So, Since I am out of work again, the project has resumed and if progressing quickly.
I opted to remove the A/C. This has turned out to be fortuitous because it let me running the bulkhead wiring through the A/C port and not have to remove the whole heater to get the turbo wiries into the car. Unfortunately, my NA wagon does not have the handy dandy unused bulkhead port that so many of the turbo guys have used to route their boost gauges. My boost gauge will be routed through the same A/C port.
The engine is in the car and hooked up. I managed to crossthread one of the bolts while reinstalling the control arms, but that was easily fixed with a little tap work
The wiring is pretty damned straight forward. Almost every major wire is the same on the USDM NA car and the 1994 JDM WRX ECU that I am using. As a result, I am leaving everything in the car except for the engine harness. I have really just patched in the portion of the WRX harness that is needed. WRX harnesses are one complete harness for the whole thing instead of 2 in the USDM. I didn't pull the whole harness out of the driver's side, only the engine portion. I left the the fan control, headlights, etc all in the car.
The only portion I cut out of that harness was the engine portion, or as SCC called it in their conversions article, the VIB (very important bundle). This portion has the wiring for the injectors, ignition, etc. Things like the CrankS, knockS, and camS are all on the main bulkhead harness and the connectors are the same on the two, so they just stayed in the car.
The only splicing required is a few of the fuses and grounds. I would say that I have only cut 10 or so wires. Everything else you just pull it out of the ECU connector and plug it into the one in the car. So far I have done less than 15 hours of wiring work!
If I can source a 1994-1996 WRX ignitor for use with the coil on plug ignition, this car will be turned over for the first time within the week.
I will update when I hit the troubleshooting phase. No doubt I will get CEL's and the car won't start the first time I try to make it run...
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