TeeJayHoward Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 (stolen from z31.com) It's gotta be the cleanest engine bay I've ever seen. Where's the wiring for the headlights? The turn signals? The battery? Heck, where's anything that's not engine? I'd love to find out how to make something like this happen in MY Z! Anyone know whose car this is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 That photo has been floating around the internet for years. If I remember, its a car from japan. You wanna see some seriously clean engine bays.. .go to honda-tech.com and search wiring tuck. Those guys are animals when it comes to hiding things. Nice to steal ideas from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z062weee Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 thats pure beauty. i can think of a cheap ugly way; line the wires up against the bay walls and put duck tape over them and paint it all the same color lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Woah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I wanted to say 1fastz's silver car but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicker240 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 At least State side anyway.I saw the car in Atlanta a few years ago at the Z-car convention.I think it was in the 1st issue of the former Z-car magazine also.I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was from California,but I just dont recall exactly.It was the 1st Z I ever saw with ITB's and he had several progams completely tuned for max H.P. ,max mileage(somewhere around 30mpg as I recall) and a program for "spirited daily driving". Pretty much the standard all other engine bays are judged by IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.mitchell69 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 True beauty..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have seen other pictures of that engine floating around, But where did he put his distributor? My Guess is on the AC bracket...what is your opinion? Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.mitchell69 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 its in the conventional spot,you can see all the blue plug leads in the cap just behind the rad... What i would like to know is where the breather pipe from the valve cover goes to....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 its in the conventional spot,you can see all the blue plug leads in the cap just behind the rad...What i would like to know is where the breather pipe from the valve cover goes to....? ....it goes over to a nasty, grease-stained Prestone bottle underneath the passenger side inspection lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 ...Oups, I meant his ignition coil. I know where the distributor is!! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Oh yeah, that's mine (just kidding) Here are some more pics of the same car (I'm 98.3% confident it is the same one): It's been one of my Favorites for many years now!! [Edit: Hey, 280ZForce ...aren't these your B.A.M.F. ZG flares in the back?! Drool!! ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 That car is in japan had been spotlighted several times in japan mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.mitchell69 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I like...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Notice in the first picture of the whole car the wrecking ball swinging towards it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyfriend Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 clean is cool and all....i really do love clean, but for an area that is not seen often and a place where i like to do work----i would much rather be able to easily work on things than to have to hunt for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Notice in the first picture of the whole car the wrecking ball swinging towards it.... Nah, that's just the perfect guy wire to make a 240ZG gallows, lol. (now that would be a shame for sure!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 He must have used wirelss technology. Is that the Bluetooth L28? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Where does the vacuum hose for the cam cover lead to? Maybe a catch-can and then to the exhaust...hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 At least State side anyway.I saw the car in Atlanta a few years ago at the Z-car convention.I think it was in the 1st issue of the former Z-car magazine also.I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was from California,but I just dont recall exactly.It was the 1st Z I ever saw with ITB's and he had several progams completely tuned for max H.P. ,max mileage(somewhere around 30mpg as I recall) and a program for "spirited daily driving". Pretty much the standard all other engine bays are judged by IMHO. Nope, you didn't see that car in Atlanta. The car you saw in Atlanta was Herve Oluettes' "Silver Elegance"---primary distinctions between Herve's car and the one pictured are: *TWM Throttle Bodies, and not the Twin Injector Bodies Shown. *Valve Cover was not "NISSAN"--totally shaved of all I.D. *Valve Cover Vent was at the Rear and hidden in Herve's Car. *Voltage Regulator WAS on the right inner fenderwell on Herve's Car (WHY, I have no clue, with all else he did to leave that reg out there...) *Herve's car did not have a Distributor, it was Electromotive TECII, with the spark plug wires coming in a 'Dusenberg' style chromed loom from the firewall (TEC was in the Glove Box) *Herve's Car had polished V-Stacks, not Annodised Blue *Throttle Actuation on Herve's car was down underneath the ITB's and was cable actuated, not from the OEM 'Finger-Linkage' on the Firewall And you're right about 'becoming the standard'---Herve's car was the first "Gold Medallion" Awarded by the ZCCA. He was a member of Group Z Sports Car Club in Orange Country, and had removed the car from competition in San Diego the previous year because some rocks had damaged his paint, and the 'paintless dent remover' guy screwed up the paint worse. He had to wait another year to send it to Atlanta to show it. I thought the same thing at first, but knew it wasn't Herve's when I saw no Voltage Regulator on the fenderwell. I asked him at a club meeting one evening: "Herve, with all the money you put into this thing, why the hell did you leave an externally regulated alternator on it? I mean, a one wire is an easy conversion!":burnout: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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