Theo,
I do remember your car in CO springs, and I think I have a couple of
pics...but naturally at the time I didn't have the forethought to study
detailing with respect to wiring. I do recall it seemed really sanitary
under the hood. That's exactly the look im going for. Traditional but just
a bit extra clean. I follow your explanation on this really well. this
sound like the perfect marriage for what I'm trying to do. like you said,
not need to rework the under dash harness if its doing its job just fine. I
just need a bit of technology, like yours, concealed ignition, possibly EFI
( not there yet).
I hadn't considered the false floor for storage...brilliant idea. that's
probably an old tiger trick that I just wasn't clued in to.
Theo, what type of EFI are you running?
Thank you for your help. This is exactly what I was wondering about.
Cullen
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Smit, Theo <Theo.Smit@garmin.com> wrote:
> Cullen, I donB9t know if you looked at my Tiger in Colorado Springs. I ran
> the engine compartment wiring through the firewall at the right, then
> immediately out into the right-side fender; from there up over top of the
> fender arch lip and forward to the radiator crossmember. Along the way, I
> used one of the holes in the fender to bring out the wiring for the
> alternator, distributor trigger, and the coolant sensor. Those tucked
> under/behind the alternator so they were mostly out of sight. The right
> side horn, headlight and signal lights were the next stop; then the wiring
> ran along the radiator crossmember to the left-side headlight, signal
> light, horn, and electric fan. There was a wire there for the electric fan
> switch which was mounted in the radiator when I did the wiring, but then I
> moved it to the thermostat housing and I (temporarily) ran it along the
> radiator hose over to the engine.
>
> I ran the MSD wiring to the coil underneath the steering column; the coil
> is mounted on the left head. The EFI injector wires were run from the left
> side of the engine, using the bolt access hole that is already on that
> side for valve cover/plug access. ItB9s pretty much invisible there.
> The end result of all this is basically no obviously apparent wiring on
> either side of the engine compartment.
>
> I used the passenger footwell to house the EFI electronics. I modified the
> foot rest with a piano hinge along the bottom so it swings back to give
> access, with a simple loop fastener (gotta do that better...) to hold it
> up and in place. The MSD-6 is mounted in the left kick panel on a plate so
> that the MSD itself sits in the rectangular chassis cutout thatB9s there.
> It juuuust fits.
>
> I donB9t know if there is much benefit to doing a full rewire of the under
> dash setup. You would need to adapt whatever harness you got to suit the
> Tiger heater, wiper, signal light, and instrumentation wiring, where the
> OEM harness has all that done for you.
>
> Theo
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