Show me your (Clean) V8 Engine Bay! (1 Viewer)

[RWBeringer4x4]

Hey folks,

So I have to stare at my crusty 283, and a giant spaghetti monster of wires and hoses every time I pop the hood of my 40. I need some inspiration! I will hopefully be getting new Valve Covers/Manifold/Air Cleaner before too long. I'd like to see how other folks have routed their hoses and wires to make their engine bay a little "prettier" than the usual rat's nest.

Also, I currently have no radiator overflow bottle, so I'll need to find somewhere to squeeze that as well.

Let's see em!

 

[fieldsken1]

What a mess. LOL

 

[SouthMS40]

Check out my garage for a picture of a clean engine for a little motivation dressing yours up, it's just not in the engine bay right now.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

Looks good! I don't even need mine to be a work of art...I just need to find a better way to route all the rubber - particularly the spark plug wires.

 

[huminajumina]

More pix of my newly finished swap on my build thread in my signature

 

[Poser]

1962 fst 40 we built a few years back

 

[spotcruiser]

1996 5.7l vortec. It's pretty crowded in there now and I plan to add the Chev cruise control in the future, so it will get a little more crowded.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

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More pix of my newly finished swap on my build thread in my signature

Looks awesome - where did you get those spark plug wire "organizers" for lack of a better word - what are they called?

 

[huminajumina]

Thanks, heres a link to those wire looms on summit, I think they make them, vertical and horizontal, and for centerbolt or traditional valve covers....

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mfy-5035611

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

Thanks, heres a link to those wire looms on summit, I think they make them, vertical and horizontal, and for centerbolt or traditional valve covers....

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mfy-5035611

Huminajumina,

2nd question - are you just venting your overflow tube to the ground or have you stashed an overflow tank somewhere?

 

[TCSTARK]

Very inspiring work there humiajuminia. I plan on using those now. I just need to dig deep into the parts stash to get the funds.

 

[TCinVA]

Steve (Poser), what kind of injection is on that motor?

 

[Poser]

Steve (Poser), what kind of injection is on that motor?

That is a RamJet 350 Chevy crate engine.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

Thanks, all, for the responses. Keep em' coming! particularly those of you running the carbed Gen 1's

 

[Diskord]

Not the cleanest at the moment.

 

[fzr400guy]

Well I started out with this after I brought it home and degreased everything. The only change I had made at this point was adding aluminum valve covers and a new thermostat housing. Its a gen 1 SBC 350 crate motor with a Rochester Quadrajet. Similar to what you have.

Now it looks like this (I'm still cleaning up the wiring and other misc stuff).

 

[bikersmurf]

Ignition Wires

Never considered mine to be overly clean. These pics are from this thread...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/448066-sbc-swap-manual-steering-2.html

I find the stock ignition wiring to be much tidier.

 

[bikersmurf]

And a couple more...

 

[bikersmurf]

I do have a couple of wires for the oil and Water gauges that need to be tidied up. I find the ignition wires running over the manifolds to be messy... although it does work, and I'm not one to be critical.

I just lucked out and got a motor that came with Ram Horns on it.

 

[Cdaniel]

Tidy work in progress with a complete re wire, but the spark plug inspiration is there.