Plug wire tube

Here are a couple of brackets that I constructed all by myself to hold a tube to route the spark plug wires beneath the intake manifold. The early jaguars had a loom of sorts that routed the exposed wires beneath the carbs. I don't like that set up for a couple of reasons- one is that the high tension wires are right below thge S.U. carbs that aren't known for their ability to not leak, and the other is that they are just visually messy at that location. To correct this on later cars they routed the wires over the cam cover rather than down the middle of the head from the rear, and they mounted the coil in all sorts of highly visable areas. I don't like that either. This will keep the wires protected and out of view for the most part. The coil is also below the intake manifold. Spark plug wires were installed through the installed tube today. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a shot of all of this in place before I finished bagging the engine.



Other news: the headers were sent back. The original exhaust manifolds were sent to the porcelain shop. I really liked the headers except for the fact that the fit was so bad. The original type Special Equipment dual exhaust system will be used. Carbs have been sent off. I need to order spats and the gas tank soon.