my first engine wiring

[devil19751]

the engine is for a 56 nomad the wheel in the second pic is the one I will be using I plan to do this one stock

 

all comments welcome

thanks for looking

[snacktruck67]

You did a very good job. Congradts.

[devil19751]

thanks snacktruck67

[cobraman]

Nice job !

[BigTallDad]

Nice work; your first attempt is far better than mine.

You might want to look at this site; plug wires rarely line themselves up on the distributor. The site shows the firing order for a lot of engines.

http://modeltech.tripod.com/wiring101.htm

[jasoncardenas21]

Great job with the Alternator bracket too.

[mustang1989]

That looks way better than my first attempts too Gord. Good goin'!!

 

Nice work; your first attempt is far better than mine.

You might want to look at this site; plug wires rarely line themselves up on the distributor. The site shows the firing order for a lot of engines.

http://modeltech.tripod.com/wiring101.htm

Thanks for that Ray!! I know the ol' standard 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 firing order but I didn't know where the starting point was on the distributor. I'm wiring a 427 Chevrolet up right now and that was a big help.

Edited February 16, 2016 by mustang1989

[louie]

Wow, that is really nice. You definitely hit a home run with that engine. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing this with us. 

Jeff 

[JustanotherKiwi]

Nice, tidy work.

What paint did you use for the motor? Testers or Model master?

Paul

[espo]

The engine looks great. The spark plugs you might want to makeup a wire loom or something on that order. In real life the plug wires would get burned up quickly on the exhaust manifolds. The factory ran the plug wires thru a metal loom on the back side of the heads and routed the plug wires along the bottom edge of the head under the exhaust manifolds. The problem then is you wouldn't be able to see all your hard work on the plug wires then. Just depends on how stock you want it to be.  

[blunc]

That looks way better than my first attempts too Gord. Good goin'!!

 

Thanks for that Ray!! I know the ol' standard 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 firing order but I didn't know where the starting point was on the distributor. I'm wiring a 427 Chevrolet up right now and that was a big help.

I heard recently on "CarFIX" that the Chevy engines tended to have number one spark plug on the dist cap in direct line with cylinder number one, after that it's just a matter of clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation for plug wire insertion. (if it really matters to you...).

[Poppa mitch]

Nice job, I am new at detailing motors, was this a presided distributor or did you scratch make it.  If you did, what did you make it out of?

[vintagercr]

Nice work!

[disabled modeler]

Looks nice to me Gord....much better than my first one.

[gtx6970]

Looks nice to me Gord....much better than my first one.

Thats what I was thinking. No way would I show my 1st one now

[devil19751]

Nice, tidy work.

What paint did you use for the motor? Testers or Model master?

Paul

Testers

Nice job, I am new at detailing motors, was this a presided distributor or did you scratch make it.  If you did, what did you make it out of?

scratch made and all from styrene tube and styrene rod

[devil19751]

thanks for all the positive comment guys will show more when the wormer weather gets here as it is pot on hold for the season

[devil19751]

got this one finished

[KWT]

Good job. Nicely done!

[MrObsessive]

VERY NICE! I love '56 Nomads!

Now it we can somehow, someway get a DECENT '57, I'd be all set! That car is crying out for a righteous kit of it.

[crazyjim]

Gosh.  I can remember using one of Mom's hat pins that I heated up ti make holes in the heads and then used her thread for the wires.

[Johnt671]

That came out nice.

[Super28]

Nice. Fixing to try to wire my first. Hope it comes out as good

[Slotto]

Really nice build. Nice job on the engine

[devil19751]

thanks for the comments all who viewed my post