InfinityBox Intelligent Wiring
June 25, 2013
BIG NEWS ON THE WIRING FRONT!!
We have sold the Factory Five Harness and have gone ‘HI-TECH”
I have placed an order with InfinityBox LLC for their InfinityBox Intelligent Wiring System. I’m the wrong person to explain it but I now have a pretty good grasp on the whole thing thanks to Jay Harris, the President of the company.
I had heard great things about the system on the forums and of course saw it on “Two Guys Garage” 33 hot rod episode, so I went to their site and filled out a lead form. Low and behold while we were in Vegas Jay calls me and emails me. We chatted; he educated me and when I got home earlier last week, placed the order.
Seriously, if the product is half as good as the service I have received from InfinityBox so far, it’ll be worth twice as much!
Stay Tuned here for installation of the system…. the technology is unreal!! In the mean time check them out below.
July 31, 2013
The InfinityBox system has arrived. Lots of pretty colours eh? It’s the basic 3 cell system PLUS the InfinityBox inMotion Cell.
The in Motion Cell is for motors that have reversing polarity, i.e. power window motors etc. Watch the videos below. (Note: Infinitybox used to be call ISIS… They had to change that obviously)
Sept 21 – 22, 2013
The Plan
I’ve been thinking and thinking and I have to say, real estate in this car is scarce! My original plan after discussing with Jay Harris of InfinityBox was to place one Power Cell and the inMotion Cell in the trunk, the Master Cell somewhere in the tunnel and the last power cell under the dash were the old fuse panel would go (just right of the steering column.
That plan went out the window as I started mocking up the floors and trunk. No problem in the trunk really, but the Master Cell is too wide to sit proudly between the seats.
After some thought, here is where the front 2 cells will go. As you know from the brake changes I made (above) we have some space where the old master cylinders used to reside. The old mounting posts were cut away and I get my hands on some aluminum, I will make a panel that will sit there and hold them.
The mock up of the panel is shown below in cardboard. The space is also ideal for mounting the power steering module as well. (not of fan of the way they mount it in the manual, which is down in the chassis exposed to the elements.. (yeah like this car will ever see “elements”…LOL)
The Front Power Cell is outboard, right below the cowl opening in the body so it can be serviced as required without climbing under the dash; The Master Cell is toward the middle of the car… closest to all the switches in the console and new Dakota Digital Dash!
The Rear Power Cell, inMotion Cell and JCase Mega Fuses blocks are all mounted next to the “Yellow Top”… pretty much as planned.
I used 1/4″ x 20 Rivnuts rather than nuts and bolts. This will make it easy to re-install once trunk is finished with carpet etc.
So now we know where all the modules will go, now it’s time to start stringing the primary wiring from the battery in the back. The 1 gauge positive will run through the cabin to the remote starter solenoid.
Then from the same terminal through the firewall at the transmission tunnel, across the intake at the base of the carb (wrapped of course to look nice) and ending up at the Alternator.
From the other side of the solenoid, the positive runs to the starter. This one is shielded with heat sleeve because it will run between the ground wire and the passenger side header.
The battery out back also feeds the mega-fuse “J” blocks from InfinityBox with 4 gauge jumpers. Each of the 3 power cells will get 2-8 gauge power leads each run to it.
The Negative side cut-off switch will get installed behind the passenger seat within reach of the driver.
Now before you get all worked up on the cut-off debate… THIS IS NOT A REMOTE KILL SWITCH like in a drag car; then yes I’d have switched the + cable so the ignition could be shut down. No, this is merely a switch near the battery to break the ground, not unlike unhooking it at the battery. I did this only to be able to store the car in the winter and to work on the car safely.
February 23, 2014
So I’ve spent the last couple Sundays tidy-ing up wires. There is a tone of stuff we will be adding up under the dash and down the centre console. THANK GOD FOR THIS InfinityBox System.
I made a quick video explaining the status of the wire management to date. take a look.. it’s 12 minutes long so sit back! I ramble on explaining the InfinityBox system in laymen’s terms and also opine about the stereo system that will be installed.. Take a look!
To do what all we wanted to do, I sent in a request into Jay Harris and Mike Weber at InfinityBox to develop a flash upgrade for my MasterCell. Below are the new Assignments for every node in the system.
To re-program the functions in the InfinityBox system I got my own inCode programmer so I wouldn’t have to rent one. Here anoth “Jay Harris” Video on how the programming is done. So Slick!
I can’t express my thanks enough to Jay and Mike in the way they support their customers!
The wiring in the trunk is starting to shape up. I will have to do some trunk lining before I clamp down the harnesses.
Wipers
I’ve chose the “Mighty Wiper” installed in the roof on the driver side. Real simple. This is how it will be wired into the 4 switch panel.
April 19, 2014
Wiring, wiring and more wiring. Things behind the dash are starting to shape up. It turns out much there are not as many wires being used as is supplied in the system (see the coil of wires yet to be cut off) I want to make sure of a few things. That as much wiring as possible stays inside the car. The standard issue Factory Five wiring runs a lot under the car and exposed to the weather… not that this thing is ever going to see any sort of bad weather, but… That once completed, I’m able to take the interior apart in case some work need to be done on the wiring. That means the centre console has to be removable etc etc. KEEP IT NEAT!
This is one of 2 plastic switch panel Mark O made for me at his work. He’s one of best and oldest friends and is the owner of a Vacuum Forming business in Burlington called ProThermoForm
For now the wiring is complete. All has been tested but much has yet to be finalized. Harnesses have to be made so that all is serviceable. This will all happen as we get to working on assembling the interior.
Check out this video that should bring you up to speed on what has gone on in wiring. If you are interested in more information on the InfinityBox Intelligent Multiplexing system go to www.InfinityBox.com
DECEMBER 7, 2014
A simple thing like a horn. OMG the ones that came from Factory Five were cheap sounding. Like a cow in heat…. and ugly… So for about $50 bucks I got the WOLO Bad Boy electric air horn.
NO RELAY REQUIRED with the Infinity Box Wiring system. Just ground the horn, give it a power lead form the power cell.
What a difference. Looks great, nice and compact and with 123.5 db dual tone is sounds LOUD AND CLEAR. Want to hear it? Click button below.
November 22, 2015
Before the body can go on all the wiring had to be harnessed and tidy’d up, which means the tunnel goes on, wires from under hood need to be routed up through it and all the dash wiring for switches and heat/AC controls need to be bundled.
Just a fussy, time consuming job but with good notes and planning I should be able to track everything down in the future.
January 9-10, 2021
I have been debating whether to post this here of on the interior page. it makes most sense to post here, so I will create a link to this heading on the other page as well
The center console switches need to be removeable, so harnesses have to be fashioned. First, the “4 switch” bank that controls the Lights, Wipers, Fan override and Back up camera power. (Marked Int Lite)
The switch panel itself gets wired uniquely because of the indicator lights. Normally, you see, there would be no power at the switch, but in order to power each lite when the switch is used, it needs 12V Accessory power. A diode is used to prevent unwanted voltage traveling up that wire and damaging the MasterCell.
- All LED Reds will get a common 12v Acc Power
- All LED Blacks will go to a center post on each corresponding switch
- Each Master cell input will get a 1N4001 diode soldered and wrapped inline with the stripe on the switch side (ie
pointing away from Master Cell) - Then those 4 Master Cell inputs will go to that corresponding center post along with the LED Blacks
- The bottom post of the switches will all go to a common chassis ground (not the Master Cell ground wires)
The 1N4001 diodes were soldered into the other side of the harness then soldered on to the leads coming from the MasterCell under the dash. Then it can be fed up into the console and connected to the switch panel.
March 12, 2021
Watch the video below to see the update on the audio and interior wiring.
For pics and info check out the interior page of this site HERE
January 8/9, 2022
We are back at it after a very busy summer and fall and holiday season.
The plan is to start from the back and work forward, completeing all the little jobs along the way. Started with the taillights. Of course there were only 2 studs supplied when 3 are needed… A video is worth a trillion words so here is the results of the weekend.
Next is to finish off the trunk area. I still have to rivet a few panels down, sound deaden and trim up some carpets. Here are some pics of the process.
Recent Comments