"Official" Wire Tuck Thread.
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it doesnt get to hot here in the summer, and ive got windows so ill be all good. lol
and its funny you say youll steal the tool, i have a buddy whos in mechanics class @ school so ill just ask him i they have one there and borrow it for a couple days. hahaha
and its funny you say youll steal the tool, i have a buddy whos in mechanics class @ school so ill just ask him i they have one there and borrow it for a couple days. hahaha
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It can be done......we did it in school with a retro into a 40s pickup with a corvette drive trane transplanted.the ABS and AC and coolant and powersteering resivouir would not fit in the area we had to work with.
Get tubing bender and new S lines and route to where you want it and fab a new mount bracket.
practice first at making good lines that work before making ones for the car.
we went through a lot of tubing.We did not use SS though due to cost,but I am sure it will bend the same as other tubing.
For the powersteering we went to a shop that repairs cardboard balers(hydrolic lines) and had new lines made taht fit our needs for the new aftermarket electric pump.
You can do it.
Get tubing bender and new S lines and route to where you want it and fab a new mount bracket.
practice first at making good lines that work before making ones for the car.
we went through a lot of tubing.We did not use SS though due to cost,but I am sure it will bend the same as other tubing.
For the powersteering we went to a shop that repairs cardboard balers(hydrolic lines) and had new lines made taht fit our needs for the new aftermarket electric pump.
You can do it.
#24
Just out of curiosity, do you know if it is possible to remove the ABS system out of the tC?
You need ABS about as much as you need A/C.
Looking at it and doing various google searches, you're going to have a hell of a time trying to move all those and custom make all those lines. I kind of wonder if that's what that smurf lookin' tC did. Unfortunately, mos of the DIY are on Hondas without ABS it looks like.
Or, cram it behind the engine against the firewall and hope for the best lol.
You need ABS about as much as you need A/C.
Looking at it and doing various google searches, you're going to have a hell of a time trying to move all those and custom make all those lines. I kind of wonder if that's what that smurf lookin' tC did. Unfortunately, mos of the DIY are on Hondas without ABS it looks like.
Or, cram it behind the engine against the firewall and hope for the best lol.
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oh trust me, i know it can be done, and it will be done, just might take me a while.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
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Also a good bench with a machinist vice that allows for you to put in doglegs to hold differant tools is helpful as you need to be able to move the bender and rotate to make the bends easier.also a big work area helps and measure more than once before bending.
You can get brake line pretty cheaply,so make lots of simple and complex bends and learn waht measurements you need before using the good tubing.
You can get brake line pretty cheaply,so make lots of simple and complex bends and learn waht measurements you need before using the good tubing.
#27
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
it doesnt get to hot here in the summer, and ive got windows so ill be all good. lol
and its funny you say youll steal the tool, i have a buddy whos in mechanics class @ school so ill just ask him i they have one there and borrow it for a couple days. hahaha
and its funny you say youll steal the tool, i have a buddy whos in mechanics class @ school so ill just ask him i they have one there and borrow it for a couple days. hahaha
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Originally Posted by teamben158
Just out of curiosity, do you know if it is possible to remove the ABS system out of the tC?
You need ABS about as much as you need A/C.
Looking at it and doing various google searches, you're going to have a hell of a time trying to move all those and custom make all those lines. I kind of wonder if that's what that smurf lookin' tC did. Unfortunately, mos of the DIY are on Hondas without ABS it looks like.
Or, cram it behind the engine against the firewall and hope for the best lol.
You need ABS about as much as you need A/C.
Looking at it and doing various google searches, you're going to have a hell of a time trying to move all those and custom make all those lines. I kind of wonder if that's what that smurf lookin' tC did. Unfortunately, mos of the DIY are on Hondas without ABS it looks like.
Or, cram it behind the engine against the firewall and hope for the best lol.
#29
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
Originally Posted by teamben158
Just out of curiosity, do you know if it is possible to remove the ABS system out of the tC?
You need ABS about as much as you need A/C.
Looking at it and doing various google searches, you're going to have a hell of a time trying to move all those and custom make all those lines. I kind of wonder if that's what that smurf lookin' tC did. Unfortunately, mos of the DIY are on Hondas without ABS it looks like.
Or, cram it behind the engine against the firewall and hope for the best lol.
You need ABS about as much as you need A/C.
Looking at it and doing various google searches, you're going to have a hell of a time trying to move all those and custom make all those lines. I kind of wonder if that's what that smurf lookin' tC did. Unfortunately, mos of the DIY are on Hondas without ABS it looks like.
Or, cram it behind the engine against the firewall and hope for the best lol.
Now that I think about it, the tC is the first car I've owned with ABS lol. I got through 8 years of driving without it.
#31
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
oh trust me, i know it can be done, and it will be done, just might take me a while.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
#32
Originally Posted by davedavetC
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
oh trust me, i know it can be done, and it will be done, just might take me a while.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
What do track cars like the Rado tC have? Does he still have the ABS in his car?
#34
Originally Posted by teamben158
Originally Posted by davedavetC
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
oh trust me, i know it can be done, and it will be done, just might take me a while.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
and i just realized, that once this is done...
i wont be the first tC with a wire tucked engine bay but seeing as Neil Tjin tC's was crushed, i will be the ONLY one.
What do track cars like the Rado tC have? Does he still have the ABS in his car?
track cars like Rados dont have to have ABS because they are Race cars and not driven on public roads, chances are they still have ABS, especially seen as how they all have BBKS, those brakes enter ABS sooner then stock and ABS allows you to keep control of steering while braking, if they removed ABS then they stand the chance of their brakes locking up and at the same time so will steering and they will have no control over it.
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lol anyways i recommend KEEPING your abs lol, they put it there for a reason
i would HATE to see you go through all this work only to have your brakes lock up on you and you lose control and total this baby
i would HATE to see you go through all this work only to have your brakes lock up on you and you lose control and total this baby
#38
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
i know i know.
like i said, i reallllly dont want to remove it, i just want it out of sight but still fully functional.
i already feel unsafe enough without some of my airbags.
like i said, i reallllly dont want to remove it, i just want it out of sight but still fully functional.
i already feel unsafe enough without some of my airbags.
lets just hope those takatas are in there the right way
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oh trust me. they are.
i lost some of the eyebolt, so i actually just ordered the rest today.
only problem is they dont seem to fit in the holes on the inside (near the center console)
idk...ive got till May to figure it out.
i lost some of the eyebolt, so i actually just ordered the rest today.
only problem is they dont seem to fit in the holes on the inside (near the center console)
idk...ive got till May to figure it out.