2.4 Liter G4CS build thread

Well this week with my days off I dug into the interior rewire. Not a guide to follow which made it a real pain, not to mention I think the interior wiring is a thicker main loom with I'd guess 20 total connectors, instead of just the few the fusebox and engine harness had. This meant that removing a wire or connector meant removing pins from not one connector, but more like 3-4 pins per "wire" I wished to remove.

For a list of what I was removing, I am not quite sure if I am done yet.

I removed the stereo wiring, and stock infinity amplifier wiring. I plan on running thicker speaker wire from a removable amplifier to the 4 speakers, instead of running the amped wires to the stock connector and the thin factory wiring. The only wiring left on the radio plug is the 5 wires for power, remote, illumination, dimmer, and ground? Can't remember exactly The wiring was such a mess, and really poorly done Mitsubishi... I knew they ran the amplifier and stock speaker wire in parallel, but I didn' tknow that it meant crimping the wires from the amp into the standard speaker wires. Pretty lame if you ask me. Anyways, the rear speakers were the most PITA just because they ran from the plug, through all the dashboard wiring, to the plug on the drivers kick panel, than through the side to the speakers. The door speaker wiring I havn't yet tackled yet. At the plug, the wires change to a black wiring, seemingly larger gauge. At this point in time I don't know how I would even rewire it, I don't see how the wire was physically routed through the little door garmet. Hopefully next week I can figure it out so than I can route the new speaker wire. Had I just wanted to remove my speakers for weight I probably wouldn't care, but I figure a little music in the pits would add some character.

All the A/C HVAC connectors and the heater core and fan plugs. In total there were about 6 or 7 plugs and I thought I be removing a ton of wiring by doing this. In reality, more than half of those wires were just connected to the other plugs or to the cores not more than 12 inches away. Only the ground wire, power wire, and A/C fan (routed to the engine bay to turn that fan on).

Now I am not 100% sure if that means I am no longer able to run my A/C fan on my radiator. I know there are people that pull the fan because it only helps cool the engine while idling? Anyone got any more insight on that? If it still helps I am sure I could wire it to turn on with the main radiator fan, other wise I will go ahead and remove it like Eric did.

Lastly I removed all the SRS wiring. That was the most difficult as it just seem to run everywhere. Only thing left is the SRS ring on the steering wheel mount. Is there a way to remove it, the wiring, but leave the center alone so that the blinker still works? Or do I just need to cut the SRS wiring on both sides of the ring?


That was it for the past two days. My butt is so sore from sitting on the floorboard of the car for so many hours. I decided for the ake of ease of reinstallation, I rewire inside the vehicle, instead of removing the harness and not knowing how to route all the little odd ball connectors back. Made it a little harder for the rewire, but gonna be a sinch putting it back together. With all the crimps mitsubishi did to the wiring and the power and grounds all spidered throughout the car, I am really considering going back and sodering and heat shrink wrapping everything... The thought is there especially now I removed some of the reasons to have a crimp...

Lastly, on my way to get groceries tonight, a new skateboard shopped had opened up next to it. On an impulse I ran in (against my fiance's wish ) and picked up some skateboard bearings. A restoration on my shifter is long over due..

As always, I would appreciate input on my questions, please and thank you! See you next update!

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