'70 Dart 392 Project; what direction?

Nice! I didn't know Ballenger had those. I've purchased from them in the past. They have a nice selection of things that would otherwise be hard to find. I think I was able to find the crank and cam pinouts online by searching. If you don't already have them, you will need ignitors for your coils. DIY has them. THey call the quad spark modules. DIY also has a wiring bundle, which makes building the harness super easy.

My ECU is in the glovebox as well. I used the Deutsch bulkhead connector. You can see it on the center of the firewall.


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If this is your first time messing with EFI, I can't stress enough how important grounds are. Notice I have grounds on each head. I have a ground connecting the heads and block together. Then the engine block is grounded to the frame rail. The battery also has a cable to the framerail, along with a ground wire running under the dash to the column support bracket. All ECU grounds are connected to that point. If you think you have enough, add more! I obsessed over it and guess what, zero problems with noise or crazy ground loops.
This is the bulkhead connect I ordered, I haven't counted out how many wires I'll be pushing through to the engine bay but I almost ordered 2 to be safe.
Weather Pack Bulkhead Connector Kit

That's almost exactly where I want to run my bulkhead connector but alas I ended up running my coolant hose bulkhead connectors right there! I'll probably run towards the passengers side.

SOLID advice on the grounds! I've got battery in the truck with negative lead going through trunk pan to the frame rail. Planning on running another ground cable up along passengers side as a ground "lug" for the EFI system. I've currently have two grounds from my block to the frame rail but that's it currently for the engine bay. I also have a ground wire going from battery to underdash column. Haven't mapped out any extras at this point.

I do have the spark modules from DIY as well as the "Grey" and "White" wiring harness bundles. Honestly running wires and connecting terminals I kind of enjoy on projects like this where you have good diagrams to follow. The painless wiring kit was a nightmare sorting through factory wiring diagrams and cross referencing over to the new system....

Next week should be the week I start laying wires out. I'll have fittings to finish HVAC/Heat and start on EFI.

After that I damn near think I'm ready to crank??? Have to build an exhaust yet but I figured open headers wouldn't hurt first time or two :)

Mike @ HCA