Anti-stance wrote:92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:Damn dude, look at the "rollcage" in this car. looks like someone dumped an entire bucket of large erector set bars in there.
And then polished it!
BLINGITY BLING BLING BLANG!!
Anti-stance wrote:92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:Damn dude, look at the "rollcage" in this car. looks like someone dumped an entire bucket of large erector set bars in there.
And then polished it!
BLINGITY BLING BLING BLANG!!
I really like those clear pipes. Their site is pretty cool, check out the tests they do on them...
http://www.killerglass.com/
Feedyurhed wrote: I like it!! It's already got me thinking...............the RX7 could stand to lose some parts and a a nice shiny rotary could look pretty sweet just sitting in there. Anybody have any more pics and rotaries in particular?
They make great engine bay clean up candidates. A rotary with ITB's pretty much leaves you with an empty engine bay. Seriously, there has to be at least 18" from the top of the engine to the hood that way.
Conquest351 wrote:
Yeah, this is pretty berkeleying cool. I can dig it.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: I'm guessing it might have to do with showing what's behind there. If i were to do a tuck, i'd probably half ass it and tuck whatever i could underneath the bumper. I pull my bumper, it looks terrible. Also, it seems his radiator routing stuff is pretty slick.
From my experience dealing with wire tucked cars... they're one thing you really don't want to half-ass. I've seen badly done wire tucks create all sorts of issues due to improper grounding, wires extended with poorly done splices, components moved to really inappropriate locations, etc. One car that was having problems with its ignition cutting out had a fuse box relocated so it was free-hanging in the fenderwell, the wires scraping against a steel panel, and the fuse box full of sand kicked up by the tires.
Wire tucks are something you HAVE to take the time to do everything right and make them reliable, or find yourself wishing you had a Triumph Spitfire that has the harness "fixed" in a dozen places with lamp cord.
Is it me or does this procedure make the engines look like they're in a bathtub? Whatever floats your boat is ok with me. I just can't see this work holding up to using a car on a daily or semi-annual basis.
I'm with Anti-Stance. I'm not a show car guy. It's pretty but I like cars the most when I drive them.
One of the cleanest Mustang engine bays was a guy in Austin who owned a body shop. Really clean car and then he came back over the engine bay and welded all the holes closed and whatever he needed to mount, he just redrilled for that particular part. The engine bay was treated to the same level of body work and prep and paint as the rest of the car. It looked amazing!!! No pix, this was back in 1998-1999 or so before camera phones. LOL
Feedyurhed wrote: I like it!! It's already got me thinking...............the RX7 could stand to lose some parts and a a nice shiny rotary could look pretty sweet just sitting in there. Anybody have any more pics and rotaries in particular?
Ranger50 wrote:Feedyurhed wrote: I like it!! It's already got me thinking...............the RX7 could stand to lose some parts and a a nice shiny rotary could look pretty sweet just sitting in there. Anybody have any more pics and rotaries in particular?
Now that's what I am talking about! Thanks for the pic!
Lest we not forget where the smoothed, tucked, shaved engine bay fad started
I love the detail on the master cylinder/clutch lines that Trepanier pulled off here
Started? Started? Don't think so...
Totally stock, 1955. Everything is cyclical. 
Javelin wrote: Started? Started? Don't think so...
Ya I knew the hot rod/custom guys have been doing it forever. I think it's really cool. Thanks for the pics.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:Anti-stance wrote:And then polished it! BLINGITY BLING BLING BLANG!!92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:Damn dude, look at the "rollcage" in this car. looks like someone dumped an entire bucket of large erector set bars in there.
The uber-cage and Sparco seat CLEARLY show that this is a high-performance racecar.
duh.
In reply to Feedyurhed:
No, like he said, that picture is of a stock engine.
Gotta love it when three wires will run an engine.
I like a minimalistic engine bay easier to work on because there is less stuff in the way (AC/power steering lines for example). As for wires being hard to get at in my experience they aren't always easy anyways. If you are taking the time to relocate them maybe label them while you are there?
PseudoSport wrote: I did a half ass job on my Miata. Most of the wires were routed behind the fenders or tucked under the fuel rail. Here are a few shots before I cleaned everything up
It could be cleaner but I was happy with how it came out.
Getting to the wires was not too hard since I misplaced most of the fender bolts.
No offense but the fender liners must come off the car if you have an alignment/suspension/lowering and are driving it even somewhat aggressively. Also, lots of blue/orange in that routing. Wny not remove the airbag stuff and go "custom?"
mattm wrote:PseudoSport wrote: I did a half ass job on my Miata.No offense but the fender liners must come off the car if you have an alignment/suspension/lowering and are driving it even somewhat aggressively. Also, lots of blue/orange in that routing. Wny not remove the airbag stuff and go "custom?"
i think i've highlighted greg's most informative couple of words
I was going to remove the AC from my miata a couple of weeks ago when I was doing the t-belt/water pump. But then I noticed that one of the lower radiator mounts was busted clean off the car and the AC lines were helping keep the radiator from falling out! I guess I'll leave it in, but I did remove the belt.
That first picture is the beginning of the wire tuck and is just a rough layout. A lot of stuff was removed, cut, soldered, and wire loomed. Air bag stuff was removed by the time I was done and the fenders liners only needed to be trimmed. Didn’t want to remove them completely because they kept water and sand off the wires.
Also the reason the wiper motor is missing is because it was broken and I didn’t get to replace it before the challenge.
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