The ultimate guide to wiring a car, by Turbo Yoda

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
31 May 2018
1 min read

Our cars wouldn't be able to run without them, but the mass of wires used in modern cars is able to confuse even proficient car enthusiasts. Thankfully there are guys like Alan Butler, who you may know as Turbo Yoda from the Mighty Car Mods YouTube channel.

Al is a seasoned pro at delving deep into the hundreds of wires that make up a car's electrical system, and he has shared how to lay out one of these looms to modify it on his YouTube series The Skid Factory. Basically, he and his offsider Ben "Woody" Wood get a Subaru WRX turbo engine loom and they splice it with a naturally aspirated Liberty loom so it will all plug together like a factory car.

While this is really full on work, it gives you a real appreciation for the wiring wizards who build custom wiring looms for a living!

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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