Split Ray

Infinitybox is proud to announce that Scott Roth and his team at The Auto Shoppe VT made it to the Great 8 with their Split Ray 1966 Corvette at the 2017 Detroit Autorama.  Our system has wired some amazing cars but the craftsmanship, quality and attention to detail in this car make it one of a kind.

Engine compartment of the Split Ray Corvette wired with Infinitybox

Engine compartment of the Split Ray Corvette wired with Infinitybox

The Don Ridler Memorial Award is given to the builder who shows creativity, engineering and quality workmanship.  Any car that makes it to the Great 8 of the Ridler is the best of the best.  Scott and his team have accomplished something remarkable in their first attempt at the Ridler.  You can see a great video interview with Scott going through the details of the car below.

The car has many unique features.  Most significantly, the car was widened by 6 3/8 inches.  This was done to make it more comfortable and accessible.  The Auto Shoppe was able to accomplish this and keep all of the proportions of the car just right.  The finished product has a tougher and meaner stance.

1966 Corvette Split Ray Wired with Infinitybox System

1966 Corvette Split Ray Wired with Infinitybox System

Cutting and widening the car lead to the name of Split Ray.  They created a custom logo for this and it shows everywhere in the car.  Even the Corvette badges were modified to show the name and the logo.

1966 Corvette Split Ray Rear Logo

1966 Corvette Split Ray Rear Logo

The paint is flawless.  The interior rivals that of any Italian super car.  You feel it when the engine roars to life.  No words can adequately describe what they did with this car.

Interior of 1966 Split Ray Corvette wired with Infinitybox

Interior of 1966 Split Ray Corvette wired with Infinitybox

Scott and his team wired the car with our Infinitybox system.  He knew that he wanted to make the car stand out in every way.  Our system helped him do this electrically.  The foundation is a 20-Circuit Kit.  He added two inMOTION cells to control the windows and both power seats.  He has inLINK for control from a key fob and inRESERVE to monitor and protect his batteries.  He added inVIRONMENT to control his Vintage Air Gen-IV heating and air-conditioning system.  He runs everything through our inTOUCH NET.  Everything in the car can be controlled through his iPhone or the Kenwood DNN992 in the dash.

Congratulations to Scott Roth and his team.  We are proud to be a part of this build!

Side shot of RCR SL-C wired with the Infinitybox System

SL-C Update

We love to get project updates from our customers.  Grant S. just sent us pictures of his painted Race Car Replicas Superlite Coupe.  He just proudly finished the paint and got the body back on the car.  This SL-C stands out anywhere it goes.  This paint job takes this one to a whole new level.  He’s close to finishing the project.

Rear 3/4 Shot of RCR SL-C wired with the Infinitybox System

Rear 3/4 Shot of RCR SL-C wired with the Infinitybox System

We’ve been working with the team at Race Car Replicas since 2011.  We engineered a complete turn-key wiring system for this car that controls everything.  At its core is a MASTERCELL with a POWERCELL in the front and a POWERCELL in the rear.  This kit also includes our inLINK wireless system for alarm and security functions.  Most importantly, this kit includes all of the wiring harnesses to connect all of the electrical systems in the car.

The SL-C is a very unique car.  The kit from Race Car Replicas is one of the most comprehensive in the industry.  You get all of the parts that you need to build a super-car.  The team at RCR know racing and that shows in every component that you get with this car.  Click on this link to learn more about the SL-C.

One of the benefits of our Infinitybox system is that we can tailor it to suit your specific needs.  In the case of Grant, he wanted to change the way that his parking lights worked to comply with Canadian rules of the road.  We also modified his one-button start sequence so that his fuel pumps had more time to prime.  Lastly, he added inRESERVE to his base SL-C kit to monitor and protect his batteries when the car was sitting idle.

Click on this link to contact our technical support team to learn  more about how our Infinitybox wiring system can work in your specific project.

Also, send us pictures of your car wired with our Infinitybox system.  We’ll get them up on our blog or in the Portfolio section on our website.

In-process shot of Factory Five GTM being wired with the Infinitybox system

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We received a great set of progress pictures from Infinitybox customer John.  He is building a Factory Five Racing GTM and is wiring it with our Infinitybox system.

John is using our 20-Circuit Kit to power the main functions in the car.  He also added inTOUCH NET so that he can control the car from a tablet mounted in the dash and from his smart phone.

John’s website has a lot of great pictures documenting the build of the car.  This includes lots of good information on how he wired it with our Infinitybox system.  Here’s a great picture of the MASTERCELL and the front POWERCELL located in the car.

MASTERCELL and front POWERCELL mounted in a Factory Five Racing GTM

MASTERCELL and front POWERCELL mounted in a Factory Five Racing GTM

This picture shows more detail on the location of the front POWERCELL.

Front POWERCELL in Factory Five GTM wired with Infinitybox System.

Front POWERCELL in Factory Five GTM wired with Infinitybox System.

The front POWERCELL is controlling the headlights, high-beams, front turn-signals, front running lights, horn, dash power and cooling fans.  You can see how close these loads are located to the front POWERCELL.  This will keep the total amount of wire needed to a minimum.

His rear POWERCELL is mounted just forward of the engine, at the back of the arm-rest.  You can see it here.

Rear POWERCELL in Factory Five GTM wired with the Infinitybox System

Rear POWERCELL in Factory Five GTM wired with the Infinitybox System

This rear POWERCELL is controlling the power to the LS7 ECU, the starter solenoid, the fuel pump and all of the lights in the back of the car.  Again, our multiplexing technology lets John eliminate a lot of the wire required in this car.

Thanks for John for sharing these pictures.

Click this link to contact our team to learn more about what the Infinitybox system can do for your car.

Express Drag Kit

We just got a few pictures from one of our customers in the United Kingdom.  He just finished wiring his 1991 Honda Civic as a drag car.  He used our Express Drag Car wiring kit.  From the picture below, you can see how simple and easy it is.

The Express Drag Car Wiring Kit is a complete and universal wiring set up for any naturally aspirated car.  It includes one of our POWERCELLs, one 8-position switch panel, one of our IOX Input/Output expander modules and all of the harnesses and fuses required to finish the job.

The POWERCELL is our universal output cell.  It replaces all of the relays in your car.  It has 10-outputs, each fused within the POWERCELL.  Each output is rated up to 25-amps continuously.  The entire POWERCELL can supply 125-amps continuously.  All of the outputs are solid-state.  That means that there are no relay contacts to wear over time due to high-vibration or mechanical shock.  This also means that we can turn the outputs on and off 5 to 10 milliseconds faster than a conventional relay.

The 8-position switch panel is very simple to install.  The entire panel connects back to the POWERCELL through 4 simple wires.  All of the switches are back lit and indicate when the outputs are on or off.  The toggles have a very solid feel with a resonant click.  You know when they are on or off, even when wearing gloves.  Lastly, these switches come out of the marine industry.  They are designed to thrive in high-vibration, wet and dirty environments.  The switch panel is going to control the ignition, starter, fuel pump, water pump, cooling fan, lights and two additional auxiliary outputs.  These AUX outputs can be used to control extra fans, pumps, data acquisition, telemetry, cool suits or anything else that you need to switch in the car.

The IOX lets you connect other wired switches into the system.  This includes the line-lock, trans-brake and bump-start buttons.  The IOX is small enough to loom anywhere needed in the harness.  It has diagnostic LEDs on it to show you what is going on.  The inputs are ground switched which means you simply run the output wire from the IOX to your switch, then ground the other side of the switch.  It’s that easy.

This picture shows the cockpit of the car.  You can see the POWERCELL mounted in the passenger foot well.  This is a right-hand drive car from The United Kingdom, so flip things around in your head.  The switch panel is mounted in the center console below the heater vents.  The IOX is also mounted in the center console out of sight.

Interior of 1991 Honda set up for drag racing. This car is wired with the Infinitybox Express Drag Car Kit.

Interior of 1991 Honda set up for drag racing. This car is wired with the Infinitybox Express Drag Car Kit.

You can click this link to contact our team to learn more about the Express Drag Car Kit.  We also have versions of this kit for track cars and off-road racing.

Thanks to Stephen for sharing this picture.  We’re proud to be a part of your team.

Ford Fairmont

Our good friend Mike Ruth at Alston Racing rebuilt a great piece of race history.  This is a tribute to the Ford Fairmont made famous by Bob Glidden.  We’re proud to be a part of this project.  We worked with Mike and his team to wire it with our Infinitybox Express Drag Kit.

Mike is trying to stay true to the roots of this car.  At the same time, he wants it to be functional and easy to maintain.  Wiring is always one of those areas in racing that causes problems at the track.  That’s why Mike turned to our team to provide a simple and reliable electrical system for the car.  We’re controlling everything electrical on the car.  This includes the ignition, starter, lights, fuel pump, cooling fans, Accu-sump, water pump, line lock solenoid and trans-brake solenoid.

His POWERCELL is mounted near where the glove box would be in the car.  This location makes all of the runs of power wires short and easy to service if needed.  His switch panel is located on the roll bar in the center of the car and the IOX is located just forward of the shifter.

REVan EVAN shot a great video of the car at the 2019 PRI Show in Indianapolis.  Check out the video below.


This car has a great history and legacy to the racing community.  Mike is proud to keep that legacy alive.  You can follow this car through the Midwest Pro Stock Association on Facebook.  This link will take you there.  They race it a lot in the summer months.  Be sure to catch it when it comes to town.

If you have a race car that needs wiring, give our team a call to learn more.

Picture of a Land Rover Defender 110 wired with the Infinitybox system.

Land Rover Defender Wiring

Our Infinitybox system has been used in all kinds of cars and trucks.  One of our customers just posted pictures of his installation progress on The Defender Source forum.  This is an on-line community completely dedicated to guys restoring Land Rover Defenders.  “Azarur” is doing a complete frame-off restoration of his Land Rover Defender 110.  He has a very detailed build thread that covers all aspects of the project.  He’s working on wiring now and has just posted some great pictures.

Here’s what he started with for the wiring in his Land Rover Defender.  This is a mess.

Starting wiring

Starting wiring

Azarur came to us looking for help and a better way to wire his Land Rover Defender 110.  He’s doing a pretty extreme restoration of this 110 so he wanted to add the works, electrically.  He started out with our 20-Circuit Kit.  Then added inMOTION to control his power windows and locks.  He wanted to be able to control the system from his iPhone so he added inTOUCH NET.  He added inRESERVE so that our system could actively manage the battery.  Lastly, he’s adding a Vintage Air Gen-IV to the Defender and he wanted to control that through inTOUCH NET so he added inVIRONMENT.

Here you can see all of his hardware laid out neatly.

Infinitybox hardware laid out

Infinitybox hardware laid out

Here you can see how he mounted his inRESERVE solenoid and ran his primary battery cable.

inRESERVE Location

inRESERVE Location

Here you can see his primary Mega fuses plus the JCASE fuse holder for the inMOTION Cell.

Primary Fuses

Primary Fuses

He has fabricated great access compartments for the MASTERCELL, POWERCELLs and inMOTION.

MASTERCELL and inMOTION Locations

MASTERCELL and inMOTION Locations

The rear POWERCELL is mounted behind the subwoofer in the back of the truck.

Rear POWERCELL

Rear POWERCELL

The front POWERCELL is mounted under the dash above the transmission tunnel.

Front POWERCELL

Front POWERCELL

This is going to be a great install when it is finished.  You can see the entire build thread for this Land Rover Defender 110 at The Defender Source website.  Search for a build thread titled “LR 110: Two years and thousands of hours“.

If you have questions or are looking to wire your car or truck, reach out to our team and we can help get you going.

 

1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

1971 Mustang

We love to get pictures from our customers, especially progress pictures showing updates on their projects.  As cool as it is to see the final car, we love the see how a customer got there step by step.  We got these pictures from Infinitybox customer Lee A.  He’s been working on a 1971 Mustang for a while now.  He’s proud to say that he’s done 95% of the work himself.  He also says that this is his first project like this.  It is awesome work for his first restoration.

Lee bought the car from his son in 2007 and immediately went to work.  He did most of the work at the automotive craft shop at the Ft. Sill military base in Oklahoma.  He had worked a deal with the base to give him shop space in return for teaching a body and paint class.  His efforts taught over 300 people how to use the booths and gave them the confidence to get their projects going.

Lee used side mirrors form a 1987 La Sabre and seamlessly blended them into the doors.  He shaved the door handles and removed the passenger lock.  The engine is a 302 with a mild race cam and headers.  He rebuilt a C4 transmission with all new items and high performance valves.  The rear end is a stock 8-inch with 3.55 gears.  It has all new suspension components and disc brakes in all 4 corners.

Lee did all of this work himself while dealing with nerve damage in his right leg from an injury that he sustained while serving in the military.

Lee has our 20-circuit kit powering the car.  He also has inMOTION controlling his power locks and power windows.  He has the front POWERCELL where the remote starter solenoid usually is in this vintage of Mustang.  You can see it in these pictures.

Front POWERCELL mounted under hood of 1971 Mustang

Front POWERCELL mounted under hood of 1971 Mustang

This is a great shot of the POWERCELL next to that nicely chromed engine.

Picture under the hood of a 1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

Picture under the hood of a 1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

The rear POWERCELL is nicely placed in the trunk near to the battery.  The MASTERCELL and the inMOTION cell are neatly tucked in behind the glove compartment door.  This makes for very easy access to the MASTERCELL for diagnostics.

MASTERCELL and inMOTION Cell Mounted in a 1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

MASTERCELL and inMOTION Cell Mounted in a 1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

Lee has really put the details into this car.  You can see it in the fit and finish of the body work and even in the way that he has the wires braided and loomed.  It is a very neat and clean install.  We can’t wait to see the final product.

Thanks to Lee for sending us these pictures.  If you have pictures of your wiring job with our Infinitybox system, please send them and we’ll get them up on our blog for all to see.

Rear picture of 1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

Rear picture of 1971 Mustang wired with the Infinitybox system.

 

Front shot of a 1957 MGA wired with the Infinitybox system.

Install in an MGA

We love to see our customers’ finished wiring jobs with our Infinitybox system.  We just got a set of pictures showing off an Infinitybox install in an MGA.  Leverett F. did an awesome job of restoring this car from 1957.  The overall job included a full rewire of the car.  As most folks know, British cars of this vintage are plagued with gremlins baked into the Lucas Electronics components.  Leverett wanted them all gone and wanted to start over with a fresh and reliable wiring system.  He wired this car with our 20-Circuit Harness Kit and inLINK.  The finished product is simple and clean.

He first mounted his Mega Fuse kit in the trunk of the car.  This fuse block takes in the primary feed from the battery and distributes power to the front and rear POWERCELLs.  Each of these feeds to the POWERCELLs is protected with a 60-amp fuse.  Here’s a picture of the mounted Mega Fuses.

Mega fuse block used to wire a 1957 MGA

Mega fuse block used to wire a 1957 MGA

Next, he mounted his MASTERCELL behind the dash.  This kept all of the wiring going to the switches short.  Here’s a picture of the MASTERCELL installed in the car.  As you can see all of the wiring is neat and tidy.

MASTERCELL used to wire a 1957 MGA

MASTERCELL used to wire a 1957 MGA

The rear POWERCELL is mounted in the trunk.  This is powering the fuel pump, the turn signals, brake lights and parking lights.  All of the wiring is short, clean and easy to troubleshoot.  Here’s a picture of the rear POWERCELL.

Rear POWERCELL used to wire a 1957 MGA

Rear POWERCELL used to wire a 1957 MGA

The front POWERCELL is mounted on the firewall under the hood.  It is powering the headlights, high-beams, ignition coil, wipers, turn signals, parking lights, fog lights and the horn.  This is a great location.  The wiring is short, the fuses are accessible and it is very clean.  Here’s a picture of the front POWERCELL.

Front POWERCELL used to wire a 1957 MGA

Front POWERCELL used to wire a 1957 MGA

As you can see, this is a simple and clean wiring job.  It is a very simple car without a ton of electrical functions, but Leverett wanted a reliable wiring harness that would get him the functionality of a late-model car.  He did a great job of documenting the harness by creating this overall schematic for the electrical system.

Picture of an Infinitybox wiring diagram created by a customer for a 1957 MGA

Picture of an Infinitybox wiring diagram created by a customer for a 1957 MGA

You can download a PDF copy of this wiring diagram by clicking this link.

If you have any questions about this install or how an Infinitybox system can cleanup the wiring in your car, give our technical support team a call.

1965 Porsche 356C

1965 Porsche 356C wired with the Infinitybox System.

1965 Porsche 356C wired with the Infinitybox System.

We recently received these pictures of a beautiful 1965 Porsche 356C from a customer.  He’s had this car for a few years and wants it to be his daily driver.  He’s made a bunch of modifications to this car to improve its reliability and drivability.  He had the ignition system upgraded, he made suspension enhancements and he wanted the car completely rewired.  He knew that he wanted the car wired with the Infinitybox system.  He wanted the reliability, simplicity and modern features that the system could offer.

This blog post is going to hit the highlights of the install and the cell locations.  Watch for a series of videos that will come out of this showing more details on how you can wire your car with the Infinitybox system.  You can catch these videos on our blog or on our YouTube channel.

He installed the 20-Circuit Harness Kit as a base in the car.  This includes one MASTERCELL and two POWERCELLs.  The MASTERCELL was mounted in the front trunk area, just in front of the dashboard.  This made it really easy to connect the MASTERCELL input wires to the switches, including the turn signals, head lights, high beams, brake pedal, ignition and starter.  In this picture, you can see a good view of the MASTERCELL location.

Infinitybox MASTERCELL mounted under the hood of a 1965 Porsche 356C

Infinitybox MASTERCELL mounted under the hood of a 1965 Porsche 356C

This picture shows another view of the MASTERCELL.  You can see the CAN cable running down the right edge of the trunk area.  This is going to the front POWERCELL.

Another shot of the Infinitybox MASTERCELL in a 1965 Porsche 356C

Another shot of the Infinitybox MASTERCELL in a 1965 Porsche 356C

The front POWERCELL is mounted in the well behind the spare tire.  The front POWERCELL is controlling the head lights, the high beams, the parking lights, the turn signals, the horns, the gauges and the wipers.  This location up front is ideal because it keeps the runs of wire short.

That is also where we have the inRESERVE solenoid and the fuses protecting the power feeds from the battery.  This pictures shows the location of the front POWERCELL, the battery, the inRESERVE solenoid and the primary fuses.

Battery, inRESERVE system and front POWERCELL located in a 1965 Porsche 356C

Battery, inRESERVE system and front POWERCELL located in a 1965 Porsche 356C

he rear POWERCELL is in the engine compartment, tucked away in the back-right corner.  Just like the front POWERCELL, this location is ideal because everything is close to the POWERCELL.  It is powering the turn signals, the brake lights, the back-up lights, the ignition and the starter solenoid.  We also left a provision for an electric fuel pump for when the customer wants to add that.  The longest run of wire that we had from this POWERCELL was about 4 feet to the left light cluster.  This picture shows the rear POWERCELL mounted in the engine compartment.

Rear POWERCELL wired into a 1965 Porsche 356C

Rear POWERCELL wired into a 1965 Porsche 356C

A lot of people ask if they can mount their POWERCELLs in the engine compartment.  The answer is yes.  We designed and tested the POWERCELLs to survive in the extreme conditions found under the hood.  This includes temperature extremes, thermal shocks, mechanical shocks, vibration and chemical exposure.

If you have any questions about our system or its capabilities, give our team a call at (847) 232-1991 or email us at sales@infinitybox.com.  You can contact us directly by clicking this link.  

Miranda Built 1967 Nova- "Affliction"

Miranda Built Nova- “Affliction” Wins Street Machine of the Year

Congratulations to the team at Miranda Built.  Their 1967 Nova called “Affliction” certainly stands out, so much so that it made it to the Riddler Great 8 at the Detroit Autorama earlier this year.  If that isn’t enough, Miranda Built just won Street Machine of the Year at the 2014 Goodguys Show in Columbus, Ohio.

The car is subtle but packed with details.  It is wired with a full compliment of our Infinitybox hardware.  They started with our 20-Circuit Harness kit to control the main car functions.  They added inMOTION for the power windows and locks.  Then topped it off with inTOUCH NET.  This lets the owner control the whole car right from the iPad mounted in the dash, including the heating and air-conditioning through a Vintage Air Gen-IV tied to our inVIRONMENT climate control module.

You can see pictures of the entire build including the Infinitybox wiring at their website by clicking this link.

If you want to learn more about the car or some of the other projects in the Miranda Built garage, check them out at www.mirandabuilt.com.

Give our team a call to learn more about how our Infinitybox products can help you wire your car and get the features that you want from your electrical system.  You can reach us at (847) 232-1991 or email us at sales@infinitybox.com.  Or click this link to contact our team.