UPDATES:
Stereo is in! Wired up the stereo on the bench, no dice. Found a pinout for the McIntosh DIN cables and cut a plug off. Wired up some RCA plugs and tested it with a 2 channel I had in the shed. It worked sweet, so that was chucked in very rough Friday night then on Sunday when I had the day I bought a cheap 4 channel amp - Jaycar ran out so I got a Jensen from Repco for the same price, and also got some cheap Response 5.5" 2ways because my front woofers were crackly - here is why:
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Along with all this I rewired my bluetooth so its alot neater, moved the controls to a spot where they are out of the way, and where they actually stick for more than 5 minutes! And I ran a charge wire for my iPhone from the cig lighter:
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Also bought an AUX - tape adaptor for my iPhone to go in the McIntosh system. works a treat - better than my old FM transmitter, much clearer sound.
Along with all this a parallel turbo conversion has been done by simply rerouting some vac lines, but now I get even MORE C.E.Ls so this needs to be reviewed or put back to crappy sequential stock. (this was for interests sake, it will still get a single turbo swap later down the track) I found it had alot better driveability though when its not throwing C.E.Ls as I can now cruise off boost instead of on boost/entering the V.O.D Also when I get a C.E.L and it goes into limp mode I can ignore it because I can happily cruise under 3000rpm which is the rev cutoff in limp mode, whereas before that was on boost and the car jerked alot.
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And today I did a fluids service (no coolant - headgasket is shot and it will just burn it anyway, water is fine hehe) and swapped over the fuel filter, and also removed my towbar tongue and repositioned my towbar plug until it needs to be used:
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Built not bought, it's a way of life.