Silly Question..

How many of you care what under your bonnet looks like.. Ive seen a few cars in my time and have to say most have looked a ****.

A few tidy cars I have seen.. (under the bonnet)

P20SPD & John Felstead.

Is it just me but, I cant stand seeing wires just trailing across under the bonnet.. cant stand silly boost hoses T'd all over the place..

My car looked a **** for totb.. and I have removed all offending wiring and pipework and am in no rush to put it back until im happy..

Ive got to:
mount the ign coil..
Mount the MSD ignition (was in the car but its noisy) - Put it where?

Sort Water Injection.
Tidy Some wiring up..
Tidy some hosing up.

Am I being really picky or do odd coloured cable ties (without the ends snipped) really **** others off, or is it a case as long as it works then its fine??

Oh and apollogies to p20spd, as anytime he opens his bonnet I normally criticise something.. then again hopefully he will do the same with mine

Your thoughts?

David

 

If you have the time, do it properly Everything tidy makes for much easier trouble shooting.

Richard

 

If it's all tidy it makes woring on it much easier in future, so in that respect, tidyness aids function anyhow.

Paul

 

Totally agree David, some cars i've seen have been an absolute mess under the bonnet - can't see the point in doing it in half measures myself

 

depends if there's anything worth looking at under the hood. If a car's been heavily modded, then people will want to have a noset around the engine bay and it makes sense for it too look it's best.

I've cleaned mine once in 4.5yrs

Stefan

 

Just to add that any installs should be tidy at least. I hate cable ties myself and I was **** enough to run all my wires and boost pipe inside of some flexible tubing. I even ran all my ground mod cables inside tubing rather than cable tieing it all

Stefan

 

Sorry to hijack this thread, but David, did you recieve an e-mither from me last week?

 

Yip, the tidier the better under there as far as I'm concerned. Less chance of things going wrong, and easier to work on the thing if/when they do.

 

mark, which account.. use email as per profile.

David

 

The 2000 account was the one I sent it to David. I'll send again. Cheers

 

It has to be function over form in my book.i.e. if it is something that works but looks like a turd it's fine.

Can stand tarted engine bays, whereby they have replaced something plastic with a heavier cromed piece..

 

Have a job making the engine bay of a scoob like tidy I think. Must be one of the worst engine bays I have seen in comparison to a cossy or evo!

Thats other than for Marks @ Lateral performance. That is what you call an impressive engine bay!!

 

spaghetti junction

 

i dont think the above is..

That is mark @ lateralpeformance's (see 22b thread)

David

 

No need to apologise, i usually tell you if i dont like something, and you know i am not happy about mine, especially the WI and FMIC pipework.

Yours was rushed for TOTB2, hence the mess, and pats special brown wire, which i told you i did not like

Looks come last, as thats the last thing i did on mine

Steven

 

not much point in looking good if it dont run!

 

Now now Pugoetru.

 

my engine pay looks mint, i spent a fair chunck of my summer holiday sitting on the drive with a tube of autosol and a big rag, add a few tools and a engine in bits and u have a nice show worth bay

 

christ Mark!
could eat ya dinner off that!!! very smart

 

pugoetru


who's doesnt run... might want to check your facts..

David

 

heres mine



waiting for samco coolant hoses in red

 

You sticky tart you Sticky

Currently mine is a complete mess...

I painted the rusty alternator, air con compressor cover and the top of the peeling paint radiator in black..

Might get a clean one day.. currently 130000miles (of which I have done 54000miles) in 2years and I have never cleaned it

Intend tidying some wiring and boost pipes soon too.

Simon

 

heres mine b4 i worked my magic



bufty bufty

 

best bit im not finnished with it yet, lmao

 

LOL

 

you mean...



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[Edited by David_Wallis - 8/12/2003 5:07:07 PM]