UNDER the IS-F Engine Covers!!!!! pics inside
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its far cheaper to just put an engine cover on instead of spending resources designing how the hoses, wires, lines will run in such a way it looks nice. Sounds like a pain in the *** to route everything. On nice looking engines when a line/hose/wire breaks and its buried deep down somewhere because it was routed to make the engine look nice, theres always a trade off
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its far cheaper to just put an engine cover on instead of spending resources designing how the hoses, wires, lines will run in such a way it looks nice. Sounds like a pain in the *** to route everything. On nice looking engines when a line/hose/wire breaks and its buried deep down somewhere because it was routed to make the engine look nice, theres always a trade off
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I would say it would be more difficult to work on the IS-F engine than any of the others pictured in this thread.
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how would it be harder when the piece is right in front of you and right on top of the engine instead of hidden for asthetic reasons Most certainly the pictured hoses on the ferrari engine isnt the last of them, no telling how many parts you have to disassemble just to get down to a hose. Any engine is going to have a nest of wires/hoses/lines either in plain view or not
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how would it be harder when the piece is right in front of you and right on top of the engine instead of hidden for asthetic reasons Most certainly the pictured hoses on the ferrari engine isnt the last of them, no telling how many parts you have to disassemble just to get down to a hose. Any engine is going to have a nest of wires/hoses/lines either in plain view or not
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There is no doubt the IS-F engine will never win any beauty awards with the cover off. The LS engine looks similar too.
I mean, people here RARELY take them off anyway, most paint or mod the engine cover.
It would have been nice to have the nice looking engine bays as the GErmans or Italians.
I mean, people here RARELY take them off anyway, most paint or mod the engine cover.
It would have been nice to have the nice looking engine bays as the GErmans or Italians.
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It is as nice as the Germans and Italians. Just leave the cover on.
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There is no doubt the IS-F engine will never win any beauty awards with the cover off. The LS engine looks similar too.
I mean, people here RARELY take them off anyway, most paint or mod the engine cover.
It would have been nice to have the nice looking engine bays as the GErmans or Italians.
I mean, people here RARELY take them off anyway, most paint or mod the engine cover.
It would have been nice to have the nice looking engine bays as the GErmans or Italians.
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The reason why the German and Italian motor layouts are "prettier" is due to the frequent maintenance. The mechanics want something nice to look at.
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