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To begin the installation of your new Adrenaline box, first make sure the ignition is in the off position and key is removed from the ignition. We also recommend disconnecting your batteries for extra safety.* When routing wires pay special attention to avoid any moving, sharp, or hot engine components! Now choose a suitable mounting location for the Adrenaline module itself. We have found that the under hood, fuse box cover, located on the driver side of the engine bay, provides a good flat area for the module to be secured to. Next lay out the main wiring harness. The following leads will go to their respective locations.

Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT): The orange and black wires with a two-pin male connector will go to the EGT thermocouple that will be installed on the passenger side of the engine in the exhaust manifold.
Trans or Engine Oil Temperature: The brown wire with a ring terminal will go to the Oil Temperature sensor that will later be installed in the oil filter housing also located on the passenger side of the truck, or in the transmission test port on the passenger side of the transmission. Lift Pump Fuel PSI: This is a yellow wire with a ring terminal attached. This will go to the fuel pressure sending unit to be installed into the injection pump feed line.
Pump Wire: The green wire will go to the VP44 injection pump wire.
Data Link: The purple and pink wires with a black three-pin connector will be used for the data link connection. The connector for these two wires will vary depending on what year model your truck is: three-pin flat connector for 01-02 trucks and a gray triangle connector for 98-00 trucks. No matter what year the truck is, there will only be two wires used for this three-pin connector.
MAP: There is also a MAP sensor connection that will have to be completed. The style of MAP sensor plug will also vary depending on year model. For 98-00 trucks the MAP sensor will be a round connector with the three-pins arranged in a pyramid. The 01 trucks will use a flat, black three-pin connector. And the 02 trucks will use a larger, gray three-pin connector with a red locking slide. All three styles of plugs will have three wires.
Ground: The two black wires, which are attached together with a single ring terminal, will need to be routed to the negative terminal of the battery.
Power: You will also notice two red wires coming out of the main Adrenaline harness connector. One of the two should be a short, solid red wire, while the other will be a longer, red wire with a white tracer on it. The shortest (solid red) of these two wires will go to the under hood fuse box. The longer of the two (red w/ white tracer) will go to the fuse panel in the cab of the truck.
Control Pod: Off of the Adrenaline main harness, you will notice a gray, four-pin connector with red, green, black, and white wires going into it. This is to connect the Control POD to the Adrenaline module.

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