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Old 08-17-2013, 01:43 PM
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Default Project underhood clean up complete...?!?!?!?

I was almost ashamed of popping the hood on my car it was so nasty. This is what I was dealing with.



Nasty. I knew that in order to really get to the bottom of this there was going to be some serious time involved. I began tear down almost 2 months ago. Here it is after I really got it tore apart to do some deep cleaning.



Deep deep cleaning





YAY

Going back together...







Progress







More work



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Looks great, I thought it looked great in the before pictures.
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looks good. My buddy and I came up with those coil brackets over at Chalk Precision Machining. I wanted something that looked better than the stock brackets for my TT build So i went to him and he came up with those after i told him to tweak it a little bit..they were originally a little wider than that, and i wanted them smaller so viola. I also wrinkle coated my valve covers. Kool stuff.
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If suggestions are welcome, I'd say do something about that power steering reservoir. Paint it or relocate it? It's so out of place now among all the clean parts to see the yellowed plastic. Also, look into relocating your fuel evap solenoid. Nice additions
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Really noticed how crappy my plug wires looked in these pics. They aren't dirty, just discolored from age and heat. I just went out and used some ultimate tire and trim guard on them and that really helped make them black again.

#6 treated, #8 not.



All done.

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Originally Posted by silent_soul
Looks great, I thought it looked great in the before pictures.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by allout06
looks good. My buddy and I came up with those coil brackets over at Chalk Precision Machining. I wanted something that looked better than the stock brackets for my TT build So i went to him and he came up with those after i told him to tweak it a little bit..they were originally a little wider than that, and i wanted them smaller so viola. I also wrinkle coated my valve covers. Kool stuff.
Yes I like them. I did not like the way they looked with the matte finish so I put a fast polish job on them.

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If suggestions are welcome, I'd say do something about that power steering reservoir. Paint it or relocate it? It's so out of place now among all the clean parts to see the yellowed plastic. Also, look into relocating your fuel evap solenoid. Nice additions
Yes I plan to paint that and the coolant tank black soon.
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Looks good!
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What did u do with the other fast 92?
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where did you get those coil brackets?
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Damn you make my engine bay look like ****
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Looks awesome. Just a random question, those nu speed or what brand air intakes, why is it they are asymmetrical, the one side is longer towards pass side? Clean work man,
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Originally Posted by Blackpanther99
Looks good!
Thanks

Originally Posted by Sickness7
What did u do with the other fast 92?
Dust in the wind bro...

Originally Posted by Majestic9C1
where did you get those coil brackets?
Ebay

Originally Posted by M4N14C
Damn you make my engine bay look like ****
That's a start lol.

Originally Posted by JDEP162
Looks awesome. Just a random question, those nu speed or what brand air intakes, why is it they are asymmetrical, the one side is longer towards pass side? Clean work man,
Svede OTRCAI. Got me.

Any of you guys notice I used a dremel and carved trick flow in the passengers side head?
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paint the top of the optima black imo, other than the coolant/p/s res too, everything looks clean and simple.
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Originally Posted by CGCBandit
paint the top of the optima black imo, other than the coolant/p/s res too, everything looks clean and simple.
Thanks.

Here is a cold start vid.



Here is an idle vid after I washed it.

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I recall you sending me some pictures of those coil brackets after you polished them! I'm the one manufacturing and selling those coil brackets. AllOut06 kept hammering me on the design to make them less bulky. I thought about polishing the brackets as part of the manufacturing process, but I have received tons of sick pictures from people who are anodizing them, powder coating them, painting them, etc. My eBay feedback percentage got screwed up from an old nitro RC truck I sold 2 months ago, but I've yet to receive any negative feedback on these coil brackets.

Beautiful job bro, I have a soft spot for the GThoes!
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Nothing like a head and intake swap to get the grime out of an engine bay.
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Originally Posted by ChALkY247
I recall you sending me some pictures of those coil brackets after you polished them! I'm the one manufacturing and selling those coil brackets. AllOut06 kept hammering me on the design to make them less bulky. I thought about polishing the brackets as part of the manufacturing process, but I have received tons of sick pictures from people who are anodizing them, powder coating them, painting them, etc. My eBay feedback percentage got screwed up from an old nitro RC truck I sold 2 months ago, but I've yet to receive any negative feedback on these coil brackets.

Beautiful job bro, I have a soft spot for the GThoes!
Yep that's me. I'm very happy with how the brackets turned out. Thanks for making a nice product.

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Nothing like a head and intake swap to get the grime out of an engine bay.
Yessir...maybe you should try
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I like it. Very subtle changes, but definitely worth the hassle.
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Originally Posted by slammin86
Yessir...maybe you should try
I'm working on it. Those 853s are filthy and need to go.
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I painted the reservoirs...**** looked gross.





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