What have you done to tidy up/make your engine bay...

J · Post by J » Wed May 20, 2009 9:01 pm

aza013 wrote: I have to say after seeing that I now have to get some more work done on my bay

damn this peer presure so will i then!!!

goal: make my engine bay look better then dwaynes and aza's

Post by **dstocks** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:12 pm

keep on dreamin.....

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:31 am

dstocks wrote:keep on dreamin.....

thats right...tell him he's dreamin...

Nice work Dwayne....very tidy indeed....You could probably eat off the engine cover.....

bas · Post by **bas** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:07 pm

Sugar wrote:ive still go away to go, im going a blue and silver theme (except the battery running a yellow top now)

started on the AIM got bored so im on aza's waiting list.
cusco coilovers -blue
cusco FSB - blue.
blue pod lol.

just wanted to say nice engine bay....

but that home made intake piping couldn't possibly be helping flow.

mr-charisma wrote:ENGINE BAY OVERHAUL - PHASE I

Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..

Ignore how dirty the engine bay is right now .. give me a couple of weeks & it shall have "the stink of cleannn"

Polished Intake manifold / TB & Painted Bolts in Anodized Metallic Red .. (The bolts for obvious reasons, need a bit of a touch up after being fitted )

Started work on Polishing the Turbo housing as well..

and.. my babies parked undercover together

DIY Guide for Polishing Intake Manifold / other parts to follow ..
This one took me the best part of a week to do, including non stop hard yakka during every waking hour of the last long weekend.. & it could be a lot better .. (will have to re-do it next time I take the manifold off..)

PHASE II - Coming soon...

WOW intense turbo job looks tough

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:21 pm

mr-charisma wrote:
Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..

it always willl be

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:51 pm

Dig Dig

that (my) toe still hasnt got the new engine in it yet... waterpump has been in the bow for 3 years!

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:18 pm

maggsy · Post by **maggsy** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:48 pm

bas wrote:just wanted to say nice engine bay....

but that home made intake piping couldn't possibly be helping flow.

that 'home made piping" your refering to is actually an arc intake chamber which i believe retails for a lot of money.

xj265 · Post by **xj265** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:55 pm

^^^^ very true, defs not homemade and quite rare

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:02 am

I8A4RE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..
it always willl be

nuff said.

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:45 am

mr-charisma wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..
it always willl be
nuff said.

bahahahahaha ownt

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:03 am

SchumieFan wrote:
FTEvolution wrote:Depends how far you wanna go really...

All I did was paint for Autosalon, + some Meguiars rubber polish and some plastic hose covers (red).

Topped out at about $100

Definitely not the best, but enough to help me in getting "Best Innovative Conversion" at CHCH AS '06
Now i know your car, you were in MSport right?

Rhys showed me pics of the car years ago when i was lookin at a turb conversion, after 2 engine changes i got over it

hated my engine bay so much after this pic, i stripped it out and rewired/hosed it, debadged the front then blew the motor up

Its an old post, i know, but where the hell did you get that reducer pipe for your pod ?? thats a 4" to 3" isnt it ?!

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:20 am

mr-charisma wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..
it always willl be
nuff said.

bahahaha, what of you? Now that is funny. Keep dreaming princess

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:46 pm

I8A4RE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..
it always willl be
nuff said.
bahahaha, what of you? Now that is funny. Keep dreaming princess

In this corner we have *cough* pansy 1 *cough*, and in this corner we have *cough* pansy 2 *cough*

ready? set?

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:16 pm

Gholdwayne wrote:
SchumieFan wrote:
FTEvolution wrote:Depends how far you wanna go really...

All I did was paint for Autosalon, + some Meguiars rubber polish and some plastic hose covers (red).

Topped out at about $100

Definitely not the best, but enough to help me in getting "Best Innovative Conversion" at CHCH AS '06
Now i know your car, you were in MSport right?

Rhys showed me pics of the car years ago when i was lookin at a turb conversion, after 2 engine changes i got over it

hated my engine bay so much after this pic, i stripped it out and rewired/hosed it, debadged the front then blew the motor up

Its an old post, i know, but where the hell did you get that reducer pipe for your pod ?? thats a 4" to 3" isnt it ?!

exhaust shop, it was about $12 from memory, polished the inside then painted the outside and plonk. home made intake

bduffman · Post by **bduffman** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:43 pm

Sugar wrote:ive still go away to go, im going a blue and silver theme (except the battery running a yellow top now)

started on the AIM got bored so im on aza's waiting list.
cusco coilovers -blue
cusco FSB - blue.
blue pod lol.

J yours looks great!

trade the yellow top in and get your self a blue top i have one there the same as the yellow top but with extra terminals

Post by **aza013** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:33 pm

sh*t talking about AIM's I do have to find some time and get back into doing them.
Sorry all for holding you up on the bling

bas · Post by **bas** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:07 pm

maggsy wrote:
bas wrote:just wanted to say nice engine bay....

but that home made intake piping couldn't possibly be helping flow.
that 'home made piping" your refering to is actually an arc intake chamber which i believe retails for a lot of money.

mmm ye now i see the arc, but i still dont belive those tight angles and stuff are guna help flow

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:51 pm

Im using a standard UAS silicone intake pipe (the bit with the bends - worth about $170 from memory). Lots of members are running them as they give you about the best result you can get. Part of this is because its well insulated from the engine heat. I find the ARC box to be fantastic. They retail for about $300. Only problem with them is that the enclosure is aluminium and so conducts heat and it sucks air direct from the engine bay. Thats why ive built a housing around it. Ive ducted cold air from the front bar into the enclosure surrounding the ARC box (at least that was the case until last week when the new bar went on). Currently im getting 133KW at the wheels (a stock FTO runs about 100KW). Apart from the turbo boys, I only know of one other naturally aspirated FTO that is getting higher figures than me and thats Azas (apologies if there are others), but then his figures were done with a track cat (which gives you about 10KW extra). So all in all, my setup must be pretty good.

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:29 pm

dstocks wrote:Im using a standard UAS silicone intake pipe (the bit with the bends - worth about $170 from memory). Lots of members are running them as they give you about the best result you can get. Part of this is because its well insulated from the engine heat. I find the ARC box to be fantastic. They retail for about $300. Only problem with them is that the enclosure is aluminium and so conducts heat and it sucks air direct from the engine bay. Thats why ive built a housing around it. Ive ducted cold air from the front bar into the enclosure surrounding the ARC box (at least that was the case until last week when the new bar went on). Currently im getting 133KW at the wheels (a stock FTO runs about 100KW). Apart from the turbo boys, I only know of one other naturally aspirated FTO that is getting higher figures than me and thats Azas (apologies if there are others), but then his figures were done with a track cat (which gives you about 10KW extra). So all in all, my setup must be pretty good.

Do you have any current pics of your engine bay? Would love to see how it looks now

Your last pics links have broken