Following some discussion on Pecals "finished" thread, I thought I would open a topic regarding dark side engine bays - what can be done to pretty them up?
This is what mine used to look like - it was OK for a start and worked, but was certainly busier than it needed to be:
Did a bit of a remodel last year while the car was at Phil's place for some mods. Just as valuable as the use of his shed, was being able to pick is brain. He has a great eye for this type of thing and I lost count of the number of times I sat there scratching my head for ages before he wandered up and said "why dont you do this..." and made it all seem so simple. I tried to hide everything I could, simplify what I could without redoing everything and spending a fortune, and use only 2 colours (black and silver).
Changes made:
* relocated the coils back to the top of the heads under the edelbrock covers
* painted the intake manifold, power steering pump, and water pump in wrinkle finish black
* Simplified the wiring harness where I could and covered in black braided sleeve
* Covered all the vacuum and breather hoses in black braid sleeve
* polished the TB - painfull
* Simplified the radiator hose setup (took out the inline fill point - just fills from an external tank - same style as P\S reservoir on opposite side)
* relocated the vapour canistor purge valve to the back of the left side head
Other minor stuff like and alloy knob for the dipstick and AN plugs in the heater hose outlets.
Still to come:
* Still have some silver an fittings Ill replace with black
* Black or silver billet fuel rails
* Redesign of the intake - really made a rod for my own back with the sloped radiator which limits ideas for intakes, but want to come up with something that is simple and efficient and suits. Still has MAF currently but that will change down the track.
So what have you done to turn your ladette into a lady?
cheers
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