So I Just boosted(turbo) and well i have ended up with wires, hoses and steel braided lines going everywhere.
Im just winderign what tips and tricks you guys had to cleaning this mess up!
Ive tried running stuff together as much as I can and Ive invested in wire ties.
What do you guys do!!
Oh I have a 01 2.2!
Well i dont know what anyone els does, but my engine bay is clean as anything, i use a dash polish on all the black parts after i clean it with spray 9. Everything is nice an shinny and nice looking. Thats all i do, plus i find with the polish on most things it makes it hard for stuff to stick to it making it easy to clean it off next time you clean.
Wayner B wrote:Well i dont know what anyone els does, but my engine bay is clean as anything, i use a dash polish on all the black parts after i clean it with spray 9. Everything is nice an shinny and nice looking. Thats all i do, plus i find with the polish on most things it makes it hard for stuff to stick to it making it easy to clean it off next time you clean.
wow you really missed the point.
Only suggestions I have is wire loom, or run wires through existing wireloom. Otherwise draw up a 'schematic' of which lines have to run where, and organize them so they're grouped together with as little clutter as possible.
Well I have invested in some loom but its not much good cause alot of my mess is 1.4 vac lines, 0awg pawer and grnd cabels and oil lines so loom isint big enough
I also invested in a Vac manifold which not only cleaned it up alot but made it WAY easier to work with.
The guy doing my bodywork is a PRO at bending sheetmetal so I may get him to make me an aluminum valve caer cover that drops down over the turbo and alt and stuff...
conveluted tubing(sp)? i dont know if thats what you guys call wire looms but they come in various sizes. that would work to clean a lot of it up.
WOW Did i ever miss the point there.
wire loom does come in different sizes ya know
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Wayner B wrote:WOW Did i ever miss the point there.
^^^made me laugh
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sndsgood wrote:go thru your wiring it, cuttint out what you dont need, shortening the excess changing the location of things. such as running the wire underneath a part so its hiden verrus over the top of a part. once my car comes back from the painter im going to go thru the same process to clean it up as much as possible.
Yeah, running vacuum lines and wires under your pipes can help a lot
fortune cookie say:
better a delay than a disaster.
OHV notec wrote:sndsgood wrote:go thru your wiring it, cuttint out what you dont need, shortening the excess changing the location of things. such as running the wire underneath a part so its hiden verrus over the top of a part. once my car comes back from the painter im going to go thru the same process to clean it up as much as possible.
Yeah, running vacuum lines and wires under your pipes can help a lot
SCC had a write up this last month on how to do a 'hidden' engine bay wire harness. Granted it was for Honda K series swap, but still good info.
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