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Originally Posted by streetfytr68
Bob,
I'll be blunt. That looks terrible. And its function may be even worse than its appearance. Time to redirect your exemplary fabrication skills to things mechanical. Pull all the hoses, lines and wiring apart and piece it back together like a puzzle. Prioritize the systems based on their importance as well as ease of fabrication. Examples:
a) Have Addco or Hellwig bend you up a custom anti-sway bar for more clearance. They'll put the kinks wherever you want them. I doubt the custom bar will be very expensive.
b) You can use a combination of bent SS tubing and rubber hose to direct your lower radiator hose.
c) It may be necessary to weld a short 45 degree aluminum elbow onto your radiator's lower inlet--pointed upward from what I can see.
d) Bend custom power steering lines. Big towns have shops that bend high pressure hydraulic lines for construction/farming equipment. And Jones Racing Products makes braided Teflon lines for your rack. They're a pain in the ass to assemble, so I suggest you find a local hydraulic line shop instead.
e) Shorten or lengthen various wires as necessary so that they can be routed together and all in the same direction.
That car's way to pretty to have hose and wire heading in all different directions. I hope you fix it right. |
Hi SF,
I think you have hit the nail on the head. I am going to have to start with the plumbing and configure the swaybar to fit. With that said, everything (except the re-routing of the engine coolant connection at the block) is exactly as stock. I only rearrainged the plumbing to avoid the sway bar.
Also, it looks better in person, the photos flatten everything out and items that are actually in the background look like they are right on top of each other.
Thanks for the input.