Hand Barke Wire 4 Turbo Timer, R32

[RB SANDY]

Hi just need no where the get the hand barke wire is on a R32 GTST for a turbo timer and does the wire have + power when the hand brake is not up because that is what my timer needs to work as it should.

[RANDY]

heh.. I just found the rest of someone else's install and removed it the other day.

Positive was spliced off the ciggy lighter light-bulb.

Negative was from the handbrake.

This was in my R33, so I dunno if the R32's are going to be the same, but usually it's the grounding wire that shorts to the body to complete the circuit for the handbrake light on the dash.

So I guess it's unshorted when the handbrake is off? I can't remember now. That wouldn't make sense, because that would mean the boost guage light would turn off when the handbrake is off? Oh well, whatever, the black (and only) cable to the handbrake was tapped into for some reason.

EDIT: I would have assumed that you would just take positive from the ciggy lighter light, and ground off anywhere on the chassis. That way the backlight would come on when you turn your headlights on.

EDIT 2: Oh! But this is for a timer, not a guage... so maybe that's what it wants.. when the handbrake is on, it activates something in the timer. In which case, yes... go for that black wire and tap into it.

Edited September 14, 2006 by RANDY

[gt-t_r34]

take out your center console and where the handbreak cable is theres a orange wire tap that