Clearly you worked your @$$ off on this thing Ragan, plumbing looks great but it’s a cryin’ shame to bury those valve covers with coil packs. Best part of a W engine and you can’t see em
Respect is intended, mind you
Just my .02.
I appreciate your $0.02!
And if I could find a place I liked better, they'd be there.
But between growing a wiring harness, designing and creating sheet metal, this was my best compromise. My goal was to not hide the bow ties.
Although I can take credit for the design of the coil plug stand, I have a neighbor who welded the aluminum and placed the threaded nut zert/rivet into the valve cover.
Many years ago, my Dad worked for Martin Marietta and being a mechanical engineer, he found their junk yard. The aluminum came from his stash. Although it is clearly stamped 6061, it has been baked in a some furnace and maybe pressed. When we put the 100 thou aluminum into his break press to give it a 90 degree bend, it was nearly as difficult as steel and started to shatter like glass at the bend line. All before hitting a 5 degree bend. So, we went with plan next, threaded rivet nuts. Those are pointed inwards towards the valves, but not interfering with anything.
As nice as the tubes look, they are taped together for now. Today I realized I wasn't precise enough to have the tubes welded into one piece each. That, and the tubes suck to maneuver into place, I will use the 3" rubber hose and hose clamps to hold them together. I may not like the look as much, but it would piss me off if I had them welded and had to cut them anyway.