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Old May 8, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by fishman042002
that is starting to look really clean cant wait to see it finished.

David

I'm gonna tackle the other side this weekend, that harness is going to be a MAJOR PITA to do, but in the end, it'll be worth it. Here's a pic of my old Del Sol with the "mini tuck". You can see where I had mounted the HID's in the pic as well.

Tucking wires just takes a whole lot of patience. It's the kind of thing you can't simply start and not finish. Once you've snipped those first couple of wires, you're already knee deep in crap.


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Old May 8, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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that engine bay looks really clean.

Keep up the good work
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Old May 8, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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Looks good - I always thought the Evo bay was very cluttered!

Whats involved with a tuck? I am guessing cutting and adding wire to make it longer and hide it !?!
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Old May 8, 2006 | 12:59 PM
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If you want to do something with the power steering and coolant reservoirs that looks nice, check into this: http://www.forgemotorsport.com/conte...roduct=FMHTEV8

I know it's not a low-dough mod like tucking the harness, but it looks soooo good!
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Old May 8, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoIXMR
Looks good - I always thought the Evo bay was very cluttered!

Whats involved with a tuck? I am guessing cutting and adding wire to make it longer and hide it !?!

Pretty much. I actually wrote down the colors to the injector wires and numbered them accordingly so I would'nt get confused. I started with those first and then moved on to the other sensors on the manifold. I also had to extend the sensor to the o2 sensor as well that runs under neath the spark plug cover. I made sure they were long enough to be able to tuck under and beanath the manifold and still have some slack. I have put 50 miles on my car since the tuck and no differences what so ever.

As long as you make sure to solder, heat shrink and tape up everything "real good", you should'nt have any problems. I'll take pics of the tuck on the other side this weekend.

I was planning of getting some type of "power distribution" block made or fabbed up that would allow me to plug all the cables that run to the positive terminal into the block, and then just have one run out to the battery terminal.

None of this serves any purpose at all, but it makes the bay look 10x better. It's just personal preference.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 02:10 PM
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Looks good man, subscribed for future pics of updates .
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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update?
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 08:18 AM
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got any pics of where you moved the throttle cable.
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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very nice! The joys of the honda world..
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Looks good man.. Waiting to see what else your doing.. iam doing the same as well ill post mine here if you would like or just make a whole new thread.. I ran my throttle cable under the intake manifold.. Looks alot better and hides the whole wire..

I detached it from the Throttle body. Carefuly routed it underneath and placed it back in place and adjusted the cable.. I did as much as i could for now without cuting and running added wires..
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Very clean. How long did it take?
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by il2az
Nice and clean, but more importantly why don't you mount the throttle cable on the firewall instead of the valve cover... I think that helps a lot.
Good point, here is how mine turned out all tucked in... sorry for the sloppy picture!



you will love the look of the throttle cable behind, looks sooo much cleaner.. Also take off any and all brackets that only hold things in an ugly place

Last edited by Peteypab2133; Sep 30, 2008 at 07:54 PM.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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looks good
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 05:40 AM
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looks good..
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Looks clean, but to cut and splice wires that have no problems is a no-no im my book...
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