Want to shave and tuck my engine bay
11-01-2010, 09:34 PM
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Want to shave and tuck my engine bay
So i want to shave and tuck my engine bay soon so are there any advice or anything that i should know before i start. are there any website that i can check for help? I know the basic stuff but like the complicated things to do engine bay.
11-02-2010, 12:18 PM
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Just a FYI, once you tuck it you are going to have to get into your fenders everytime you need to check or replace anything. Also you won't be keeping PS or AC and you may want to lose the ABS if you have it too. If you aren't 99% done with your build I would wait on doing a tuck. It's more trouble than it's worth in most cases.
11-02-2010, 03:32 PM
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it def make the engine bay look awesome when i did my first tuck i had about 60 hrs in sanding just getting my radiator support PERFECT. Its LOTS of work. if you want to do it dont expect it to go fast and be easy.
11-02-2010, 03:50 PM
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Re: Want to shave and tuck my engine bay
start with this thread - https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-acura-28/shaved-tucked-customized-engine-bays-pics-theory-discussion-1693934/
plan to do to my teg too! gl
plan to do to my teg too! gl
11-02-2010, 04:38 PM
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Re: Want to shave and tuck my engine bay
Thanks for the advice guys. and yeah tucking your engine makes it look amazing. i have friends that did it and its looks awesome. Im jealous looking at their engines lmao. but i have alot of time and im about to start. while doing my tuck i will also have my engine in the shop for a rebuild it just hit 129000 miles and also would be installing turbo in the future. this is all for this upcomming winter.
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11-02-2010, 11:00 PM
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very time consuming.. ive ran my wires once... pulled them and re-ran them a different route.. then again.. just take ur time with it and plan it out carefully..
11-05-2010, 05:21 PM
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Re: Want to shave and tuck my engine bay
I did a full tuck on my last integra, and yea its very time consuming. While the motor was out getting rebuilt in CA, I took that opportunity to start eliminating everything.
Working on it every single day, it took 5 months from start to finish. That is: full tuck and shave, rebuilt motor, turbo and motor install/tune. Not an easy process, then again, i took my time from May to Oct to do it, little by little. No AC/PS/ABS either.
Be prepared, however, to dig into places such as fenders, bumpers, trunk, dashboard to find solutions to simple problems. Remember that you are relocating many things, and if something goes wrong, it will be that much harder to get to it.
Working on it every single day, it took 5 months from start to finish. That is: full tuck and shave, rebuilt motor, turbo and motor install/tune. Not an easy process, then again, i took my time from May to Oct to do it, little by little. No AC/PS/ABS either.
Be prepared, however, to dig into places such as fenders, bumpers, trunk, dashboard to find solutions to simple problems. Remember that you are relocating many things, and if something goes wrong, it will be that much harder to get to it.
11-06-2010, 07:03 AM
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I did a full tuck on my last integra, and yea its very time consuming. While the motor was out getting rebuilt in CA, I took that opportunity to start eliminating everything.
Working on it every single day, it took 5 months from start to finish. That is: full tuck and shave, rebuilt motor, turbo and motor install/tune. Not an easy process, then again, i took my time from May to Oct to do it, little by little. No AC/PS/ABS either.
Be prepared, however, to dig into places such as fenders, bumpers, trunk, dashboard to find solutions to simple problems. Remember that you are relocating many things, and if something goes wrong, it will be that much harder to get to it.
Working on it every single day, it took 5 months from start to finish. That is: full tuck and shave, rebuilt motor, turbo and motor install/tune. Not an easy process, then again, i took my time from May to Oct to do it, little by little. No AC/PS/ABS either.
Be prepared, however, to dig into places such as fenders, bumpers, trunk, dashboard to find solutions to simple problems. Remember that you are relocating many things, and if something goes wrong, it will be that much harder to get to it.
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Re: Want to shave and tuck my engine bay
94 integ.. and i ran all the wiring except the engine harness through the door rubber boot and up through the fenders.. that was the easy part.. engine harness gets more complicated..
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