B&M Shift Kit - Page 3

Redog · 04-27-2009, 07:42 PM

Meh, it's not really that hard.

Get those 3M wire splices and hook the two wires into the correct wires in the hardness.

On second thought, yeah me too

Alero Racing Kiddo, get the 3M wire splices. The correct ones are baby blue, red ones are the correct size, but are a little hard to work with. I wouldn't trust any other brand of splices.

AleroDrime · 04-27-2009, 07:45 PM

i never did find any pics of it being done to the ecotec, i saw the quad 4 pics by oldsman

Redog · 04-27-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AleroRacing

i never did find any pics of it being done to the ecotec, i saw the quad 4 pics by oldsman

Same thing

Valley olds · 04-27-2009, 09:08 PM

Ask darkobsession. He put a shift kit on his eco alero not too long ago. Maybe he could tell you how he did it. Here is a link to his thread of the install.

http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showt...t=24607&page=2

AleroDrime · 04-28-2009, 12:45 AM

i pm'd so i wouldnt resurrect the thread

knuckleballer32 · 04-29-2009, 04:37 PM

dont use splices. solder it, i installed it with the splicers it came with and i didnt work. they are crap and if you are not careful i could see the splicers split a wire completely. just cut the wires and tie in the b&m wires.

04-29-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by knuckleballer32

dont use splices. solder it, i installed it with the splicers it came with and i didnt work. they are crap and if you are not careful i could see the splicers split a wire completely. just cut the wires and tie in the b&m wires.

x2 thats what i did just to be safe and dont forget to shrink wrap them when your done

knuckleballer32 · 04-29-2009, 11:03 PM

e tape did the job. and then i taped up the opening in the coil wire cover. no problems whatsoever and it works great.

04-29-2009, 11:23 PM

e tape unsticks eventually that why soldering and shrink wrap are the best especially sense its out in the engine bay

AlbinoMonkeyRat · 04-30-2009, 07:15 AM

you don't have to do the connection under the hood...you could make the connection in the driver compartment. that bundle of cables comes through the firewall and goes across behind the bottom edge of the dash, under the steering column.

knuckleballer32 · 05-01-2009, 12:52 AM

caboose the e tape is wrapped around the connections and then all wrapped together again then zip tied on the ends... not goin anywhere. Albino, yes that is very possible but a pain in the butt to find the right ones in the bundle of 100+ wires

darksobsession · 05-02-2009, 06:05 AM

the plug is not easily accessible for the ecotec, it wasn't anywhere near the pics showed it to be in the 2.4. under the dash is much better. don't use taps, they suck.

AtomicX · 05-02-2009, 02:05 PM

When I was installing it I saw multiple red's w/ black stripes? Is it just the farthest one on the right?

darksobsession · 05-02-2009, 11:42 PM

there are two blue w/white stripes and two red with black stripes.

you want the set in which the wires are really close together. the blue should be light blue and the red should be orangy-red. again, these wires should be next to each other. the other two are not.

after you splice into them, put the unit on 2 and switch from park to drive. you will know if it's hooked up right or not, your car will 'thunk.' it'll shift kind of like a stick when you drive.

AtomicX · 05-03-2009, 01:23 AM

I ended up having to solder them, works good now. But is it just my kit but for some reason if I put it in 2, I can not change it back to OFF unless I shut off my car and turn the car back on.

05-03-2009, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AtomicX

But is it just my kit but for some reason if I put it in 2, I can not change it back to OFF unless I shut off my car and turn the car back on.

No its not just your car all of them do that

darksobsession · 05-04-2009, 03:32 AM

you have to turn off your car when you switch modes.

AtomicX · 05-04-2009, 07:30 AM

Also does anyone else get the Trac Off light when putting it in 1 or 2?

05-04-2009, 04:47 PM

Ya i had it happen to me when i drove it around in 1 for awhile

Th0r · 05-22-2009, 02:44 PM

I just installed mine. Got it from Jegs for just under $40 shipped. The incuded blue splicers didn't cut trough the wires so I grabbed some of the red ones and they worked great.

Both modes kill the traction control, no big deal since I alwys turn it off when I'm screwin around. Mode 1 is pretty firm but nothing crazy. Mode 2 will chirp the tires into 2nd, and if I'm spraying it just straight up breaks loose going into 2nd.