Engine bay clean up
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Car: 84 camaro, 88 trans am, 98 camaro
Engine: Modded , stock, LSX modded
Transmission: 700r4, 700r4, t-56
Axle/Gears: 327, 308, 373
Re: Engine bay clean up
There is hardly anything chrome the stuff that currently is i will must likely powder coat aluminum... as far as the hose gos i already have that covered but wont be doing that i think till swap in the built motor...
Stainless mandrel bends for the upper rad hose
Stainless mandrel bends for the upper rad hose
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Car: 84 camaro, 88 trans am, 98 camaro
Engine: Modded , stock, LSX modded
Transmission: 700r4, 700r4, t-56
Axle/Gears: 327, 308, 373
Re: Engine bay clean up
Im not a fan of the SS flex hose and they have per bent mandrel ss hose but its per... im doing something one off im going to follow the contours of the fuel lines then come slight out to the rad
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Re: Engine bay clean up
The wiring for the alternator and a/c on the motor is routed under the motor. The wiring harness going to the a/c/blower/relays is under the a/c/heater box. There is plenty of room under it. The other wiring harness on the driver side is routed along the frame as seen in the proceeding pic. I will be changing that flex tube with factory square tubing or something similar. The cooling fan relays and other underhood electrronics i put on a home made aluminum panel as seen in the pic. I don't have a recent pic but that is what it started out like
I'll try and get a current pic later.
I'll try and get a current pic later.
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Car: 85 Camaro /65 Lemans
Engine: 305 vin H / 396-375 hp (Real)
Transmission: 700R4 / 4sp
Axle/Gears: 3.08 posi / 4.88 posi
Re: Engine bay clean up
Hey-Mine looks exactly as bad as yours, except the original owner had the car Zbarted, which sprayed that **** all over the engine bay-what a ****en mess!!!-It took me 4 days to get to the valve covers to look inside without dumping tons of disintegrated paint, junk oil etc into the heads.
There should be a tribunal for the engineers that designed this **** to get a few more MPG. Sorta like a "war crimes" ribunal, with full time search teams to find them out and punish them. It looks like they took 100 engineers with 1000 different ideas and picked 1 from each of them and somehow stuffed it all into the f-body
good luck! I need it too, along with hundreds of hours , if not more tedious work-what a waste
There should be a tribunal for the engineers that designed this **** to get a few more MPG. Sorta like a "war crimes" ribunal, with full time search teams to find them out and punish them. It looks like they took 100 engineers with 1000 different ideas and picked 1 from each of them and somehow stuffed it all into the f-body
good luck! I need it too, along with hundreds of hours , if not more tedious work-what a waste
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Car: 1989 Iroc Z28 Convertible
Engine: V8 5.0 305 TBI
Re: Engine bay clean up
Jupiter. I just put in an MSD 6AL, MSD E-Curve 8394 Pro Distributor and MSD Ignition Coil. What does the Tach Adapter do for you? Are you still running a stock Distributor? If not what did you do about the computer crying that it lost control of the distributor? Just curious =)
Does anyone know where to get decent engine dressing for 3rd gens? IE chrome or painted cap covers, etc. Maybe a kit? I can't seem to find anything.
Does anyone know where to get decent engine dressing for 3rd gens? IE chrome or painted cap covers, etc. Maybe a kit? I can't seem to find anything.
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Re: Engine bay clean up
Jupiter. I just put in an MSD 6AL, MSD E-Curve 8394 Pro Distributor and MSD Ignition Coil. What does the Tach Adapter do for you? Are you still running a stock Distributor? If not what did you do about the computer crying that it lost control of the distributor? Just curious =)
Does anyone know where to get decent engine dressing for 3rd gens? IE chrome or painted cap covers, etc. Maybe a kit? I can't seem to find anything.
Does anyone know where to get decent engine dressing for 3rd gens? IE chrome or painted cap covers, etc. Maybe a kit? I can't seem to find anything.
Engine dressing is a dime a dozen at any auto parts or ebay. Keep in mind that a can of paint goes a long way when cleaning up the engine compartment. ALL of the paint work under my hood was done with a spray can. ALL accessories, brackets, bolts, headers, brake booster, master cylinder, firewall, radiator, gear box, etc..., ALL painted with VHT. The fenders were done with color matched to car put in a spray can then cleared with a spray can. The headers were treated with vht and cured in the oven. They stayed looking nice for the past 3 years but recently replaced with ceramic headers.
Last edited by Jupiter; 10-28-2013 at 07:43 AM.
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Re: Engine bay clean up
I live in CA, I'm not sure what can I remove and still pass smog. I'm also want to prep it to drop a LT1 in. I would like to know what complications should I be aware before I do so. I would like to clean out the engine bay before I do any big modifications on my 91 Camaro with the 305 engine.
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I live in CA, I'm not sure what can I remove and still pass smog. I'm also want to prep it to drop a LT1 in. I would like to know what complications should I be aware before I do so. I would like to clean out the engine bay before I do any big modifications on my 91 Camaro with the 305 engine.
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