Naked Engine ?

[tinmanSC]

I call it magical propulsion device syndrome. An engine? What engine? This car is so high tech it's like magic! It's often chronic, but not fatal. check out the new Lexus LS. The under hood pic is in the middle of the page. http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/10/2013-lexus-ls-first-drive-review-video/ At least it has an oil dipstick.

 

[1000MPH]

The plastic cover is there to hide the plastic intake manifold.

 

[440Magnum]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR


What happen to the beautiful craft engine valve cover for you to look at when you open the hood?


Consumers want toasters, not "machines."

The SRT Challengers still get a mostly bare engine- the actual intake manifold is visible and the valve covers are intended to look like old Mopar aluminum valve covers, but they're actually molded plastic snap-on pieces:

The V6 Grand Cherokee has a more completely solid engine cover:

The 5.7 Challengers and Chargers also have a barren, generic cover, and a lot of owners just leave it off. or even use it as a canvas for custom art:

But given the wonderful machinery hiding under the Cad CTS-V's cover, it seems like the biggest crime of all to me:

And of course there's the Hellcat- no cover but the supercharger/intercooler almost looks like a cover. I do like the vintage Hemi Orange painted valve covers,though:

 

[ecotourist]

The covers vary by model too.

My 2007 Accord EX V6 has a small engine cover but the comparable Acura (a TL probably) on Youtube videos with a similar or identical engine has much more of the engine and the engine bay covered. With Acuras you have to take off more and bigger panels to get at anything.

The cynic in me says there has to be some justification for the extra cost.

 

[Hokiefyd]

I think it's mostly cosmetic, to achieve a certain look. Honda leaves its V-6s open the masses on some of their passenger cars. The Accord and TL both show off their beautiful polished magnesium intake manifolds:

In contrast, for example, the same engine in a Pilot:

 

[HTSS_TR]

Beautiful crafted engines without cover pictures below. Ferrari engines are mostly never have any cover, Honda 4-cyl engines are mostly have no cover either.

Cover is mostly for cosmetic, to hid ugly engine, it serves no functional purpose.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

The Kia Sedona has the best engine cover. Transverse engine dressing up as longitudinal for halloween

 

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: kschachn
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
DI injectors are very noisy.


BMW calls my cover an "acoustic cover" and if you drive with it removed you can notice the difference even with "normal" injectors.

Sometimes there are covers that aren't covers:

A proper British V8.

 

[hattaresguy]

Pagani does engine porn the best, I love those Carbotanium air boxes, and that air plenium that takes more hours to machine than a fleet of Civics to produce.

This is where older cars are better, nothing looks as sexy as a stack of Weber carbs on a Ferrari V12.

 

[Merkava_4]

Originally Posted By: Eddie
I pulled the cover off of my SkyActiv engine and was surprised to not see a beautiful Aluminum engine but, a black conglomeration of hoses, wires and "stuff" I put the cover back on and decided it looked better that way. Ed


And that's exactly why they cover that "conglomeration" up. Prospective buyers equate complexity with unreliability. When they see that engine cover, the engine magically transforms itself into a reliable engine.

 

[aquariuscsm]

I think those plastic covers make the engine look cheap and cheesy.

 

[nyumski]

all of you need to see my sucks cover on my car. no sponge or something that could muffle the engine sound. it doesn't cover all engine even half of engine. next service i am gonna remove it. so embarrassing.

 

[cjcride]

Leave it there, it's a nice center piece.

 

[berniedd]

Engine covers are nice to look at, but I remove them on my cars. They obstruct my view when I'm doing the daily inspection of the engine before and after a run.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: berniedd
Engine covers are nice to look at, but I remove them on my cars. They obstruct my view when I'm doing the daily inspection of the engine before and after a run.

Wow. I usually do monthly under-the-hood inspection, once in a while weekly. Daily is a little too much.

 

[rationull]

A friend of mine got a BMW X3, and when we took the engine cover off I was a little surprised that there was a really heavy, thick, formed foam pad under it to quiet DI injector noise. The top of the engine has a ton of stuff all over it between the fuel lines, electrical lines to the coils, and various other outcroppings, and this thick foam pad was perfectly molded to it all, as though it was put on hot and pliable and cooled in place.

Most functional engine cover I've seen yet.

 

[CT8]

Engine noise is music to the gear heads. Want quiet get an electric car. When I had a flat bottom lake boat the sound of the propeller on the bottom of the boat and the throbbing pulses of 500 ci of big block power at 7,500 RPM along with the scream of the v drive and the ringing of the headers,the tunnel ram and the valve train screaming to go faster, go faster and sound of the water on the bottom of the hull and the wind noise when breaking 100mph is so stimulating, even glorious,,, nothing better.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Engine noise is music to the gear heads. Want quiet get an electric car. When I had a flat bottom lake boat the sound of the propeller on the bottom of the boat and the throbbing pulses of 500 ci of big block power at 7,500 RPM along with the scream of the v drive and the ringing of the headers,the tunnel ram and the valve train screaming to go faster, go faster and sound of the water on the bottom of the hull and the wind noise when breaking 100mph is so stimulating, even glorious,,, nothing better.

When I drive my S2000 on highway at speed of 75-85 MPH the engine speed is around 3700-4300 RPM, the engine sound from under the hood is so stimulating.

I truly hate engine cover, I like to look at the beautiful crafted intake runner.