Best way to secure the FI computer in the car?

[Bmachine]

When my car had its B35 heart transplant, they installed the Motronic computer in the passenger footwell by cutting a slot in the hard foam footrest. The cable just comes out of the firewall and immediately goes into a big multi prong connector. So there is not enough cable to move the unit to the glove box or somewhere more elegant. So the only thing that keeps this guy in place is the foam that it rests on.

Has anyone found a better, more secure way to hold that computer in place in that location?

Thank you

 

[HB Chris]

I hung mine above the glove box.

 

[Bmachine]

That sounds great. Unfortunately in my case, there is not enough cord length to pull it up there

 

[paul cain]

Given the short harness length you have, you could cut away some of the hard foam and bolt it directly to the footwell. Then cover the ECU with a piece of plywood that covers the entire front wall of the footwell. Porsche used this to cover their massive fuse panels.

 

[Bmachine]

Very interesting idea. Thank you Paul

 

[nosmonkey]

Would soldering some additional length of wire to the harness to allow for more room to manoeuvre not be an option?

 

[HB Chris]

The cable has 51 wires but not all are used when converting.

 

[stphers]

But, Chris, that's only about 2 hours of work to solder in 51 wires best to use all the same color wiring as well

Thanks, Rick

 

[HB Chris]

Maybe so but with it still in the car it would take longer and finding that small gauge wire would be too much for me!