I have an fc, and the engine bay has way too many tubes and wires floating around in there. If something breaks I have to sit down with a book for like 100 years to figure out what it is and what 9 wires to check...

I am working on getting a 1st gen right now (s4 na swapping and oer side draft), and I was wondering how simple I could make the engine bay while still having the car be reliable! (cold starts etc)

Please post pics of your super simple/ clean engine bays!

Thanks

 

I did a partial wiring tuck on my car. Since I have a standalone (microtech) I have basic wiring only anyways. So I ran all of the intake manifold wiring through one of the heater core (removed) holes in the firewall. I have a couple of wires for gauges going under the brake booster to the left side of the engine. Then I relocated the ignition coils under the cowelling.

 

Rip it all out and use an electric motor, like my electric fb. Ha ha. Cold starts are great.

but seriously, there are some really nice rotary FBs and SAs here with simple engine bays. I'm looking forward to the posts that will pop up here. My rotary FB will be the same when I'm done. Nice and simple.

 

Simplest engine bay:

 

Damn, that is sooo clean.

 

Check it out. Doesn't get much simpler.

 

i'm sure someone has me beat, but here's mine. if you're willing to live with NOTHING, no heater, no power brakes (yet)

hasn't really sped any diagnostics up either...

 

umm is that the stock airbox on a p port!!??!!?? if so that is amazingly awesome

 

that is awesome...when i first saw the thumbnail i said "oh its just a 12a" and then i took a closer look and said "HOLY *****!!" i miss my PPORT

 

heres mine..could still use a lot of work. i want to work on the fuel system next and then clean up all the wiring for the coils, etc.

 

not as clean as some but it is missing lots of unneeded wiring.

 

Some locals racecar



Mates 12a bridgey - now 13B turbo



My bay, needs a bit of work




My fave in a s3

 

very nice!! ive been thinking about getting those gilmer drives. I just feel like that whining would get annoying after awhile

 

awesome

 

Rotarx7-The gilmers don't make a lot of noise unless you are rippin on the throttle.

JimboII- where is the wiring and fuel lines to the carb? I want to tuck my wires but want to know where to put them. Between the fender and frame maybe?

 

this is so clean!

 

yep. it was a HUGE pain to do...

 

 

I am liking that blue S3

 

Pulleys make more noise the higher you rev obviously, but if your motor's idling at say 1800 then its gonna be making noise, especially with the pulsing.

In the silver and my rx7s bays you can easily see the fuel lines heres another pic of that clean purple s3 bay from the other side they're just run close to the block, I would of done it differently, just along the firewall then out to the carb or something

 

i really like that, all you need to do is clean up the plug wires...

 

that is clean!! great job

 

Wish it was mine! Mines the light blue engine bay....

 

Yeah what he said!!! That is the best looking engine I've see on here so far. That's a bar raiser. WOW!

 

Mine is not the cleanest, but I do what I can. Still a work in progress. More work to come...