Restomod Engine Wiring
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
Restomod Engine Wiring
OK lets see pictures of how ya hid your engine wiring harness on your restomod.....
I installed my engine wiring harness & I'm not happy.....
I installed my engine wiring harness & I'm not happy.....
#2
Instructor
Two questions for you:
1. Is the priority showing the car, vs. driving and maintaining it?
2. Are you planning to paint the engine compartment body color or satin black?
I went round and round on this issue when I built mine. I did mine a few years ago and used a 2004 LS6 which has a larger PCM and harness than the newer LS3's.
I ended up not running hidden wiring for the sake of ease of maintenance. That said, I did run everything through black conduit, and hiding the wiring that had to go across the engine by making a simple cover over the windshield wiper motor recess and running that wiring behind it. But I also went with satin black engine compartment so the conduit is much less obvious.
I'm using an SR III chassis that I had silver powder coated, so when someone looks in my engine compartment their eyes are drawn to the motor and the chassis. The wiring harness is certainly visible but not blatantly so.
Good luck with the project,
Rick
1. Is the priority showing the car, vs. driving and maintaining it?
2. Are you planning to paint the engine compartment body color or satin black?
I went round and round on this issue when I built mine. I did mine a few years ago and used a 2004 LS6 which has a larger PCM and harness than the newer LS3's.
I ended up not running hidden wiring for the sake of ease of maintenance. That said, I did run everything through black conduit, and hiding the wiring that had to go across the engine by making a simple cover over the windshield wiper motor recess and running that wiring behind it. But I also went with satin black engine compartment so the conduit is much less obvious.
I'm using an SR III chassis that I had silver powder coated, so when someone looks in my engine compartment their eyes are drawn to the motor and the chassis. The wiring harness is certainly visible but not blatantly so.
Good luck with the project,
Rick
#3
Drifting
Here is one of my last 69 restomod and one of my first 63 restomod. I run the front light, a/c and fan wiring thru the top of the wheel wells. All my cars are driven regularly so I don't want to make impossible to service.
Mark
Mark
#6
Pro
Old thread died quickly. Found it while planning the wiring on my C2 LS3 resto-mod. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
#7
Racer
Here's a couple pics of my 54. I put the computer behind pass interior kick panel. I made a metal cover to hide the wiring running from engine over towards passenger side.
#8
Safety Car
Its reassuring to know I'm not the only one with wood in their Corvette.
#9
Melting Slicks