Post by nickzigaitis on Jun 9, 2006 4:32:42 GMT -8
(I have lots of pics so its long but try to follow my direction on this.)
Okay guys, I'm stumped. The goal here is to clean up the firewall and the engine bay as much as possible. Call me a minimal-ist but I like hotrods cause of their very simple looking engine bays. So, I removed the AC and blower motor, all AC components and blower motor shroud.
It really frees up a shit ton of room under the hood so you can actually see the motor. The goal here is to have as much detail as possible, so the motor was pulled to be painted, and the frame under the motor cleaned to be painted.
Now that I have your attention as to my vision on this. I am in need of opinions here. They MUST be educated opinions and not just, "Drag the ECM off man". You know what I'm talking about, the kind of shit you hear on S10Forum all day long with regard to roll pans.
1st off, Here is the best reference photo I have of the thousands documenting this build that shows somewhat how the motor lays in the engine bay. Use this to bounce ideas off of.
Now for my ideas with small descriptions.
In this pic the ECM is located where the blower motor and shroud were at. This position pretty much garrentees no problems with tire contact during layout.
The Fuse box would be on a new bracket and mounted on the firewall next to it. The wiring for the plugs of the ecm will run under the fuse box to the ecm and clean up wiring appearance. Only issue with this I can see is a real squeeze for the fuse box with regard to the air intake manifold, but I think I can squeak it in there. Then all I would have is the daunting task of re-running wiring anf shortening or lengthening harnesses.
In these next 2 pics, its basically the reverse of the 1st two. Only problem I can see here is possible contact of the tire to the fuse box, wiring wouldn't be quite as clean but not bad. On a positive note, I wouldn't have clearance issues of the ECM and the air intake manifold as the ECM is pretty thin.
In these next 2 pics, imagine having the ECM where the blower motor is at and then, like the pics show, I could mount the fuse box low in the bay on the frame rail and this would pretty much eliminate all clearance issues of the tire and the engine's air intake manifold.
I need solid opinions that are educated, cause I'll finish this shit today, bondo, and Slick Sand Prime and block sand the firewall this weekend, and the frame will get painted next weekend.
Thanks.
Okay guys, I'm stumped. The goal here is to clean up the firewall and the engine bay as much as possible. Call me a minimal-ist but I like hotrods cause of their very simple looking engine bays. So, I removed the AC and blower motor, all AC components and blower motor shroud.
It really frees up a shit ton of room under the hood so you can actually see the motor. The goal here is to have as much detail as possible, so the motor was pulled to be painted, and the frame under the motor cleaned to be painted.
Now that I have your attention as to my vision on this. I am in need of opinions here. They MUST be educated opinions and not just, "Drag the ECM off man". You know what I'm talking about, the kind of shit you hear on S10Forum all day long with regard to roll pans.
1st off, Here is the best reference photo I have of the thousands documenting this build that shows somewhat how the motor lays in the engine bay. Use this to bounce ideas off of.
Now for my ideas with small descriptions.
In this pic the ECM is located where the blower motor and shroud were at. This position pretty much garrentees no problems with tire contact during layout.
The Fuse box would be on a new bracket and mounted on the firewall next to it. The wiring for the plugs of the ecm will run under the fuse box to the ecm and clean up wiring appearance. Only issue with this I can see is a real squeeze for the fuse box with regard to the air intake manifold, but I think I can squeak it in there. Then all I would have is the daunting task of re-running wiring anf shortening or lengthening harnesses.
In these next 2 pics, its basically the reverse of the 1st two. Only problem I can see here is possible contact of the tire to the fuse box, wiring wouldn't be quite as clean but not bad. On a positive note, I wouldn't have clearance issues of the ECM and the air intake manifold as the ECM is pretty thin.
In these next 2 pics, imagine having the ECM where the blower motor is at and then, like the pics show, I could mount the fuse box low in the bay on the frame rail and this would pretty much eliminate all clearance issues of the tire and the engine's air intake manifold.
I need solid opinions that are educated, cause I'll finish this shit today, bondo, and Slick Sand Prime and block sand the firewall this weekend, and the frame will get painted next weekend.
Thanks.
