A tribute to SEMA's ridiculous engine bays

Been walking around SEMA and taking in the sights. There's a ridiculous amount of tucked and detailed engine bays around here. Thought I'd share a few of them.

wow, that is some insane stuff. I have to wonder though, how many of those actually run like that. There seems to be many items missing.

Is that a DOHC OS Giken L series head I spy?? ??? I have hunted far and wide for one of those within my price range.... alas, unicorn tears are expensive. For Datsun porn click this: Datto porno

I want many pics of that crew cab first gen dodge

Hmm...I must be getting old. Those 'tucked' (hellatucked?) ones just look incomplete to me.

Looks like somebody has a penchant for inline 6s.

I heart that last one.

Ed Higginbotham wrote:

Excuse me, gonna need a minute. This is something that I always wanted to do, not for show-car appeal, but on a race car for access and easy identification of problems.

petegossett wrote: I heart that last one.

I need shots of the paint. Like whoa.

Ooooh, I wanna play. Yes, that is an FD3S RX7. Yes, that is a turbocharged 4-rotor. Yes, that is a front differential tucked down in the corner. And, yes, that is a rocker arm-actuated inboard coilover suspension setup.

I know at the very least the evo motor (RS motors plug wire cover) not only runs but will be getting beaten like a rented mule immediately following SEMA at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational event.

I do wonder how many of the other engines actually run in their as photographed state.

pinchvalve wrote:

Ed Higginbotham wrote:

Excuse me, gonna need a minute. This is something that I always wanted to do, not for show-car appeal, but on a race car for access and easy identification of problems.

This is a reason I've considered it.

klodkrawler05 wrote: I know at the very least the evo motor (RS motors plug wire cover) not only runs but will be getting beaten like a rented mule immediately following SEMA at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational event. I do wonder how many of the other engines actually run in their as photographed state.

I know some of those guys. Ron and Co are good folks.

mndsm wrote:

petegossett wrote: I heart that last one.

I need shots of the paint. Like whoa.

That one only gets more ridiculous as you peek around.

In reply to Ed Higginbotham:

That is 100% pure sculpture, and I love it!

In reply to ProDarwin:

What's the matter? You guys don't like your header cooking your carbs?

Any chance of getting some engine shots of the revology '66 gt350? Autoblog only had exterior, and I was curious what they did for front suspension and shock towers.

I've been in the industry for 10 years, and never made it SEMA.

In reply to Ed Higginbotham:

God bless lowriders.

klodkrawler05 wrote: I do wonder how many of the other engines actually run in their as photographed state.

This. The turbo hood-exiting exhaust shows an inside surface looking like it never ran.

Had to add one more that we checked out this morning it's a V12 LS engine.

Get some shots of the 32V LS motor! (not sure it is in any engine bays, but I understand there is one on display)

Trackmouse wrote: In reply to ProDarwin: What's the matter? You guys don't like your header cooking your carbs?

I'm not sure I get this reference.

Our issue is that our rallyx car has kind of a mess of hoses/wiring/brackets/etc. and when something goes wrong its difficult to figure out what it is. I'm not sure how much we can really remove without losing functionality though. Most of its there for a reason, and I'm not about to ditch A/C, power steering, etc. just to have a cleaner engine bay.

reply to ProDarwin:

That's the difference between race car and show car.

We have another winner. Finally got to see Ryan Tuerck's crazy GT4586 in person.

The whole thing:

In reply to Ed Higginbotham:

Sorry I don't know how to embed from faceplace but that thing sounds .... I don't even know a word that's fitting, it's just great.