113: A “Mil-Spec” Wiring Harness is Total Overkill for Most People. [

Looking to up your game with a super-informative masterclass on professional-level motorsport wiring? This episode of Tuned In featuring Erik Reinertsen of Hardwired Performance is exactly what you're after.
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Erik specialises in building top-level motorsport wiring harnesses, choosing to focus primarily on the demanding offroad racing market - but wiring wasn’t always on the cards for this Californian. Despite growing up around hotrods and motorsport with a father who built cars for a living, he was actively discouraged in following his Dad’s footsteps, instead being pushed towards a more conventional career.
The problem was, you can’t really expect your kid to not become a diehard car guy when he spends all his time messing around in your shop full of cool builds and weekend after weekend at the track. So, straight after school, Erik walked into an apprenticeship at a hotrod shop and began building his skills in fabrication, engine building, and nearly everything else in the car building world - but it was wiring that he excelled at. Many years later, Erik is a self-taught maestro building ultra-high-end motorsport looms for some of the most impressive race cars and trucks out there.
In this episode, we dig deep into Erik’s huge bank of knowledge and experience, discussing a big range of wiring-related topics - from the art of concentric twisting, autosport connectors, which tools are worth the investment, the correct gauge of wire to use for different applications, and a whole lot more.
Erik also weighs in on the myth of “Milspec”, discusses the many cases in which a pro motorsport wiring harness is complete overkill, and the lessons learned from running his own wiring business - particularly when it comes to the challenge of accurately quoting work and turning down jobs that you know just aren’t right for you.
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Time Stamps:
4:06 How did you get interested in cars?
13:50 How did you get into motorsport wiring harnesses?
19:57 Why did you decide you were most passionate about wiring?
33:18 When did you go out on your own?
37:50 Overview of Hardwire Performance
44:57 Colour coding in wiring
47:41 What makes up a professional motorsport wiring harness?
52:39 Why do we concentric twist our harnesses?
1:07:44 Do you use software for designing your harnesses?
1:11:36 Coupon code
1:14:39 Advantages of an Autosport connector
1:20:53 Tooling required to work with Autosport connectors
1:34:05 What are service loops?
1:42:10 Using glue-lined boots vs non-glue-lined boots
1:46:19 Sizing wire gauge for circuits
2:00:12 Final three questions
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[@nathep3]

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[@pjscustomsllc3885]

Constantly hearing these guys being described as "self-taught" and "falling into a niche platform" keeps giving me hope with what I do.

[@DanielMac1052]

Perfect timing for this vid, looking at building a harness for my class 10 offroad car. Great hearing some advice for offroad specifically.

[@RT-kr7dk]

All modified cars that I will own will have a milspec wiring harness. HP Academy showed me the way!!

[@denisbassom172]

Excellent interview, can't wait for the second attempt at my wiring loom

[@vozhdmeister5256]

I am building harnesses and bought both HPA Club-level and pro Motorsport wiring courses that nicely completed my knowledge on that matter, and yes I confirm pro Motorsport 'milSpec' harnesses is not required to get cars running reliably and the extra-cost is only meaningful in top level pro Motorsports where you can't risk losing precious positions in competitions, especially for something that could take eons to diagnostic like wiring gremlins

[@fraserwright9482]

Good interview and it's good to know how to get there, I like the tip on using spark plug wiring to lay out the path. It's interesting seeing how many businesses and parts suppliers don't follow the cooking program ethos. Method of how to do something, these are the materials you need and here are the tools you require. We sell you all of this package as one kit. I think the main hindrance to someone doing this is the idea that you buy $3000 worth of materials and only use half a roll of something, as you say if you build looms it all gets consumed over time. But we have you doing the course, Erik on Instagram doing his thing, software in another place and a parts supplier in another sphere.

[@njdorset1050]

I'm considering getting all the hpacademy wiring lessons as I'm building a semi mil spec twisted bulkhead connectors and tefzel wiring for all my projects and every future projects I ever do

[@AshLongie]

Nice bedtime over in uk gonna have to listen properly tomorrow this sounds like a good one

[@hpa101]

Sleep well and hope you enjoy this fresh tomorrow mate! - Taz.