Got tired of my ugly LSx, Decided to make it a little nicer!
04-23-2009, 10:14 PM
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Got tired of my ugly LSx, Decided to make it a little nicer! Let's face it. While Gen III and Gen IV are some of the best engines ever made, they are also some of the ugliest.
Well, I decided to do something about that. I tore the top off my motor, and started hacking apart my wiring harness. I pulled all the tape off, and all the nasty plastic wire loom.
I put my new TPIS intake on, that I had sanded and smoothed last week, along with a 90MM LS2 throttle body. I also started doing the plumbing for my billet fuel rails that I had powder coated red to match the throttle body and katech valve covers
I then started cutting and splicing things where I wanted them to go, and splicing in some LS2 wiring bits as well, since I think adapters are ugly.
Working on some more of the plumbing:
Well, I decided to do something about that. I tore the top off my motor, and started hacking apart my wiring harness. I pulled all the tape off, and all the nasty plastic wire loom.
I put my new TPIS intake on, that I had sanded and smoothed last week, along with a 90MM LS2 throttle body. I also started doing the plumbing for my billet fuel rails that I had powder coated red to match the throttle body and katech valve covers
I then started cutting and splicing things where I wanted them to go, and splicing in some LS2 wiring bits as well, since I think adapters are ugly.
Working on some more of the plumbing:
04-23-2009, 10:16 PM
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I then started wrapping all the wires in this split braid flex loom stuff I got from Jeg's. I also put my Katech valve covers on, and relocated my EVAP system to clean things up.
04-23-2009, 10:17 PM
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Here are some better pics! Still not done yet, I don't have a whole lot of time to work on it during the week, so I hope to have it done thursday or friday. I will post more pictures when I am done.
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Looks damn good but I'm gonna disagree with you that there one of the ugliest. I think they look rather nice. Loved the look under the hood of my Formula.
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lsx is better then all this new crap that comes with a huge piece of plastic that covers EVERYTHING. atleast fuel rail covers tidy things up without hiding everything.
besides, its not ugly, theres just no contrast and it is kind messy with the wiring that any efi is going to have... if you paint up the coil packs and brackets, fuel rails it actually looks quite good with the contrasting parts. If you dont want to go that far fuel rail covers are for you
nice job on yours! wiring looks real nice
besides, its not ugly, theres just no contrast and it is kind messy with the wiring that any efi is going to have... if you paint up the coil packs and brackets, fuel rails it actually looks quite good with the contrasting parts. If you dont want to go that far fuel rail covers are for you
nice job on yours! wiring looks real nice
