Circular Panel Connectors, On topic...wiring for my car... Options

[Britain Smith]

I am in the process on getting all the EFI wiring together and I want it to something that can be easily unhooked so that I can plug it in on the dyno and stuff. Anyway, I want to use the circular panel type connectors on the firewall similar to what was used on that excessive 914 V8 as shown here....see the ones mounted in the lower right side of the picture...

(IMG:http://www.v8914.com/Images/Big/Wiring2.jpg)

I have found a supplier of plastic versions, but I want metal ones. Does anyone know where they can be found?

-Britain

[SpecialK]

You're referring to "cannon plugs". Very expensive for the metal ones (mil spec), never seen the plastic type.

I remember seeing the web page on that car (some crazy twin super-charged V-8 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) ), and noticed that the owner was an engineer for an aircraft company in the UK (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) . Since "everything" I've seen on that car has mil spec written all over it (Tefzel wiring $$), is aircraft related, and would have cost at least 20k for the parts alone, I'm thinking he has some "inside connections" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ph34r.gif) in the parts department of the company he works for. We had two huge boxes of them (cannon plugs), in various sizes laying around here when they scrapped a couple of flight simulators......man, that was tempting (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) . Problem is with used ones that you could get from an aircraft boneyard, even if you do have the male and female connectors, you still need the pins (male and female/gold-plated), and the pin installation tools, unless you planned on splicing onto the old existing wires that most likely aren't correct gauge for your application.

Granted, they look cool, and it would be nice to just undo one connector for an engine drop, and know that reconnection would be quick and idiot proof (they're keyed)! But it could turn out to be an expensive hassle. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)