Neat engine bay
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Neat engine bay
Ok this might be a stupid question but ho on earth do people tidy up their engines?
I tried this weekend with a pack of cable ties and a few rolls of insulation tape and after two hours of taping and clamping and tying it didn't look any better
I tried this weekend with a pack of cable ties and a few rolls of insulation tape and after two hours of taping and clamping and tying it didn't look any better
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Plastic corrugated sleeving, fabric sticky tape and heatshrink.
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Re: Neat engine bay
i tried tidying mine up when my motor was out, and that didnt even work.
8v VW motors are a messy fuckup,with a **** layout IMO
I went the corrugated sleeving and material tape route...or,i tried
8v VW motors are a messy fuckup,with a **** layout IMO
I went the corrugated sleeving and material tape route...or,i tried
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Re: Neat engine bay
The only way to really neaten up an engine bay properly involves a lot of work (especially in the 8v's) the best way is to extend and re-route all the wires out of sight like inside the inner wings and chassis legs, some modders even plate the chassis legs to the inner wing and route everything under there using corrugated trunking.
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this i can vouch forSHAUN wrote:Plastic corrugated sleeving, fabric sticky tape and heatshrink.
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Would love to have the bay shaved the the wires tucked, but for now its good enough. Maybe one day when im big.Velofox wrote:this i can vouch forSHAUN wrote:Plastic corrugated sleeving, fabric sticky tape and heatshrink.
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LMAO, one day when you bigSHAUN wrote:Would love to have the bay shaved the the wires tucked, but for now its good enough. Maybe one day when im big.Velofox wrote:this i can vouch forSHAUN wrote:Plastic corrugated sleeving, fabric sticky tape and heatshrink.
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Take a plastic engine cover from a Polo or something and cover everything !!!!
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I blame all those stupid pipes. An mp9 engine bay looks like spaghetti. Having air con and power steering don't help with neatness either.
I used that sleeving to hide most of the wires but it didnt make much difference. Bay still looks clutterd.
But there is a solution. If you drop in an air cooled beetle motor all the pipes can go. No radiator pipes, no electrical wires, it won't be powerfull enough to run ac or ps so those can go, only problem would be that the motor would face backwards. But i think its a small price to pay for a neat bay.
I used that sleeving to hide most of the wires but it didnt make much difference. Bay still looks clutterd.
But there is a solution. If you drop in an air cooled beetle motor all the pipes can go. No radiator pipes, no electrical wires, it won't be powerfull enough to run ac or ps so those can go, only problem would be that the motor would face backwards. But i think its a small price to pay for a neat bay.
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I tried when I put teh 1.4i motor in the caddy
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Getting there with my mk 16v turbo
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Or try these for tidy and clean
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This is my attempt of a neat engine bay. I must still do some more tidying up.
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Not bad at all!sjs wrote:This is my attempt of a neat engine bay. I must still do some more tidying up.
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It's easy; just stip off all the stuff that's ugly and tow it around on a trailer! LOL!
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Keeping the bonnet closed, helps a lot.... also people might think if your bonnet is always open, the car is always broken - like an opel !!!
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Cluttered MP9 bay? Bah
Then you must see a CTi or any VW running K-jetronic.
I have tampered with the idea of getting the head worked when it was still my car and not the wife's. I totally got lost between all the piping and wiring and didn't want to take the chance to remove and make a fu#@up when putting it all together again.
Then you must see a CTi or any VW running K-jetronic.
I have tampered with the idea of getting the head worked when it was still my car and not the wife's. I totally got lost between all the piping and wiring and didn't want to take the chance to remove and make a fu#@up when putting it all together again.
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The polo engine cover helps alot to make the 8v motor look neater.
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Funny how your old engine cover and my new one look the same hey
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Ha Ha. But at least the kjet had some order with the fuel pipes. I liked the way they were set out.HendrikCTI wrote:Cluttered MP9 bay? Bah
Then you must see a CTi or any VW running K-jetronic.
If anyone wants to shave their bay heres som inspiration.
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This is neat enough for me
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what cover you using graham ?graham savage wrote:I tried when I put teh 1.4i motor in the caddy
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sjs wrote:
This is my attempt of a neat engine bay. I must still do some more tidying up.
this about the neatess i have seen, aside for them show cars, i also have the problem of wanting a neat 8v, but those damn wires ................ once again SJS ....tops!
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Thanks! I'm really happy with her post-crashporno_ster wrote:Not bad at all!sjs wrote:This is my attempt of a neat engine bay. I must still do some more tidying up.
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Thanks Vrooom! Ya, it is difficult to have a tidy 8v. I'm thinking of wrapping my speedo cable and clutch cable in one big black corrugated wrap where they go around the head. I also want to get a battery cover.vrooom wrote:sjs wrote:
This is my attempt of a neat engine bay. I must still do some more tidying up.
this about the neatess i have seen, aside for them show cars, i also have the problem of wanting a neat 8v, but those damn wires ................ once again SJS ....tops!
My play: my 2l ABF + throttles Citi toy and Megane RS 275 Finale