I know this subject has been discussed before but I thought
I might bring up my experience with it and solicit some comments.

I'm currently running a cover that is normally found on an Australian Holden.

Some of you have seen my 56 Olds/LS1 conversion and commented on the
Corvette engine covers.
I'm in total agreement....I've never liked them but didn't really know what might look better.

In my humble opinion, nothing looks worse than an LS anything with no engine covers. Even when everything is chromed there are engines that look allot better.

Here are a few shots of the engine bay and it's current installation.
While it's not my favorite, It looks a bit better than the phony Vette covers I used to run.
I thought I might post them here and get some comments.
What better place.......
I guess I still have to option to paint any of them or even have something custom worked up....

DT



The first clip is what I started with, Vette Covers
The Second is the Holden cover I got from an Australian Parts House
The Third is a green LS1 set available from the same Parts place
The Fourth and Fifth are also available from the same place.

It should also be noted that some of the serpentine arrangements make
the Power steering filler cap inaccessable from the top of the cover.
I have a custom plug on mine.

 

Not into it. I like and old school look much better.


That looks like an engine to me.

 

Out of all those I like the black and red holden cover.

I'm not a fan of engine covers though. I'd rather see the engine.

 

I like the black and red one too.


On my 68 pickup (w/ 5.3L) I'm planning on using some of the cast aluminum valve covers that say "chevrolet" on them and then relocating the coils, and cleaning up some of the wires. Might also paint the intake manifold to look more "traditional" or paint it the same as the body. I'm a long way from there, so I have a while to really decide

 

New cars have tons of ******* plastic and **** in the way, which makes for a total pain in the *** when it comes to go spelunking internally (its a pet peeve i guess?). I think the plastic makes the setup look cheap...aside from the corvette fuel rails, IMO.

Dressing up with stainless steel and braided hose (w/ cool fittings) would look 10x better I'd say.

 

I agree the LSx engine compartments are nothing to look at but I also don't care for the big plastic covers. I'd rather leave it uncovered personally.