Greetings new comer!
Welcome to the product of years worth of research and working with different vehicles to build up a robust database of connector data and applications for them.
Doing automotive wiring professionally for a living, I spent a lot of time just finding specific connectors. I talked to other friends of mine in the industry and they also said the same thing, they spent a lot of time finding and buying connectors, terminals seals. Often you'd order something that looked right but when it showed up wasn't a perfect fit, meaning waiting again for more parts to arrive and hoping those were correct.
So I decided there was a need for engine specific connector kits or at least value to people doing the same tasks. But next problem I was struggling with was the amount of variations between engines and that created a lot of potential part numbers and large inventory counts. It also required the customer buying the kit to know exactly what they have. People tend to mix and match parts a lot too, meaning they may want 1 or two connectors not shared by kits.
While the answer to this seems silly now, I was talking about this to a friend and he said "Why don't you just sell one kit that covers all the variations?"
Duh
1 kit to rule them all? Yes you get extra connectors with each one, but they always come in handy in the future. The terminals and seals are generally shared between connectors on an engine as they tend to only use 3-4 manufacturers connectors at a time.
The time and cost saved making the sales and fulfillment process simpler actually brought the kit price down, even with more connectors in it.
The next simplicity break through was also born of a conversation with a friend. Originally I was including options for ignition and injectors with most of the kits. On an LS V8 engine for example there is 4 possible injector types that can be used, and that's ignoring aftermarket injectors (some don't come with connectors). Trying to include all of them in a kit was impractical for cost and fitting them in the box reasons.
She suggested breaking them up into engine kits and ignition and injector kits. This is the present day method (with 2 exceptions, 7M and K series) allowing people to do ignition or injector upgrades with aftermarket parts or choose to use the OEM parts.
Now I've sold this kit under 2 other brands before, you might be familiar with one or both of them. This idea and model outgrew "living under the same roof" and as such became it's own grown up business. This way we can serve the customer better through optimization, more direct ads and grow to a larger product catalogue.
So I hope this product helps you save time and effort (also money) when building a harness. These kits and a flying lead, some loom and heat shrink and your ready to go to work!
They have also come in handy for doing repairs, sometimes the harness is ok but someone wasn't careful and stepped on a connector or two when swapping or replacing and engine. Especially connectors near heat sources can get pretty crumbly and even the act of simply disturbing the harness or trying to unplug it will destroy a connector. These vehicles aren't getting any younger, and I'd like to see them stay on the road longer instead of given up on due to a few simple electrical parts (or gluing wires into components, been there done that but go back and fix it properly)
Every racer should have a kit like this in there trailer. I've worked for a couple race teams over the past few years and there is nothing more stupid then losing a race/battle/practice laps to a dodgy connector. The prepared teams had a version of this on hand, and on more then one occasion I was replacing a damage piece of wiring using them.
There is 7 different engine options, and with time I hope to add a few more to the list. I may need your help here dear reader, I've currently used all my intricate knowledge of engines electrical components and may need to rely on the help of others to create new kits. I welcome feedback with our current designs and take suggestions for what kit to priorititze next.
Drop us an email sales@connectorkits.com anytime!
-TF