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Here you can see what I saw as I opened the garage when I got back from China after 7 weeks (I didn't leave the hood open the whole time, lol) http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01311.JPG My first goal was to remove the stock engine wiring harness which I had a little bit of a hard time doing, but as you can see here, it was a success. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01319.JPG The hard part of wiring harness removal is not the engine bay side, it's under the dash. Unless you have magic skills, you need to remove the blower motor. I should elaborate a bit on this since I had a question about it. There are three big bolts, plus the alignment ring which holds the blower to the A/C box. That has one phillips head screw. the hard-to-get-to bolt is above the alignment ring thing at the top left side of the blower, against the firewall. it can be removed without pulling the dash, as you can see in this picture, but you have to fanagle it, and I scratched the plastic housing a bit, but since no one will ever see it anyway, that doesn't matter. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01322.JPG And this doesn't look like much but it's the top corner under the dash on the firewall - the hole where the harness used to come through. If you ever want to do a stealthy wiring setup, this is the place to go through. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01321.JPG Here's the driver's side before harness removal, you can see the brake booster and related stuff is gone. All for ABS removal. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01312.JPG The battery area after harness removal. Cleaning will ensue. I found the skeletal remains of a mouse that had stolen some of my hood insulation and made a nest behind the battery. I had seen some of it like when I bought the car, so I think it's been dead and riding for free since before I got it around 2002, lol. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01315.JPG And here is the real performance machine. They don't make 'em like this anymore. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/529/medium/DSC01323.JPG I'll keep updating this thread with pics as I go. I got the intercooler mounted back in place and I need to install the brake booster, master cylinder and lines. I eliminated the ABS as well.