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So I recently bought a 1998 r34 gtt coupe and it wasn't perfect but I'm fixing it up and I've pulled the center console out to give it a clean and found this loose wire that i have no idea what it was for. Does anyone have any ideas? 

It's the grey one underneath the handbrake connected to the red quick connect terminal

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Not what but who. That's Jim the party wire, don't let his plain grey appearance fool you, and don't leave any alcohol in the car.

Does it tie into one of the wires connected to handbrake? If so, prob for a turbo timer.

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Cheers to the people who actually contributed rather than just posting to feel superior

Yes it does go to the handbrake and the more i look at it the more i agree it's for a turbo timer. I've never had much experience with them so can't really say much but i appreciate the help! 

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3 hours ago, hardsteppa said:

on worries.  Splices in there cos meant to stop car running away on the turbo timer if handbrake is not on.

FYP

 

Wonder why they painted the tray yellow???  Rust maybe???

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3 hours ago, hardsteppa said:

No worries.  Splices in there cos meant to stop car running on with turbo timer if handbrake is not on.

So the turbo timer won't work if you don't put the handbrake on? 

 

35 minutes ago, tridentt150v said:

FYP

 

Wonder why they painted the tray yellow???  Rust maybe???

Not too sure what part exactly you're talking about but the car is yellow and has never been resprayed. I doubt the console has ever been taken off seeing as i found McDonald's chips down there (not sure what's more disturbing, the fact that they were there or the fact that they still looked okay) 

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1 minute ago, GTSBoy said:

Anti-theft.  Stops the engine as soon as thiefy drops the handbrake.

It's got power as soon as the ignition turns out but I'm not sure if it's only while the handbrake is on or off as well. Anti theft doesn't seem like the answer as anti theft would likely need power even when ignition is of

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2 hours ago, Ljbyrne98 said:

i didn't realise the anti theft and the turbo timer were attached

I didn't say that the TT and the alarm/immobiliser were attached.  What I said was that a thief cannot drive a car running on its turbo timer away, if it will stop as soon as he releases the handbrake.  The TT accepts a signal from the handbrake wire as an interlock.  That's all.

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22 hours ago, Ljbyrne98 said:

So the turbo timer won't work if you don't put the handbrake on? 

 

Not too sure what part exactly you're talking about but the car is yellow and has never been resprayed.

Correct.

Interesting cos my '98 R33 has the grey lacquer type [not sure what the correct term is] finish to all interior metal parts.... 

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