What have you done for holding the plug wires
 

What's the cleanest way to manage the plug wires. I'm after a clean look. Is there an aftermarket kit for holding them neatly in place?

Plug wire organizers........
 

The ACCELL company makes a kit that comes with an assortment of clip on wire organizers. Each clip will hold 2 wires. The wires simply press into place on the plastic holders. They work well and are not expensive. Look in your local auto parts store or hot rod shop.

I did something similar for my 3.2SS.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1410024084.jpg

^^ Thats what I want - where can I get something like that?

I need to find one of the metal plates that clamp the wires down too. I picked up my engine in a partly disassemble state and didn't get one of those.

The wire separators I used are Taylor#895-42700. The kit is sold by most speed shops and online high performance parts outlets. The kit is intended for a V8 engine.

Rod

Sweet, thanks.. great looking engine btw

Electromotive XDi Plug Wire Organization
 

Here's a link to what I did for plug wire organization: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-engine-rebuilding-forum/785959-gordos-3-2l-engine-rebuild-ready-reassemble-4.html

I like these connectors - simple, rugged and hold things in place. Sold for 6 cyl engines and relatively universal (by plug wire size).

They also came with mounting brackets that I didn't use (to mount wires upright on an attachment point on the engine).

Best of luck.

Gordo

When you want to attach these wire separators to something (in my case, the chassis - I have the coil packs chassis mounted, and pull the plugs out when R&Ring the engine, but you could make up things to bolt to parts of the engine also), use a separator with one more groove than your wires. So use a 4 wire separator for three wires, etc.

Then weld (or otherwise fix) a stub of steel tubing of suitable diameter as a fixing point. Clamp the separator to the tube. Works great.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1410134011.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1410134042.jpg

Here's a really low buck method I once saw: wrap the wires (let us say three of them) loosely with a tie wrap. At each space between two wires wrap a short tie wrap around the crosswise tie wraps. Tighten to taste. Now you have your wires bundled flat, but separated by the width of a tie wrap.

Sorry, no picture of this. Good to keep in mind, though.

If you want to be racy:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1410290857.jpg

I think available from our host and from other sources if not.

Sherwood