74 Cuda resto Mod/Pro Touring Build.

[kjwalters]

Well the Cuda came back to me on Friday. We had some problems with the clear, but 3rd time is a charm and Juan finally got what we were shooting for. This week he will do the finally clean up and install the side glass and trim on the car. Today I worked on getting the Fuse black and ECM for the GEN III Hemi mounted in their positions and ran the main engine wiring harness to the engine compartment. My best buddy Matt Peters came over and we started to work on the wiring for the rear of the car. All in a all a great day and it looks like it's going to be a very clean and tidy install, just a few hundred more wires to go lol.

[Cuda Cody]

Looking good!  Satin clear can be a bit tricky and hard to spray.

The firewall is looking great!!!! 

[kjwalters]

Yes it can! Glad it's over with. Thanks for the comments.

[Chryco Psycho]

Looking good , the custom wiring always takes time to work through .
I am glad you got the clear redone & finished up

[Cudakiller70]

Some very nice work, good stuff! 

[kjwalters]

The Cuda got her new headliner today. It looks really good. It's  nice to see the car starting to come back together slowly but surely.
We also took some time and had to shave the inside lip of the fenders so the new wheel would fit. Bonspeed certainly filled the wheel well up and with the 295 /35/20 on the rear, it just about all she can handle. Yesterday I installed the electric rear window conversion kit which was actually pretty easy and well worth the effort. You can get a peek at the motor in one of the headliner pics. Fits perfect under the panel.

[Cuda Cody]

Headliner turned out great.  Nice job.

[kjwalters]

Hey guys I have a question I hope one of you can answer. When running after market gauges on a Gen III hemi, how is the best way to get signal? do you just tap into the existing wiring on the harness? or?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Jamie

[usraptor]

Can't answer your question but you did a great job on that headline!    Brings back memories of when I did mine.  Got any pictures of those new wheels.  Anxious to see them.   

[303 Mopar]

Hey guys I have a question I hope one of you can answer. When running after market gauges on a Gen III hemi, how is the best way to get signal? do you just tap into the existing wiring on the harness? or?

Speedo doesn't change since its run off your trans, new fuel sending unit for FI should have the same wiring, for temp I ran it off a t-stat in the radiator, there is no tach wire on the new harnesses so you have to get an adapter and splice into the new harness depending on which harness you have, everything else is straight forward.

[kjwalters]

Thanks for the help. I am using a custom Autowire harness that is plug and play for the Hemi. I just wasnt sure if I had to tap all the sensors. I am running Speedo, Tach Oil pressure, water temp, volts fuel level on the cluster, and will also be running a boost gauge on the console. I thought maybe the tach would be tricky since they Hemi has individual coils. Not sure were to hook that up to get it to work right. The Speedo is GPS so no worries on that.

[kjwalters]

Progress has been fairly slow the last week or so, but I am making headway. Yesterday I installed the Jute underlay for the carpet, and I have been working of trying to get the rear bumper and valence lined up correctly. That's been a pain in the butt.
The brakes got bled on Saturday as well. Little by little. Heres a pic of the Jute and I shols have more pics by the weekend. Thanks guys.

[RUNCHARGER]

Any progress gets you closer.

[soundcontrol]

Nice! Did you glue or fastened the underlay to the Noico somehow?

[kjwalters]

Nice! Did you glue or fastened the underlay to the Noico somehow?

Yes I used 3M 77 spray adhesive. I have done this on several cars I have built and I like the way it forms to the floor and make the carpet lay uniform. There should be no reason to remove it in the future since all the wiring will be between the jute and the carpet.