Power and Ground Wiring

Elite Series Firmware Help › Elite Series ECU Installation Guide › Flying Lead Loom Installation on bare engineUpdated Sep 2026

Before any sensor or injector gets wired, a Haltech Elite needs clean power and a solid ground. On the Elite premium harnesses that comes down to three sets of flying leads.

The three leads to find first

On the Haltech Elite premium universal harnesses, power and ground come in through these flying leads:

Lead colorJobDetails
BlackBattery groundBlack battery ground
Red/Green, Red, Red/WhiteBattery supply, 12VBattery supply leads
PinkIgnition switch, 12VIgnition switch feed

Each linked page goes through where that lead should connect. Wire all three before anything else. A lot of "ECU won't connect" and "engine won't start" problems trace back to one of these, and a poor ground in particular causes odd sensor readings that are hard to chase down later.

Our ECU grounding guide covers the ground side in more detail. Buying a harness? The Elite 1500 premium harness kit and Elite 2500 premium harness kit both use this layout.