do they sell ls1 fuel rail covers that DO NOT say corvette on them

 

Yeah, the ones that say GTO on them.

 

Who are "they"?

Personally, I don't understand the fixation with non-functional, heat-holding plastic on top of the engine. If my engine had come with them, I'd have recycled them (hey, I'm a little environmentally-responsible...).

 

ive got some carbon fiber ones that say nothing at all but they are painted with a candy green tint so they would need a repaint

 

I'm with 5.7 Kid... BUT when I first got my LS1, I thought they were a must have...the time and work that went into the swap.....well, I changed my mind.

 

I think about the only thing that's uglier than rail covers is a bunch of coil packs sitting on the valve covers. I'm fixing that problem by relocating my coil packs and going with a nicer set of valve covers, but if you prefer the rail covers, you can pick up a set of Corvette covers and just fill in the embossed "CORVETTE" logo, and trim the passenger side cover to fit around your throttle cable, then paint to whatever color you prefer.

 

For coils to look decent need to get arid of ugly bracket I'm contemplating what route to take to include relocating coils I also think if coils where hydrographic dipped in like carbon fiber or what ever color choice or design can make them more appealing to eyes

Billet braket for coils looks good stock or aftermarket valve covers


Holley lsx valve cover

Eldecrock coil covers I would personally grind smooth and repaint

Tsp coil cover



Only thing about relocating coils is the long spark plug wires I don't like if I do relocate it would be underheaders some where coils located on valve cover is convenient tho even tho it's a eye sore

 

TPI is a pretty clean looking system. But, no thanks, I'll pass.

I'm a function-over-form guy. A coil per cylinder with a short wire to the plug to me is a thing of beauty.

I am also completely comfortable knowing no car of mine will ever win a beauty contest.

 

its whats on the inside that counts

 

I like to have my cake and eat it too. Function is my primary goal, but I plan to look good doing it.

 

I love my coil covers. I hate that they say vette...and will eventually fill them and paint them. Probably lay some Trans AM stickers on them and clear them. Or Ill sell them haha...

I dig that Holley set up. That puts the coils on a slight angle. I just hate how expensive things are...thats what keeps me from worrying about it. FRC's are cheap, and they really clean up the top of the motor. It helped me get over my TPI beauty withdraw! lol.

Ive given serious thought to standing my stock covers smooth, and then welding some bosses on, sort of like the holleys, to mount the coils.

You guys ever use alumaweld? Ive been using it for odds and ends and I love that stuff. My only concern would be it being that close to the headers. Not sure what the temps get up to in that area. Of course I have access to a tig so if I come up with something maybe i can just weld it right.

Im not a huge fan of relocating the coils, because I havent really seen a clean solution on a 3rd gen. And I dont really want longer wires. I like the coil on plug design. I just want it cleaner. Of course, I could start by re-looming and fixing my wiring up some haha.

J.

Edit: Those Holley covers are $160 on amazon. Thats actually not too bad. Hmmm.....

 

yea there not that bad price only issue i see is running ls1 coil since mounting bolts are da different spacing ls1 are in 60ish mm range while the others are 72 ish mm not exact but you get the idea so with ls1 coil you only use 1 bolt instead on 2

im thinking of getting the holley covers myself it really cleans up the look

cheapest ive found is amazon among other things and pace performance also ebay IIRC dont qoute me on that

and i agree with your bottom statement if i relocated coils it would be some where that are hidden and cant see wires or anything so only place is underneath headers but that would be a pain to get to the coils

for the alumaweld stuff you thinking of using with valve covers ? i dont think the high heat would be a issue up there can coat cover with hightemp paint to get some heat resistance

 

Good catch on the bolt spacing. I could be talked into getting a different set of stock coils haha. What are the truck coils, the high output ones with the heat sinks that came on the LQ9 escalades and all? Actually I just looked at a picture of the LS1 coil compared to the ones in the Holley picture. MAN they are ugly..haha. Thats half the problem. The ones in the pictures (LS3 coils?) are more pleasing to the eye.

Hmm...well, I have a spare set of valve covers that I was going to play around with. Since its so easy to swap em. Maybe ill try alumawelding on some spots and keep an eye on it. That stuff seems like a gimmick but Ive been really impressed with it. Ive been using it for brackets and low impact type stuff for a while. Its true that if you do it correctly, the surrounding material fails before the alumaweld area. I was toying with using it to fill in the "lines" that are on the valve covers, but I like the idea of totally redesigning.

Great...another project

J.

 

Im going to have to take a look at that stuff they have stuff for steel also ? i was also thinking of using some sort of liquid weld to smooth valve covers

you can score ls2 coils for like 70 to 80 buck on ebay or ls1tech or you can rock ls1 coils till you acquire the coils you want . IMO msd coil arent worth the price and i hate the red color

ls1 coils are ugly compared to the other ones

i believe the ones pictured are ls2 im not sure tho to be exact i look at the pic a couple weeks ago

here are coil comparison
http://ls1tech.com/forums/15294138-post4.html

heres with ls1 coil which IMO still is a improvement over stock
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1580157566-post13.html

 

http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/fuel-rail-covers.html Afterthoughts auto makes custom covers that can say camaro or trans am or whatever, also come in several colors.

 

still cant find myself liking those covers lol they look alright

 

To each their own I suppose. In the right color I'm sure they would look good, I considered doing this for awhile which is why I remembered the site. I don't care for the look of coils on the valve covers either so I'll find something else to hide them.

 

There perfect for airbrushing flames skulls etc then it look killer.. but single colors depending on color like you said is hit or miss

I kinda like the newer ls3 fuel rail covers a bit better and I think it would be a better match with the squareness idk would like to see them in our engine bay

What you plan to do ?

 

I started playing with a spare valve cover from my LQ4 tonight. The coil mounts come off easy enough with a hack saw blade, even easier with a multi-tool. Zips them right off with minimal filing/sanding.

Im going to grab a bottle of MAPP gas tomorrow to try the alumaweld stuff. I think the VC is just too thick for regular propane, but MAPP should get it hot enough.

I plan to do a test area. Clamp the cover down flat to prevent warping. And IM going to fill one mount spot, and one section of the "double lines", to see how it looks.

If it comes out ok and isn't terribly difficult, I can post some pictures. What I did tonight took me about 10 minutes and less than one beer. So doing the full cover wouldn't be too long. If it was going to take weeks of intense labor, Ide just pop for the holley's, since that's what Im trying to make more or less.

J.

Eh...after heating the VC with MAP for what I considered a long time, it wasn't enough to flow the alumaweld stuff. It happens very quickly on 1/8" alum sheet. But I guess the VCs are too big of a chunk. I feel like Ide be wasting so much gas if it ever got to temp. Oh well! Now that price for the Hollys is lookin sweet, except the cost of the coils to match haha.