Rob Turbo 3 Posted September 23, 2008 I've just bought myself a megasquirt kit, should be here in the next couple of days, and I'm on sorting everything I need for the wiring, most of the stuff I can get from VWP but they don't seem to sell shielded cable to use for the CAS, any ideas where I can get some? And, do I need it for the knock sensor as well or is that just regular wire? Thanks, Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted September 24, 2008 pm sent, I can occasinally get two core sheilded cable from work. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fenton 1,542 Posted September 24, 2008 I managed to get a length from work too, but otherwise somewhere like Maplin will sell you the stuff you need by the metre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars Posted September 24, 2008 Yup, I bought mine from maplins, shielded speaker wire, done the job just fine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boldy205 75 Posted September 28, 2008 Yup, twin core shielded speaker cable for me too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vern 0 Posted September 29, 2008 Got mine from here, they do wiring and a load of other stuff to. http://trigger-wheels.com/store/index1.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RossD 44 Posted September 30, 2008 Or, if you want it really cheap, go to the scrappies and get one! I got one from the CAS of a 306, the shielded wire goes all the way back to the ECU and is about 1.5m long. Was fine for me! Took all of 5 mins to strip it out of the loom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Turbo 3 Posted September 30, 2008 Or, if you want it really cheap, go to the scrappies and get one! I got one from the CAS of a 306, the shielded wire goes all the way back to the ECU and is about 1.5m long. Was fine for me! Took all of 5 mins to strip it out of the loom. What a good idea! I had a loom from a vauxhall 2.0 8v in the shed, I've just been down and pulled a cable out of that that's got a 3 pin plug on the end that will fit the CAS and is plenty long enough, and I don't think I can use the pug knock sensor with megasquirt anyway, it only has 1 pin for knock input, whereas the pug uses 2 pins, bugger!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted October 1, 2008 I managed to get some from work so no need to go scrapyard hunting for a suitable piece of loom. Also I have used the scrap car loom methiod before & the wire colours for the CAS (green & red) were crossed over so when I joined them up to the same colour the pin out was wrong so I had to do them again. Fresh cable is a better way if you can get some. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
