[industrial]

Originally Posted by Adeets

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/boa...lder-vs-crimp/

To sum it up, if you know what your doing (im a registered 2m tech) solder will always be better, if you don't, crimp, Toyota Uses crimping because its the cheaper faster way, any time you crimp your creating micro fractures, like so many of your posts I've read, once again your reasoning is flawed.

Solder is not always better. It depends entirely on the technician performing the solder. How many automotive techs do you think honestly know how to solder properly? There are lots of aircraft electricians and avionics technicians that have been trained for hundreds of hours that barely know how to solder properly. It's an acquired skill with a little bit of art, like welding. It's also a skill that's rapidly being replaced with technological breakthroughs like modern cannon plugs. It creates a servicing nightmare if everything was solder connections. The whole concept of a line replaceable unit (bolt on parts) goes out the window. It's much harder to ensure large scale quality when connections are hand soldered.

It seems like your background is audio. Audio signals in general are extremely sensitive compared to raw DC voltage from something like a MAF sensor. Do you solder your battery wires to the battery? Do you solder your ring terminals to your amps? I mean, every single one of those connections is a solderless connection. There is nothing wrong with a good mechanical connection unless you are talking about very sensitive signals.

Bottom line is… solder does not make sense on a “bolt on” product like the vortech kit. Will it work? Yeah sure but an extension harness is a sensible request given how friendly the rest of the install is.