Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

[Quadcammer]

Can you share how hard the Haltech was to set up? I'm really considering doing something similar and would like to know how challenging the engine management is?

[WizardSmokey]

Honestly, it was a bit tricky, considering neither of us had ever done this level of wiring for a car, but once you start tearing into it, it's not that bad.

The main thing that made it difficult was that there was next to no information available for the Maserati engine wiring. So we'd have 3 or 4 wires coming out of a connector, and no idea what was what. "Black is ground, okay that's easy. Now this red one is most likely power, probably 5v. So what are these other two? Signal in and signal out? Which is which?" Stuff like that. Even the local Maserati/Ferrari dealership didn't have half the informtion we needed. So we did a lot of stuff from scratch or with extensive sleuthing that wouldn't be necessary on any other engine with marginally more support available.

On Haltech's side, however, everything is fantastic. The ECU and wiring harness come out of the box with labels on each wire, and a full fold-out diagram of what wire needs to go where. I wouldn't hesitate to use Haltech again, and on an engine with wiring diagrams available, it would be trivial to do. And Haltech makes pre-made wiring harnesses for most popular engines, making it literally plug-n-play.

[Quadcammer]

Originally Posted by WizardSmokey

Honestly, it was a bit tricky, considering neither of us had ever done this level of wiring for a car, but once you start tearing into it, it's not that bad.

The main thing that made it difficult was that there was next to no information available for the Maserati engine wiring. So we'd have 3 or 4 wires coming out of a connector, and no idea what was what. "Black is ground, okay that's easy. Now this red one is most likely power, probably 5v. So what are these other two? Signal in and signal out? Which is which?" Stuff like that. Even the local Maserati/Ferrari dealership didn't have half the informtion we needed. So we did a lot of stuff from scratch or with extensive sleuthing that wouldn't be necessary on any other engine with marginally more support available.

On Haltech's side, however, everything is fantastic. The ECU and wiring harness come out of the box with labels on each wire, and a full fold-out diagram of what wire needs to go where. I wouldn't hesitate to use Haltech again, and on an engine with wiring diagrams available, it would be trivial to do. And Haltech makes pre-made wiring harnesses for most popular engines, making it literally plug-n-play.

Thanks for that.

What are you using as your source for parts? things like water pumps or alternators and such? I couldn't find a decently priced source.

These motors are soo cheap, but I'd have to build a firewall back up around the motor, which might be an asspain.

[WizardSmokey]

Honestly, it was a bit tricky, considering neither of us had ever done this level of wiring for a car, but once you start tearing into it, it's not that bad.

The main thing that made it difficult was that there was next to no information available for the Maserati engine wiring. So we'd have 3 or 4 wires coming out of a connector, and no idea what was what. "Black is ground, okay that's easy. Now this red one is most likely power, probably 5v. So what are these other two? Signal in and signal out? Which is which?" Stuff like that. Even the local Maserati/Ferrari dealership didn't have half the informtion we needed. So we did a lot of stuff from scratch or with extensive sleuthing that wouldn't be necessary on any other engine with marginally more support available.

On Haltech's side, however, everything is fantastic. The ECU and wiring harness come out of the box with labels on each wire, and a full fold-out diagram of what wire needs to go where. I wouldn't hesitate to use Haltech again, and on an engine with wiring diagrams available, it would be trivial to do. And Haltech makes pre-made wiring harnesses for most popular engines, making it literally plug-n-play.



Ooohhh, and about that driveshaft angle........ Turns out we might need slightly longer axles, bebause they're at an angle and therefor trying to go further. We did have to pull on them to get them to met up to put the bolts in. The flange started to pull out of the trans itself, seems like it started to do it before the dyno day, too. As far as the U-joints, though, they seem fine.

Yes, the sound is glorious. Like, unreal. And microphones never do car noises justice, anyway. You should hear it in person.

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by WizardSmokey

Honestly, it was a bit tricky, considering neither of us had ever done this level of wiring for a car, but once you start tearing into it, it's not that bad.

The main thing that made it difficult was that there was next to no information available for the Maserati engine wiring. So we'd have 3 or 4 wires coming out of a connector, and no idea what was what. "Black is ground, okay that's easy. Now this red one is most likely power, probably 5v. So what are these other two? Signal in and signal out? Which is which?" Stuff like that. Even the local Maserati/Ferrari dealership didn't have half the informtion we needed. So we did a lot of stuff from scratch or with extensive sleuthing that wouldn't be necessary on any other engine with marginally more support available.

On Haltech's side, however, everything is fantastic. The ECU and wiring harness come out of the box with labels on each wire, and a full fold-out diagram of what wire needs to go where. I wouldn't hesitate to use Haltech again, and on an engine with wiring diagrams available, it would be trivial to do. And Haltech makes pre-made wiring harnesses for most popular engines, making it literally plug-n-play.



Ooohhh, and about that driveshaft angle........ Turns out we might need slightly longer axles, bebause they're at an angle and therefor trying to go further. We did have to pull on them to get them to met up to put the bolts in. The flange started to pull out of the trans itself, seems like it started to do it before the dyno day, too. As far as the U-joints, though, they seem fine.

Yes, the sound is glorious. Like, unreal. And microphones never do car noises justice, anyway. You should hear it in person.

IDK if it helps cause you have a 2001... BUT I by chance got longer axles than what I had. I had to replace my drivers side axle (bent or somehow nackered beyond repair) I replaced it with a passenger side axle. By happy coincidence the passenger side axles for a 99 are longer than the driver side. Replacing the drivers side with a passenger side axle might not be a solution but its a start (and I don't think the 2001 has the same stipulations).

I was thinking I would need a bit of extra length. So I took a set of Tiptronic spacers from a 996 and lathed them down to fit the flange for the 5 speed. TBH I gave up when the longer passenger side axle took up the space. BUT they are all lathed out. Let me run my car and see for sure I don't need them and I can let you have them for shipping costs.