Underhood Placement

hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:57 am

Ok, so since I have all the new goodies, I've had a primary concern. Where is everybody shoving their crap? What I mean is, the smog canister that goes from the smog pump, where is an ideal place to mount it? How about all the vacuum canisters? Last but definately not least, how are people with flared fenders mounting their fuse box?

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:03 am

I built sheet metal mounts to hold everything. I moved the fusebox up a bit. Some people retain the inner fenders with some modification to mount everything on.

hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:17 pm

Can anyone supply pics please? I'm beating myself up over how to mount everything securely.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:30 pm

Did you skin your fenders?

hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:32 pm

Yeah but I'm 3 up 3 out, and I couldn't get the fender well to mount back up. Do you have a suggestion? I still have them tho

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:39 pm

hobbyturnedobsession wrote:Yeah but I'm 3 up 3 out, and I couldn't get the fender well to mount back up. Do you have a suggestion? I still have them tho

Bring em over when you come for your lights and we can chat a few different options.

hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:50 pm

Ok thanks Tony I appreciate it.

Polarcub · Post by **Polarcub** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:52 pm

Feel free to swing by my place as well I will be around all weekend including monday.

hobbyturnedobsession · Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:47 pm

Awesome thank you Jeremy I need to stop by. I'll definately give you a jingle this weekend as I will be workin on the truck.

Polarcub · Post by **Polarcub** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:31 am

hobbyturnedobsession wrote:Awesome thank you Jeremy I need to stop by. I'll definately give you a jingle this weekend as I will be workin on the truck.

No problem

Big Bastard · Post by **Big Bastard** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:31 pm

Curious how you finally sorted this? I'll be facing the same question on the Clapper 8, the 80 F100 Flareside, 2wd I'm building. I've got Auto Fab's bent beam kit on the front and found early 80s style Auto Fab fenders and hood on Craigslist here in the Portland area for $240!

hobbyturnedobsession · Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:02 pm

I welded some small tabs on the c/o kit for the vacuum cannisters, bolted the smog pump to the back side of the battery box, and welded up a plate to hold up the fuse box, and made another primitive bracket for my water overflow tank but its aftermarket. After that, I got really zip tie happy. I'll post pics later.

Big Bastard · Post by **Big Bastard** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:43 pm

Look forward to seeing the Zip-Tie artwork

hobbyturnedobsession · Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:05 pm

Hahahah I wouldn't call it artwork. I'll get off my arse tonight and take some snipits. Don't laugh though.

BajaF250 · Post by **BajaF250** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:53 am

HTO,
Just a couple of pics on how I solved the problem. I have Autofab glass up front (fenders and hood) and I built a frame core support instead of skinning my fenders. So, I welded brackets to the core support frames to help hold things in place. I've also fab'd up aluminum fender wells and they are stout enough that I mounted the vacuum canister, the air pump intake filter and muffler and my +12v power distro strip directly to the fender wells.
On the driver's side, I mounted the air box, the fuse box and the ICM to the core support frame.
Just my approach...

BajaF250 · Post by **BajaF250** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:54 am

On the passengers side

Big Bastard · Post by **Big Bastard** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:50 am

Thanks for posting the pics. There will be no grief from me over creative use of zip ties. It really isn't that hard to add a couple flat plates to mount stuff. Since mine is an 80 There is a lot less stuff on the fenderwells. The battery is going in back so I don't need to worry about supporting that. This truck isn't fast enough for it to matter but what do you estimate the weight difference between skinned fenders and decently fabbed supports or a set of Auto Fab's supports?
Thanks guys

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:00 am

Tom has set the bar for underhood placement. Pictures do not do justice to how he has set everything up. Everything has a spot, a reason, and looks 100% functional!! This is by far the best way to do it (and I am sure not cheap btw!!)

Post by **SteveG** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:25 am

tcm glx wrote:Tom has set the bar for underhood placement. Pictures do not do justice to how he has set everything up. Everything has a spot, a reason, and looks 100% functional!! This is by far the best way to do it (and I am sure not cheap btw!!)

What has Tom NOT set the bar for?

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:32 am

SteveG wrote:
tcm glx wrote:Tom has set the bar for underhood placement. Pictures do not do justice to how he has set everything up. Everything has a spot, a reason, and looks 100% functional!! This is by far the best way to do it (and I am sure not cheap btw!!)
What has Tom NOT set the bar for?

Good point!

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