Ideas to spiff up the engine bay a little?

I'm looking to spruce up my engine bay after I do the remainder of my performance mods.

Are there any little things that would "clean up" the overall look of the engine bay? Organize those wires some?

I was thinking about getting new plugs, which would look nicer. I heard this is not such a great idea, though - stock wires are "best".

I saw there was an aluminum valve cover on ZZP. Looks interesting... these are the kinds of ideas I'm talking about.

Here's the ZZP link, BTW: http://www.zzperformance.com/grand_prix/products1.php?id=798

And just so everyone knows, I've removed my engine cover - I like it much better that way (let everyone know that my car is supercharged!) but I just want to make it look a little more interesting under there.

The STB makes a big difference in looks, in addition to performance.

I saw a thread on regalgs.org where someone polished their fuel rails , it looked pretty good..

Take off the black plastic ignition wire bracket from the blower and route the wires under the blower snout.

Cover your alternator's + output wire with split loom.

And its always nice to look down and see headers in the engine bay...

I like all these ideas!

i removed all the braces from the engine like the big one in front used to lift the engine or conect a jumper cable to. saves weight and makes a little more room.
i also painted the pcv cover to match my STB in red caliper paint. i thougt of painting the coils red too, but i dont want to guess which one goes to what cyl. if i take off a plug.

Remove your oil fill tube and replace with oil cap.

Polish everything!!!

This is very easy but it had never occured to me until a friend of mine gave me a set for my bike. You can replace the screws of all the electronic parts and such (maf sensor, coils, etc) with stainless or chrome screws (get grade 6 or better while you're at it). I prefer the allen hex variety. You can really go as far as you want with it. If I'm not mistaken, I remember seeing a lot of that done to the whippled riv so maybe you can look at that to get an idea of what I'm talking about.

So far, I've only swapped out the 6 screws for the coils but they look really good.

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Cool. I like the wire looms with cylinder numbers.

nice looking i will some pics of my engine bay when my motor is done, lets just say im not telling you all of my mods

Oh Corey , you're such a tease!

thats what they all say the good news is next week my motor swap should be started

This is a very small thing you can do to make the engine look cleaner, imo. There is an electrical connector above the front valve cover, near the fuel rail's pressure regulator. Normally, this connector is in plain view as it feeds the wiring to the front injectors. Here's a before pic:



By temporarily disconnecting and routing the connector under the fuel rail, you can hide it from view, making things look a little less cluttered. It's a small detail, but I've never cared much for the look of exposed wiring. See after: