Uh-oh! The totally new engine bay is done, pics!!
01-24-2005, 08:00 AM
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yup. a list is starting to come together of thigns i ran out of time or money to do for now that will be done..a few of them include
do soemthign with that ugly stock pulley
paint throttle cable bracket silver
-that wiring by the brake master is old N20 wiring i forgot to cut out LOL
get rid of factory radiator shroud...either do an LT1 one with hole cutout for intake or have polished aluminum piece made
stainless steel hose clamps
anyone else got more stuff?
i just don't have money for it right now..this whole project was done with very very little cash, it was 98 percent labor.
do soemthign with that ugly stock pulley
paint throttle cable bracket silver
-that wiring by the brake master is old N20 wiring i forgot to cut out LOL
get rid of factory radiator shroud...either do an LT1 one with hole cutout for intake or have polished aluminum piece made
stainless steel hose clamps
anyone else got more stuff?
i just don't have money for it right now..this whole project was done with very very little cash, it was 98 percent labor.
01-24-2005, 08:10 AM
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You might also want to think about some engine plates. Since you took out the PS, you can use a plate for the passenger side, but flip it around and it will work for the driver's side. I myself still need to get one for the driver's side. 
01-25-2005, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JackZ28
Wow, you actually relocated the fuse boxes. That takes patience. You are the man! 
Very nice and clean!
Very nice and clean!
01-25-2005, 07:55 PM
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Damn nice job! Not too much... not too little.... jussst right 
If you're in a quandry about the hood/bay at shows, look into the hood supports that allow all four corners of the hood to be up about 16" or so.... don't know where you'd find them, but have seen that setup on other show/go cars.... pretty trick for the show circuit.
If you're in a quandry about the hood/bay at shows, look into the hood supports that allow all four corners of the hood to be up about 16" or so.... don't know where you'd find them, but have seen that setup on other show/go cars.... pretty trick for the show circuit.
01-25-2005, 08:30 PM
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definitly looks great. im in the middle of doing may bay over too, and since its silver i got a couple good ideas from you. i did the wire mod last week, and now i wish it would stop snowing around here to get the car to the shop to repaint and clear the whole thing. how long did it take to relocate the fuse boxes, id love to do the same while im doing everything else.
damn that looks good! professional quality! 
01-27-2005, 08:57 PM
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things to do if you want to get it to look nice and to be in a full color magazine...
pull the engine again, and shave and smooth the engine bay. you left so many open holes, open. nothing covers it or screws into it anymore, so smooth them.
get the brake lines to match
hide the line lock, or powder coat it black and move it or something.
get a real intake setup, not some ghetto ace hardware stuff
get some real clamps for the hoses
get a new radiator, or unbend all of those fins
hide, buy a cover, relocate, whatever to the pcm.
take the silver stuff off the fuel lines, or run AN line and get a nice rail setup.
do something to the Master setup for the brakes, it sticks out like a sore thumb. and ditch that wiring around it.
clean up the pulley's or get new ones.
also i'd get some FRC's and smooth those and paint them your body color to hide all of the coil wiring and make it look more neat.
i could keep listing if you want, but it also depends what magazines you would like to shoot for. a crappy one like GM high tech performance, or a real magazine that people read and is in full color? Aim and shoot high, its hard to get feature shots in more then one magazine with the same car, why would somebody else want you after you have been in another magazine. everybody already saw the car, and who says people on the street want to buy another magazine with the same car in it....
your car isn't black and that is a huge plus.
pull the engine again, and shave and smooth the engine bay. you left so many open holes, open. nothing covers it or screws into it anymore, so smooth them.
get the brake lines to match
hide the line lock, or powder coat it black and move it or something.
get a real intake setup, not some ghetto ace hardware stuff
get some real clamps for the hoses
get a new radiator, or unbend all of those fins
hide, buy a cover, relocate, whatever to the pcm.
take the silver stuff off the fuel lines, or run AN line and get a nice rail setup.
do something to the Master setup for the brakes, it sticks out like a sore thumb. and ditch that wiring around it.
clean up the pulley's or get new ones.
also i'd get some FRC's and smooth those and paint them your body color to hide all of the coil wiring and make it look more neat.
i could keep listing if you want, but it also depends what magazines you would like to shoot for. a crappy one like GM high tech performance, or a real magazine that people read and is in full color? Aim and shoot high, its hard to get feature shots in more then one magazine with the same car, why would somebody else want you after you have been in another magazine. everybody already saw the car, and who says people on the street want to buy another magazine with the same car in it....
your car isn't black and that is a huge plus.
09-20-2009, 08:05 PM
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that is sweet! what is the process for the fuse box relocation? did you have to add more wire to allow you to run them down? what you hold them with under?
09-20-2009, 08:48 PM
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Can we get some closer pics of your custom CAI? Would you mind commenting a little on it (gains, reasoning behind it, etc.) I've just never seen anyone make a setup exactly like that and I like it
