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Deutsch Autosport AS 66-Way Plug — Pin (Male) — Orange Key (C)

The Deutsch Autosport AS 66-Way Plug Pin (Male) Connector with Orange (C) Keying Insert — SKU: AS618-35SC is a professional MIL-spec-grade Deutsch Autosport AS series connector for very high-density full ECU main harness separable joins and complete multi-circuit race car loom interfaces in race cars and high-performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. As a plug connector, the 66-way AS is a near-maximum density free plug half — used in full race car loom builds where a single plug carries virtually the complete vehicle electronic circuit count at a single separable join point.

Deutsch Autosport AS 66-Way — Series Design and Circuit Application

The Deutsch Autosport AS series is the professional standard circular connector format for motorsport wiring — featuring an aluminium alloy shell machined to MIL-spec tolerances, gold-plated contact interfaces for consistent low-resistance electrical performance across the connector’s service life, and a positive push-pull locking mechanism that holds secure under sustained race vibration and rapid connector cycling at service intervals. The 66-way AS delivers near-maximum circuit density for complete ECU main harness and PDM system separable joins — where a single connector must carry virtually the entire electronic circuit count of a high-specification race car.

Pin (Male) — 66-Circuit Contact Array

This listing is the pin half of the 66-way AS plug pair. Sixty-six gold-plated pin contacts carry sixty-six individual circuits simultaneously — the near-maximum density active array of this full race car loom separable join connector. The corresponding socket half of the same circuit count and key colour is required to complete the mated connector pair — both halves must be ordered to form a functional separable join. AS contacts are ordered separately; select the correct contact part number for your wire gauge and current requirements.

Orange Key (C) — Keying Position and Mis-Mate Prevention

Orange C is the third key assignment for a plug separation point carrying three parallel 66-circuit bundles. When a harness includes multiple 66-circuit AS plug connectors at the same separation point — for example, where two parallel 66-circuit cable bundles each have their own plug connector mating into a fixed receptacle panel — keying ensures each plug can only connect to its own correct receptacle, preventing cross-connection during harness assembly and race event connector operations. With Yellow A, Blue B, and Orange C assigned across three pairs, complete mis-mate protection is provided for all three 66-circuit AS plug pairs at this separation point — essential for the most complex full race car loom builds in Scandinavia.

Plug Configuration — The Movable, Cable-Mounted Connector Half

The AS plug configuration is a free, cable-mounted connector half — it does not mount to a panel or chassis surface. Instead, the plug is the movable, harness-side half that disconnects from a fixed receptacle (either a flange-mounted panel connector or a corresponding inline half) to allow component removal, harness separation, and servicing. The plug carries the cable bundle from the removable component or sub-harness and mates into the fixed chassis-side or loom-side receptacle when the system is assembled.

The 66-way AS plug is used for near-maximum density full race loom and ECU main harness removable separable joins in race cars and performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The plug format is specified wherever one connector half must be freely movable — for example, at engine removal points where the engine-side harness plug disconnects from the chassis-side flange, at removable dashboard assemblies where the instrument harness plug mates into a fixed bulkhead connector, and at any harness separation point where the plug side follows a removable component when it is extracted from the vehicle.

Unlike flange or inline connectors that create a two-sided free connection, the AS plug is always the movable half in a plug-to-receptacle pair — providing the connector architecture needed for clean, repeatable component removal and installation across the race service life of the vehicle.

Technical Specifications

• Series: Deutsch Autosport AS
• Circuits: 66-way
• Configuration: Plug
• Contact type: Pin (Male)
• Key colour: Orange (Key C)
• Shell material: Aluminium alloy
• Operating temperature: -65°C to +175°C
• Locking: Push-pull positive lock
• Typical application: Third connector in a complex multi-connector harness — specified when three or more same-circuit-count as connectors are used