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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT
Because this is so important it deserves it's own post.....
the big thing is, there should be zero debate on soldering vs crimping when talking about engine harnesses because at no point in the harness should there be a splice of any kind.
Think about that.... Crimp the pin for the connector for whatever injector, coil, MAP sensor, TPS, whatever and it should be ONE SOLID LENGTH OF WIRE to either the bulkhead connector or the ECU..... the only place splices should exist is right off the ECU when branching out from say a relay or a fuse to 4 seperate wire for each injector....
Lets put it this way.... I've got like 12 hours into the harness for the 'vert.... this is after getting the PS2000 with the long harness (bought the whole thing used and the only thing altered was one of the trigger wires removed which I was fine with becuase FFE kit) and setting up the harness to power everything individually, splitting the grnd wires the, shields etc etc etc... I haven't even fit it into the car or started weith the engine side of the harness... it's like 8 feet of wire leading to a bulkhead and that's it.... soooo yea.... sooo much prep goes into a harness, most people just dont get it... remember... I've done more than a few of these and the last faily simple one took like 28 hours....
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I can solder everything you just said you'd crimp.
Splices and butts aren't the only things that can be soldered.
Then again... when I solder to a crimp connector, it's after I've crimped it.
As for splitting something off a relay to multiple destinations... don't they make bus bars, terminal blocks, and other things for that? Do it the right way, man, for god sakes! Do you not care about the children!?