cleaning up engine bay

black94331 · Feb 25, 2008

so what are most people doing to clean up their enigine bays such as hiding wires and fixing the clutterdness of our 94 95 5.0's?

BOS-94-003 · Feb 25, 2008

As in pics or ideas. I think moving the battery to the trunk, running as much wiring as possible behind the fenders, and short belting or using deletes for a/c and smog are the norm.

black94331 · Feb 25, 2008

pics or ideas both i'm trying to get some ideas for mine that i'm gonna start redoing in the near future. i want abslutely no wires shown as much as possible even the fuse box relocated i've seen it done just don't know how it's being done i'm planning on swapping to a fox accesories so i can purchase a real nice braket and pulley kit from march perf i want to keep my air cuz it's just way to hot these days the car is gonna be a 331 so i'm not just wanting show i want it all show and go

i'm even thinking about setting my motor back in the engine bay two inches for better weight distribution i read that in the latest hotrod edition in th q collegiate power challenge they did with the mustangs. pretty interesting article anybody else read it?

trav_19 · Feb 25, 2008

what do you do to move it back 2" ?? i know you can move it back 1" with a tube K

black94331 · Feb 25, 2008

i'm not sure how they did it in the magazine but it says quote "a 2" setback, 3/4 drop. and and 1 inch over to the passenger side

Paul · Feb 25, 2008

Do a search on this, there are some good posts on this.

Fox bracketry to does not work with a SN95 A/C compressor. Just FYI. Also, SN95 bracketry is cleaner (IMHO) and fits the accessories closer to the block. Plus, they are far less complicated and easier to install.

Paul.

94Pro-5.0 · Feb 25, 2008

Paul said:
Do a search on this, there are some good posts on this.

Fox bracketry to does not work with a SN95 A/C compressor. Just FYI. Also, SN95 bracketry is cleaner (IMHO) and fits the accessories closer to the block. Plus, they are far less complicated and easier to install.

Paul.

does March or anyone make some nice pulley brackets for our cars or any 302 that could work on our cars?

ryclef331 · Feb 26, 2008

94Pro-5.0 said:
Paul said:

Do a search on this, there are some good posts on this.

Fox bracketry to does not work with a SN95 A/C compressor. Just FYI. Also, SN95 bracketry is cleaner (IMHO) and fits the accessories closer to the block. Plus, they are far less complicated and easier to install.

Paul.

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does March or anyone make some nice pulley brackets for our cars or any 302 that could work on our cars?

Noone makes a puley set for our cars. You have to switch to a fox setup to take advantage of the march brackets and pullies. You can however, utilize the stock brackets and clean them up nicely. They look good when done up right and like paul said, are simple to install as they only bolt to the heads and not the water pump so it simplizes things. as for hiding the wires. Everyone does it different. I've ran most of and close to all of my wires through the fenders with only having to extend the alternator harness. Everything else had enough slack to route it as needed. Cut the loom off of the factory harness and put it where you want it. Cover up as required. Its pretty straight forward.

BOS-94-003 · Feb 26, 2008

The Weezy (I know thats spelled wrong) pulleys work on our cars dont they? BBK makes a nice set of underdrive pulleys also I believe. Are brackets do look nice when smoothed out and powdercoated.

black94331 · Feb 26, 2008

i know fox brakets don't work on our cars i've gotta change the timing cover and water pump and ac but i'm not gonna use the stock fox brackets i'm gonna use the kit from march cuz man they make an awesone looking kit but it's over 700 for all the brakets and pulleys which include w p crank ac p s and tensioner pulleys and reason being i'm doing this is no they don't make any braket kits for our cars just underdrive pullies what about the engine harness? do you just run it lower on the firewall? and the fuse box? do you stick it behind the fenderwell?

Paul · Feb 26, 2008

You don't have to buy super-expensive March setups to have a unique-looking and clean accessory bracket setup.

I also powdercoat my own stuff and I'm currently doing a setup for my notch as well.

Schiffy · Feb 26, 2008

You can clean it up by switching to a carb :hammer: :dancing6:

94Pro-5.0 · Feb 26, 2008

that picture never ceises to amaze me :thumb:

black94331 · Feb 26, 2008

wanna keep the efi through pics in other post i'm starting to come up with some ideas of stuff to do

scott5 · Feb 27, 2008

I have my battery in the back and it cleared up alot of space but i put my MSD 6AL box and my adj timing box there. I also hid the most of the wires in the fenders and powdercoated some piece, but re doing it all again once i get my fox tb setup done.