Good planning equals great execution...

Okay Folks,

I received a call from a potential customer yesterday. His question was so good and so relevant, I had to post about it. He was building a Factory Five GTM and wanted to know at what point in the build should he be planning the electrical system for the car. Good for him to be thinking about wiring this far ahead in his project.

Every customer or potential customer that we meet can give us excrutiating details of their engine and transmission down to the head bolts that they are going to use. They can also extol the wonders of their audio system that they are going to install ticking off every amp and tweeter hidden in the car. But when you ask them about how they are going to get electrical power to all of these goodies, a lot of them stop and scratch their heads. In a lot of cases, wiring the car is an after thought.

Regardless of how simple or complicated a car is, the electrical system is what really makes it go. From powering just a simple coil and a few headlights all the way to complicated EFI controllers and powerful audio systems, the wiring harness is truely the backbone of the car.

Whether you are using the ISIS Intelligent Multiplex System or a traditional fuse & relay based wiring harness, good forethought and planning can make all the difference in the install. Especially with ISIS, the best benefits of the system come from when you optimize the electrical system. Strategic placement of the MASTERCELL and POWERCELLs in the car can really make a difference.

In the case of our new customer with the GTM, he answered his question, even before I could. He said that he wanted to have ISIS early in the build so that he could spend time laying out the system while he had the bare frame. That way he has a figurative clean sheet to work with. He could design and build his brackets to mount the cells easily. He could also route the CAN and power cables without a lot of obstructions.

Spend some time going through our reference library to help plan your install. You can find links to the manuals and the different configuration sheets for the system. Plus there are links to application notes in our installation guide section.

We designed the ISIS Intelligent Multiplex System to simplify the wiring of your car's electrical system. Good planning of your install can make this process even easier.

Jay