hey guys just bought an ae71 and i have a smallport fwd 16 valve 4age to go in it, iv searched but havent found solid information on how to wire it in and if the fwd drive loom will even be long enough without modification? I'm in eastern suburbs melbourne and if anyone would be keen to give a hand wiring it in the coming month or two there will be beer money involved haha any help appreciated!!

FWD looms are way long, you can most likely shorten it all up and make it neat.

ah cool cheers mate, read somewhere that its just long enough if you run it the right way, and another that said you have to lengthen it by a metre haha damn conflicting info

It depends where you want your ECU to end up. I used an MR2 4AGE and loom and it ended up tucking away in my center console for easy access really well.

 

am i correct in assuming that the mr2 loom is shorter than my ae92 one?

I think it would be.

yeah awesome cheers mate, any chance of pointing me in the right directions regarding wiring the whole thing up? much appreciated

These should get you started.

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tech:Engine/A_Series/Wiring_Diagrams

I'm unsure if i wanna tackle the wiring side being my first conversion and not particularly good with wiring diagrams, do you know anyone in victoria who has experience wiring them up? again i had abit of a search but nothing.

Nah I'm in QLD so couldnt point you in the right direction. I did my first engine conversion completely myself last year using only internet references and asking a few questions on FB and forums. Taught myself to read wiring diagrams and to wire stuff. Its daunting but once you figure it out a bit its pretty straight forward.

The loom on the smallport I pulled out of a 86 and put in my old car was lengthened ~400mm, I always thought ae92's are short and ae82's are long. I would just put the motor in and it will be quite apparent if its long enough. Yeah I would recommend research, research, research all the info is around.

Edited September 22, 201412 yr by It's_AUDM_Yo