Ford Racing Sparco Steering Wheel Installed
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cause a WOT switch doesnt translate on the big screen
Figured I'd add my two cents, as I'm currently ripping the interior out and installing this wheel.
I've given up on trying to eliminate the airbag light. There's a lot more to it than just the airbag. The airbag is simple. Add a 2.2 ohm resistor between the two airbag wires and that gets rid of that code. However, there is also a sensor that tracks where the seat is in relation to the steering wheel that needs to be bypassed. There is a set of wires that run to the seat belt buckle as well as the seat belt retracting mechanism that also need to be bypassed. I spent days ohming out things and couldn't get all codes to go away. Being that I have no airbags, I simply placed a sticker over the airbag bulb behind the gauge face. No more light to annoy me.
GPACLERO, What wires did you grab for the horn? Do you recall?
Jason
I've given up on trying to eliminate the airbag light. There's a lot more to it than just the airbag. The airbag is simple. Add a 2.2 ohm resistor between the two airbag wires and that gets rid of that code. However, there is also a sensor that tracks where the seat is in relation to the steering wheel that needs to be bypassed. There is a set of wires that run to the seat belt buckle as well as the seat belt retracting mechanism that also need to be bypassed. I spent days ohming out things and couldn't get all codes to go away. Being that I have no airbags, I simply placed a sticker over the airbag bulb behind the gauge face. No more light to annoy me.
GPACLERO, What wires did you grab for the horn? Do you recall?
Jason
Jason,
I can't remember exactly which wires it was. I followed the wiring from the OEM wheel and found where they hooked up to on the hub and tapped in to that.
I keep telling myself to figure out how to turn off the airbag light but it has been on for so long that it no longer bugs me. The sticker approach would work too I guess haha :whine:
It's a 2014. Not sure about the Sparco hub, but the NRG is what I use and it works pretty well.
No, the sparco hub doesn't, you'll have to remove the clock spring. Only disadvantage to this is really just the fact that when you use your turn signal, it wont click OFF when you've made the turn. Other than that it doesn't make any difference since everyone knows already the buttons cannot really be attached to the wheel and have to be re-routed.
Mine:
Yes, I don't care about those as much. But removing the clock spring also means you lose advance Trac doesn't it? Because it relies on the clock spring for the steering angle inputs to work properly. Clock spring removal = advance trac faults.
This is why I was asking about traction control in earlier posts here.
Thalilbear02 can you confirm?
This is why I was asking about traction control in earlier posts here.
Thalilbear02 can you confirm?
Picked up an OMP Wheel hub.
Doesn't fit over clock spring - So I filed it down to fit over the top connection port.
I'm curious if anyone knows what those two yellow pegs are for? I'll either have to drill holes in the hub to fit them through or cut the pegs off the clock spring. My concern is that they could be there for the steering wheel angle... However, If I cut them off & then bolt the hub down I think the clock spring will still be able to rotate with the wheel as it will be right up against the clock spring.
I've ordered the Sparco wheel & in the meantime my OEM wheel is now without the M18A1 and when the recall parts are available ill be dropping it off to Ford, the bag by itself - not my vehicle. :lol:
Doesn't fit over clock spring - So I filed it down to fit over the top connection port.
I'm curious if anyone knows what those two yellow pegs are for? I'll either have to drill holes in the hub to fit them through or cut the pegs off the clock spring. My concern is that they could be there for the steering wheel angle... However, If I cut them off & then bolt the hub down I think the clock spring will still be able to rotate with the wheel as it will be right up against the clock spring.
I've ordered the Sparco wheel & in the meantime my OEM wheel is now without the M18A1 and when the recall parts are available ill be dropping it off to Ford, the bag by itself - not my vehicle. :lol:
Personally I didn't care if it did or not, traction control is off all the time anyway since it's not really a street vehicle anymore. Since I have the Vortech on, it's not like traction control really worked anyway, but I'll test it whenever I have time.
Thats alright. I'm gonna have to get the boss module eventually because of advance trac causing me issues with big tires.
I'm gonna still see if I can retain the clock spring with the hub. I'll do a write up with photos soon and report back if anyone in the future is interested in this.
I'm gonna still see if I can retain the clock spring with the hub. I'll do a write up with photos soon and report back if anyone in the future is interested in this.
Sub i want to do this if i can retain all features
I've managed to install it. Modified the OMP hub to fit over the clock spring and functioning. Traction Control / Advance Trac works and Turn signal cancel works.
Need to order a button kit and wire up the horn still.. before I get a VI or ticket.
Need to order a button kit and wire up the horn still.. before I get a VI or ticket.
Google it just to verify but, here we use two 1 ohm resistors in series to test airbag circuits. DO NOT USE A DVOM TO CHECK AIR BAG RESISTANCE. Just go buy a handful of resistors and keep adding until the light goes off. Shouldn't take more than 5 ohms.
From Alldata shop info:
- "Power Steering Control Module (PSCM) located in the steering gear, sends steering angle and rotation information to the ABS module."
ABS controls Advance Trac along with the PCM....
Wiring up the horn kit is actually fairly simple. If you follow the original harness wires for the horn, you will see which two wires need to be connected. I will take a picture the next time I open it up.
I am probably going to be adding in some more resistors because the airbag light is still on. The two from RadioShack did not seem to work for me. I will probably add in another two to increase the resistance and see if that works. Car is currently in the shop due to a failed throw out bearing, McLeod RXT going in within the next week
Got the two button kit from Sparco & wired both up to horn for now - Was extremely easy having zero wiring experience.
I took out the buttons from the oem steering wheel and plugged it into the clock spring running the sparco wires to the red horn cable and sandwiched the ground in-between the hub and wheel. Tucked away all the wires in the hub.
Hardest part was bolting up the sandwich (hub, metal plate, ground, two sparco horn brackets and the wheel itself) without one of them shifting around on you / lining it all up. I'm not using a quick release.
I need to figure out which wires go to which buttons so you could wire up any of the oem wheel buttons to function with a Sparco button. You could even buy x2 of the two button kits and have x4 buttons with the way the backing plate works. If anyone has a wiring diagram that would be cool otherwise it would be a long game of testing each wire and what it does.
I took out the buttons from the oem steering wheel and plugged it into the clock spring running the sparco wires to the red horn cable and sandwiched the ground in-between the hub and wheel. Tucked away all the wires in the hub.
Hardest part was bolting up the sandwich (hub, metal plate, ground, two sparco horn brackets and the wheel itself) without one of them shifting around on you / lining it all up. I'm not using a quick release.
I need to figure out which wires go to which buttons so you could wire up any of the oem wheel buttons to function with a Sparco button. You could even buy x2 of the two button kits and have x4 buttons with the way the backing plate works. If anyone has a wiring diagram that would be cool otherwise it would be a long game of testing each wire and what it does.
Looks good. I like the look.
Next time, check out DCT Motorsports. They can custom fab you a steering wheel and maintain all of your normal controls. I just had them do my Viper, putting it on this weekend and will post pictures.
https://www.facebook.com/DCTMotorSports/?fref=ts
Next time, check out DCT Motorsports. They can custom fab you a steering wheel and maintain all of your normal controls. I just had them do my Viper, putting it on this weekend and will post pictures.
https://www.facebook.com/DCTMotorSports/?fref=ts
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