I dont understand how people can 'dis' what widemr has contributed to the thread or where he chooses to spend his money and time on his car.
People spend 30k and years of effort for a power figure, 4k on a stereo, 12k on a paint job or the likes but you can not spend 4k on a impressive wiring system?
 
Only productive comments please.
 

Steve i dont think anyone was, if your referring to James's (Totenkopf) comment, hes always, in a friendly way, giving me crap for my car, everything i do is to ****, then its too good, he is a hard man to please ha ha but deep down he loves it!
He just wants me to stop wasting money and get the damn thing driving, prob so i can get all my motor and parts out of his garage, or so i have money to buy parts hes selling 

I specifically was NOT having a go at him. Everyone has their own area of passion and expertise, and because of this we can see what is possible with a whole lot of knowledge and time. Whether we'd choose to do the same ourselves is another thing, but its great to have the info available.
Spending hours cleaning/painting/polishing everything in the engine bay won't have much tangible benefit either, but it can be extremely satisfying and impressive. This is the exact same thing.

I am part way through reading this, I've found it covers everything, from the basics up.
 
http://www.ebay.com.au/it...mp;hash=item53f69ed8cd

Ha ha i have that book! 
I would also recommend that book, it does cover very basic stuff up to more complex stuff, helpful hints ect.
Only draw back is its quite old now, dosent have any info on newer technology like PDMs ect

Did not see any DISing of WIDEMRs post and had to go back and check what I had missed. Think you just took it the wrong way Steve.
 

Yeah, I know Brendan quite well, and I am always having a friendly dig at him.  I helped him remove his original motor over a year ago.  I am just wondering when the new one is going in, haha.   I do urge Brendan to get the car on the track though.  From experience is it my opinion that doing all the work to your car in one big lump can be quite unsatisfying in the end.  I think it helps to be able to appreciate the spoils of each of your upgrades or modifications.
 
Brendan has changed things up about 100 times between when he started and now, and if it keeps going like that the car will never be complete! :)  He is starting to get toward the point where the gear he is installing is top tier though, so I don't know what he's got to improve upon so that may hasten things a little.  He just has to pull together the cash to buy all the top notch gear to complete the car throughout.  He'll be buying a Bosch Motorsports ECU and other parts soon.  We sussed out their stand at the GP this year... went home and found out just how much the gear costs.... $*(! me!
 
Did WIDEMR mention he is also fitting air jacks to his SW20? :)

Yeah that Bosch ECU (there top of the line one) looked great, until released there was an extra zero on the end of the price! $25,000 is a bit to much for me!
 
Air jacks? dont be silly
 
Anyway back on to the topic!

Yeah as James said we all have told Brendan to stop changing things and just drive it AS IS for the time being.
 
But it is his car and i do love these motorsport wiring jobs :)
 
Not sure if i would go to that extent but my engine wiring harness will have a mil spec plug on the firewall meaning the driveline can be removed in a more efficient manner. 
 
Waiting for more pics.

Hey Brendan what's ur hourly rate?...(3/4 serious)