Quite a few wiring questions

[Hooligans]

Long story short.... I bought a 83' Elco about 3 months ago and have been daily driving it since. Previous owner threw a Edelbrock 1406 on the stock manifold and it has never ran just quite right. I decided today that I was going to swap out the intake and see if I could get her running better. I was looking at the passenger side inner fender and noticed how bad (is a nice way of putting it) the wiring was. The pics arent great.... what can be removed here? The last pic is directly behind the dizzy on the firewall.

 

[Hooligans]

Next... I found a local yard with a Malibu wagon that has a non A/C box so I am going to pull it along with the duct work and do the swap. I have pulled my dash so I can dye the interior, with that out, what wiring can be pulled from behind the dash? If I remove the computer what do I need to do to simplify the wiring?

Last question (for now)... there is a small harness that runs down to the trans - TH350, am I to assume this is a converter lockup? Can this be bypassed? Or rewired?

 

[t5montecarlo]

If you are going to remove the computer and wiring harness, start at the computer and follow the harness.

Your mileage will suffer if you remove/replace the computer and related pieces (distributor and carburetor). If you don't care, then enjoy.

 

[melloelky]

if you want the blower motor and your heater control switch to keep working,keep those wires in that second picture.

 

[t5montecarlo]

they will not be part of the computer harness.

 

[Hooligans]

The small black module in the 3rd pic... what is this for? Can it be removed?