Engine wiring harness plastic crap

[Black Power]

Has anyone devised a way to get rid of this awful looking plastic shroud that wraps around the back of the motor and over to the driver's side valve cover? I hate the way it looks, I don't want to have to bolt it down onto my pretty TA covers. Anyone have any ideas for me?

 

[GNVenom]

We build the engine harness without the wire channel (obsolete for years) and just use round conduit. I have built several harnesses where I break out the individual sensors and run the wiring under the intake. This setup looks real stealth and no wires wrap around the front of the intake. Also, I use an 8 gage wire for the alternator charge stud, and run that one thru the intake as well, rather than under the engine.

Look at this front corner of the intake:

 

[Black Power]

I don't know if anyone has told you this, but there appears to be at least one extra turbocharger on that thing. Might wanna look into that :biggrin:

That looks good John, thinking outside the box.

I will give that a shot, if I don't like it I know who to get a harness from.

Thank you for the idea.

 

[notacarlo]

Post a bigger picture, I can't see it......:biggrin:

 

[GNVenom]

Rear view (hope it's big enough):

Bulkhead Connectors Installed On Engine

 

[Black Power]

I am going to give that route a shot. That looks like it would eliminate a lot of messy looking crap and make it easier to get under the valve covers (not that I would ever need to do that...)

Thanks John.

 

[The_Six]

Ive been trying to find a way to hide the one on the passenger side. I put all the wiring for the driver side under the intake and in the driver side fender well. Now if I could just hide that big square wire loom some how.

 

[ghall]

I would love to see the pics that GNVenom posted, but dang they are so big i can't tell sqat:redface:

 

[GNVenom]

I don't know if anyone has told you this, but there appears to be at least one extra turbocharger on that thing. Might wanna look into that :biggrin:

Oh yeah, always good to carry a spare on critical parts...

I'll post smaller images on the big ones.

 

[aminga]

Mine never fit after I installed the TA Perf valve covers so when I did the rebuild I replaced it with convoluted tubing routed along the driver's fender. I'm going to work a little more on the routing after the motor is back in.

 

[GNcollectables]

I would love to see the pics that GNVenom posted, but dang they are so big i can't tell sqat:redface:

instant solution:
right mouse click the pic, "save as" on your desktop.
then click on that saved image off your desktop.
voila! its now smaller so you can see the whole thing...

 

[Black Power]

Mine never fit after I installed the TA Perf valve covers so when I did the rebuild I replaced it with convoluted tubing routed along the driver's fender. I'm going to work a little more on the routing after the motor is back in.

That's what I ended up having to do as well. The taller GN1 heads and the taller valve covers made it a beyotch to work with this wiring, so I taped and did the convoluted tubing. Oh well, maybe I can kidnap John Spina and make him do it pretty for me before I let him loose :tongue: