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1980 Formula Main Harness Info BADLY Needed
Hello Gentlemen,
I hate to admit this but I am getting my butt kicked by the wiring on our 80 Formula Firebird. It's been a backburner project for the last couple of years waiting for my oldest to be old enough to Jr. Street race it. Anyways, the car came with a knocking 350 SBC and until yesterday, I thought it was a factory 305 SBC car. According to my manual, being a W (5th digit) on the vin makes it a factory 301 car. The battery appears to be in the factory passenger side location and the harness appeared to be factory routed for a passenger side starter (Were 301 starters on the passenger side?). Back to the manual, none of the printed harnesses really match what I have. I know the 80 was very different from the 77-79 and trying to compare it to my 81 T/A was pointless. My diesel Ford and old gas Dodge truck had more in common than my 80 & 81. It doesn't help that I pulled the old 350 SBC a couple of years ago to put in a 350 Pontiac and didn't finish wiring it. What has really made this difficult is all the wonky wiring that has been done (see pics). I finally said F it and cut out some of the crappy wiring. From the main harness I have these seven wires 1. Yellow (guessing HEI tach though book says it should be white) 2. Red with black stripe 3. Pink (I believe HEI) 4. Red 5. Black 6. Blue 7. Brown? That's what it looks like to me Now wires 2,3,4 all have continuity together. Any help would be greatly appreciated, THANK YOU!!
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Johnny US Army Retired 1978 T/A 463 Pontiac, KRE 74cc 292CFM D-ports, Lunati VooDoo, V-max lifters, TKII, ATM 850 E85 carb, TCI TH-350 race tranny, 3600 converter 3.73 12 bolt 11.63@116.68mph 1981 T/A 4-speed 406 Pontiac, Merrick ported 6X heads, Comp 270S cam, Crosswind intake 750 Street Demon, 3.42 30 spline Eaton posi street car. 1980 Formula 350 Pontiac back burner project 1972 LeMans 350 Pontiac |
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I extracted and enlarged this 1980 W Code Engine harness but it doesn't seem to match with what I have.
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Johnny US Army Retired 1978 T/A 463 Pontiac, KRE 74cc 292CFM D-ports, Lunati VooDoo, V-max lifters, TKII, ATM 850 E85 carb, TCI TH-350 race tranny, 3600 converter 3.73 12 bolt 11.63@116.68mph 1981 T/A 4-speed 406 Pontiac, Merrick ported 6X heads, Comp 270S cam, Crosswind intake 750 Street Demon, 3.42 30 spline Eaton posi street car. 1980 Formula 350 Pontiac back burner project 1972 LeMans 350 Pontiac |
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Johnny I bet I have that harness. I will look tomorrow
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Was ignition switch 'ON" when you got continuity between HEI power and the two battery feeds?
Guessing that's two battery feeds. Hot to master splice and hot to headlights. Clay |
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PM your email, I have a large, highly detailed 1980 wiring diagram.
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I think it was Clay, thank you for pointing that out. I'll go back and recheck.
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Johnny US Army Retired 1978 T/A 463 Pontiac, KRE 74cc 292CFM D-ports, Lunati VooDoo, V-max lifters, TKII, ATM 850 E85 carb, TCI TH-350 race tranny, 3600 converter 3.73 12 bolt 11.63@116.68mph 1981 T/A 4-speed 406 Pontiac, Merrick ported 6X heads, Comp 270S cam, Crosswind intake 750 Street Demon, 3.42 30 spline Eaton posi street car. 1980 Formula 350 Pontiac back burner project 1972 LeMans 350 Pontiac |
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I sure will, thank you so much!!
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Johnny US Army Retired 1978 T/A 463 Pontiac, KRE 74cc 292CFM D-ports, Lunati VooDoo, V-max lifters, TKII, ATM 850 E85 carb, TCI TH-350 race tranny, 3600 converter 3.73 12 bolt 11.63@116.68mph 1981 T/A 4-speed 406 Pontiac, Merrick ported 6X heads, Comp 270S cam, Crosswind intake 750 Street Demon, 3.42 30 spline Eaton posi street car. 1980 Formula 350 Pontiac back burner project 1972 LeMans 350 Pontiac |
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