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Picture of FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Factory Five 818 Wiring Completed

Here’s another great example of a customer’s car wired with our Infinitybox system.  Frank L. came to us a few years ago looking for a wiring system for his Factory Five 818.  He wanted his car to have all of the latest electrical functions that he could.  He wanted it to stand out from the rest in every possible way.

Frank used our 20-Circuit Kit as the foundation to wiring his car.  We have a specific configuration for the 20-Circuit Kit that is designed for the 818.  You can download an addendum to our manual that covers all of the Factory Five 818 wiring specifics by clicking this link.  He also added our inTOUCH NET so he could control the car from any smart phone or tablet.

In this picture, you can see the front POWERCELL, the MASTERCELL and inTOUCH NET mounted behind the dash.  This location for the MASTERCELL  puts it very close to the switches on the dash.  The POWERCELL is located so that all of the output wires are short.

MASTERCELL, front POWERCELL and inTOUCH NET mounted behind the dash of a Factory Five 818

MASTERCELL, front POWERCELL and inTOUCH NET mounted behind the dash of a Factory Five 818

In these next pictures, you can see the rear POWERCELL mounted on the rear firewall.  This is a great location because the run of wires from the rear POWERCELL to the lights, turn signals, starter solenoid and ECU are very short.

Rear POWERCELL in FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox System

Rear POWERCELL in FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox System

POWERCELL mounted in Factory Five 818

POWERCELL mounted in Factory Five 818

Frank wanted to control as much of his car from his tablet on the dash.  In this picture, you can see his tablet mounted on the center console.  He can use this as a touch screen to control his ignition, starter, lights, fans and other accessories in the car.

FFR 818 wired with Infinitybox 20-Circuit Kit and inTOUCH NET

FFR 818 wired with Infinitybox 20-Circuit Kit and inTOUCH NET

Here are a few additional pictures of the car.  We always love to see them in go-cart stage.  It really shows off the amount of work that it takes to build a car.

Factory Five 818 in go kart stage wired with the Infinitybox system

Factory Five 818 in go kart stage wired with the Infinitybox system

Frank sent us some great pictures of the finished car.  You can see them below.  Everything turned out great, especially the color of the car.

Side shot of FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox System

Side shot of FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox System

Rear shot of FFR 818 wired with Infinitybox

Rear shot of FFR 818 wired with Infinitybox

Picture of FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Picture of FFR 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Dash of Factory Five 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Dash of Factory Five 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Rear shot of Factory Five 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Rear shot of Factory Five 818 wired with the Infinitybox system

Thanks to Frank for sharing these pictures of his Factory Five 818 build.  The entire Infinitybox team is proud to be a part of this project.

Click on this link to contact our team to learn more about how our Infinitybox system can get you the latest electrical features in your car or truck project.

 

Example of a Factory Five Racing 818

Updated 818 Manual

Guys have been wiring their Factory Five cars since we started this business over 8 years ago.  Hundreds of our kits have been used in the MK4 Roadster, the ’33 Hot Rod, the Type 65 Coupe and the GTM Supercar.  When Factory Five developed their new 818 a few years ago, we worked with their beta builders to create a configuration of our 20-Circuit Kit to help guys wire this car too.  In addition to a configuration specific to this car, we created a detailed set of instructions showing you how to wire all of the Subaru switches directly to our MASTERCELL inputs.  We just released an updated 818 manual based on recent customer feedback.

The original configuration for the 818 was set up exclusively for 1-filament brake lights.  This means that the turn signal bulbs in the rear of the car worked together as the brake lights.  When you flipped on the left turn signal, the output for the left turn signal would flash.  Same for the right.  If you stepped on the brake pedal, both the left and right turn signals on the rear POWERCELL would come on together for the brake lights.  If you have a turn signal on when you stepped on the brake pedal, that turn signal would override the brake lights on that side of the car.  The configuration was set up to match the tail lights that customers got in their kits from Factory Five.

Guys have wanted more flexibility with the tail lights that they were using on the back of the 818.  In some cases, they were using clusters that had separate bulbs for the brake lights.  We call this multi-filament turn signals.  With this update, there is a dedicated brake light output on the rear POWERCELL that can be used for these light clusters.  You simply pick a different input to the MASTERCELL for the brake pedal switch.  All of this is detailed in the updated 818 manual.

If you want to learn more about the differences between single and multi-filament turn signals, you can read this blog post.

You can download the updated 818 manual by clicking this link.

We also update the configuration sheets for the 818 kit.  There are two versions: you can download the standard version by clicking here or you can download the version set up for the optional inRESERVE solenoid by clicking here.

If you have any questions about the updated 818 manual or any parts of our Infinitybox system, click here to contact our technical support team.