Engine dress-up

[Three25]

Just wanting some suggestions for cleaning up underneath the hood. I'm also on a bit of a budget at the moment, so any advice would be great. If anyone has any pictures that'd be very helpful too! Thanks!

*Note: This is a bit of a older picture, the only difference is there's no more ZEX solenoid, and I painted my VC red. I'll take another picture asap.

 

[magnumP5]

You're in the same boat I am - my engine bay is a rat's nest of wires, pipes and vacuum lines. Some good wire tucking and clean vacuum line routing will probably do wonders.

 

[ProtoType5]

Engine cover would help a lot..hid a lot of those wires...Apexr1 diverter thing cleans things up, and the Corksport radiator cover as well...

Tucking wires and re-routing vacuum lines would be cheaper...just a LOT more work...

 

[Three25]

Where can I get those plastic covers that people use for their vacuum lines/hoses? Or at the least, what would you call them?

I may look into the engine/radiator cover. It kills me when I show people my turbo and it looks like a antique underneath. It needs to be spiced up.

I love the way this guys looks

 

[bermankahns]

you can get them at autoparts stores, but they will cost a little more than they should. you can also check ebay or you can got to a home depot or some place like that and get the black ones and paint them with engine paint. usually you can find them in the wire section. hope that helped

 

[magnumP5]

Personally I'd stay away from those plastic wire cover things - a little ricey to me. Some good silicone vacuum lines will always help but if you aren't patient you get a mess like mine. One of these days I'm going to go out there with a razor, some electric tape and some wire loom materials and completely redo everything. Probably once I get this next round of parts in My engine bay, BTW:

 

[Three25]

I picked up some vacuum lines and the plastic coverings (just as an experiment). I'll post up a picture at the end of the weekend

 

[ogsp5]

So how is the car running ? I used a vacuum block that cuts down on the number of T fittings. I have a set of pic posted on FI section.

 

[the_jaf]

I picked up some vacuum lines and the plastic coverings (just as an experiment). I'll post up a picture at the end of the weekend

Were you successful with the coverings?