Engine bay cleanup

Post by **mx708** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:28 pm

I have been wanting to clean up my engine bay a lot lately. Basically I just want to get rid of all the crap I dont need. I want all the EPA garbage and everything gone. If it doesnt have to be there I dont want it there LOL. I found this picture on google images. This is my goal. My question is what all do I need to get rid of to make it look like this. Will my car still perform the same.

I think this car looks HELLA good

Post by **ChampaignSilviaS14** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:32 pm

Wire tuck.

Putting the cold pipe on.

Post by **Koshin** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:33 pm

edited

reading owns me
Modified by Koshin at 10:47 PM 8/13/2009

Post by **mx708** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:37 pm

NO NO NO I didnt do that, I wish I did that. LOL. I am asking what i need to do to get my car to look like that. LOL It looks like he has removed a lot of unneeded things

Post by **Koshin** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:47 pm

my bad bro...Im faded and forgot to read, imagine that

Post by **Didderson** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:51 pm

You may remove the PAIR valve if you have one. Just plug up the hole before your maf and cap the metal insert in your downpipe.You may remove the EGR system. Just beware of emissions stations and either remove and cap off your vacuum lines, or plug the vac. lines with a bolt (not reccomended and not as clean).

For the SR20, when you remove the EGR system you have to plug up the recirculation bung found on your OEM turbo elbow. Forget about trying to weld up that rusty mess and just buy a 3" turbo elbow on ebay or somewhere nicer. You could get a downpipe at the same time. Plug up the intake side of your EGR by either purchasing an intake hard pipe from pipingpro.com or plugging your existing one.

As for the EVAP canister or AKA charcoal can, just remove it and the brace that goes with it. Follow all the vacuum lines and you may remove them and cap the ends of those off as well. Removing these things REALLY simplifies your vacuum setup.The other line will go into the frame rail, just remove it and that's it, the line larger than the vac lines goes to a hardline that runs across your firewall.You may remove this hard line altogether, and also removethe rubber line that connects it to the evap vent line near the fuel lines. I leave the EVAP hard line in place where it travels under the chassis alongside the fuel lines, and just bend the front of it down so no water fills up and rusts it out prematurely.

You may also be interested in removing the cruise control behind the usdm Passenger side shock tower, and cutting the wiring for it to clean up. The bolts for the cruise bracket hold a Q45 ignitor chip nearly perfectly, makes a really nice spot for it to bolt up.

Wiring. Just untaping sections at a time, getting rid of wires that you don't need and retaping without loom for smaller size. You can get really into wiring if you have the time, but I'll not go into that.

There's much more you can do like hide your relays and wiper amplifier under the fenders so just use your imaginationnnn!

Post by **mx708** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:08 pm

Thanks didderson I will take all of your suggestions into consideration. I will post pics and quite possibly a write up of cleaning everything up

Post by **Amtk240** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:15 pm

Koshin wrote:my bad bro...Im faded and forgot to read, imagine that

I think the "Hype" got to you this time Koshin!

Post by **White Comet** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:17 pm

you do have to remember olym's engine bay isnt done in that pic. wiring still has to go in, cold pipe and a few other things

btw i made an ultimate wire tuck thread, check it out it should be helpful cuz it'll get you to right around here

Post by **Chris28** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:37 pm

I removed all my emissions stuff, got a new coolant reservoir, ran my harness underneath my intake mani, as well as installed e-fans. It's not going to get much cleaner than this unless you tuck your fuse boxes, and those can be a real pain to do.

Google wire tuck how to's and you'll get an idea of what it all takes. Good luck!

Post by **Matej** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:58 pm

Here are a few neat bays.

Post by **kguittar** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:17 pm

this may sound like a dumb question but where the heck are the fuse boxes being hidden? That's what causes most of my mess.

Post by **AZ89two4Tsx** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:47 pm

mx708 wrote:

I think this car looks HELLA good

Saw this engine in person. IT IS PIMP. Everything on it is top notch, work and parts. He didn't skimp on anything.

Post by **White Comet** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:11 pm

kguittar wrote:this may sound like a dumb question but where the heck are the fuse boxes being hidden? That's what causes most of my mess.

mine are behind the glove box

Website · Post by **s14derrick** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:37 am

i need to stop being lazy and tuck my wires. it looks soo much better. to chris28. you should clean up or powdercoat that VC it would make the bay look alot better IMO

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