SPA Modeler

Superb - very realistic!

Thanks Stuart!!

Just to show that I am still making progress on this bad boy. The wire looms/ retainers were a real PIA only in the fact that the holes were too dang small. I had to drill each hole out to .024" to be able to run the wires through them. The two hole looms were a nightmare to insert the second wire through due to the fact that they flopped all over the place. A friend of mine gave me the trick of leaving them on the PE fret and installing them over the wires that way but during the drilling process they came off of the fret!

Any ways here the engine is with the wires mostly ran. I've got the spark plug boots slipped onto the wires and painted and all the wire looms in place. Now for final routing and wire insertion into the cylinder heads. I've got the ignition coil all painted up as well and ready to go.

mustang1989 wrote:Just to show that I am still making progress on this bad boy. The wire looms/ retainers were a real PIA only in the fact that the holes were too dang small. I had to drill each hole out to .024" to be able to run the wires through them. The two hole looms were a nightmare to insert the second wire through due to the fact that they flopped all over the place. A friend of mine gave me the trick of leaving them on the PE fret and installing them over the wires that way but during the drilling process they came off of the fret!

I hate it when that happens

When it all done, put it my truck. LOL!

mustang1989 wrote:

That engine really looks great and real !

Those wires, did they came with the box or are they AM parts or from your spare box ?

- Kari

Paul and Tom: LOL . Thanks fellas!

Kari: Thanks bud. The wire is AM but the wire boots are made from telephone wire insulation cut and slid over the wire and then painted. Distributor cap is an OOB part that I sanded the castle towers down to give the top of the cap a flat surface and then drilled 9 holes in to insert the wires into. I drilled the holes in the cylinder heads to have a place to insert the wires into as well. Wire loom separators are AM.

great work on that engine !

gino

Thanks gino!! I got the plug wires inserted into the cylinder heads over the period of a couple of days. Part of the problem was the routing but I got it down I think.
I also adhered the manifold to the engine. I ended up using a dab of GM sealer at the ends of the intake manifold just like I do in real life when I install an intake. Who needs those stupid end seals??!! Just install the runner gaskets and run a bead of GMS along the "China Walls" and plop 'er down!!

that looks great ! I like the plug wire routing, looks awesome !
I hear ya on the intake end seals, I hated them. especially when you find the backside sticking out after you bolted on the intake !

gino