness appart and see where all the wires go youll see how much stuff you can take out... its very easy... there is only a few wires that you have to wonder about, like the day time running lights that go to the ecu... i still have to figgure out what the heck that goes to on my harness lol...