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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 05:26 PM
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After procastinating for months I finally finished the engine bay. All holes and seams were filled, then everything was sprayed black.








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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 05:30 PM
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Damnnnn!!! thats tight right there. Nice work!
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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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That is different, but it looks ausome, but now you are going to have to to clean you engine all the time now!!
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 03:24 AM
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Wow! All I can say is that I can't wait to see it with everything in there!
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 04:27 AM
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Holy...! That looks good!
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 05:13 AM
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that looks good, but it seems that there's something missing....can't quite put my finger on it....

must have used too much CLEARcoat on the engine!!
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 06:03 AM
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Yeah, that's going to look awesome when it's done.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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Wow, never thought of doin that. Very nice job!
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That paint looks sooooooo smooth, nice job.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:45 PM
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WOW!!!
Jealousy, Envy, & Covet. They all apply here!

You really took advantage of the engine missing opportunity.

Hope you post photos of phase II.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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It's almost a shame to put an engine there.

Almost.


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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 01:07 PM
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Looks good bro!
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 03:37 PM
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Thanks for all the nice comments guys. The car is getting a motor built so I figured I'd prep up the engine bay while there wasn't anything in there. I will post pics once everything goes back in.

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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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Looks awesome man
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 05:52 PM
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Don't scratch it putting the motor back in.
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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That looks sweet, good job. I've thought about painting mine a few times but I doubt I'll ever take the time to do it
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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That is amazing. Very nice work
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 02:21 PM
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Looks great!

I have planned on doing the same thing when I swap to a forged motor
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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Looks great, nice work !

Man I need to do this badly. My 30th came from the factory with the crappiest underhood paint job ever. You can see spots of primer all through the very light coat of paint, some blind corners got no paint at all. It always looks dirty even when spotless clean because of the primer showing through.

I will probably try to tape everything off and re-spray it sometime, been procrastinating but the scuffs from the recent !wire mod makes it even more needed...

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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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Looks great. I have my engine out right now and would love to do something similar. I have a pewter car so matching the paint might be a bit of a challenge... then I have to find the time to do it. Once again, looks great!
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