Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up
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Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up I have the car nearly completely disassembled now. I have pulled the heater box and all the other stuff from the dash and engine bay. Also have pulled most fo the wiring harness. This is what I am thinking:
1 - Place the PCM under the dash inside the car where the heater box was. Should be relatively easy since it was very near that location already. Just have to make a mount.
2 - Rerun most fo the factory wiring in a more eye pleasing fashion, so that the wires don't snake all over the engine bay.
3 - Mount my Hawker Genesis battery back where the heater box and PCM were located in the engine bay.
ABS, A/C, PS have already been removed. This will be a drag car for the most part, but I want it to have nice details also. Clean is the main objective. I hate busy looking engine bays.
Any ideas on what color to paint the engine with a bright red car? Was thinking silver or black.
1 - Place the PCM under the dash inside the car where the heater box was. Should be relatively easy since it was very near that location already. Just have to make a mount.
2 - Rerun most fo the factory wiring in a more eye pleasing fashion, so that the wires don't snake all over the engine bay.
3 - Mount my Hawker Genesis battery back where the heater box and PCM were located in the engine bay.
ABS, A/C, PS have already been removed. This will be a drag car for the most part, but I want it to have nice details also. Clean is the main objective. I hate busy looking engine bays.
Any ideas on what color to paint the engine with a bright red car? Was thinking silver or black.
Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up Hmmm.. a red car.. What is your accent color? When you say "paint the engine" do you mean the engine bay or the actually block/heads?? Painting the block silver would be counter productive.. more info and maybe pics as well would help.
I like a CLEAN engine bay
I like a CLEAN engine bay
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Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up The red ram air cars have silver/pewter accents, but black is also doable. Will be repainting the bay itself red. The silver for the block would not be counterproductive, because it's an iron blovk and they come in black. What other colors might work for the engine?
Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up im a fan of black.
On my red 98 WS6, all the "non impressive" parts i have plans to paint black.
Currently the brakes are black, black center section between the taillights.
i have a set of valvecovers at the powdercoaters not being done in black. I want to do all the brackets, and ect, under the hood in black.
But for your motor, it might be sweet to paint it silver, as it is an impressive piece...
Ryan.
On my red 98 WS6, all the "non impressive" parts i have plans to paint black.
Currently the brakes are black, black center section between the taillights.
i have a set of valvecovers at the powdercoaters not being done in black. I want to do all the brackets, and ect, under the hood in black.
But for your motor, it might be sweet to paint it silver, as it is an impressive piece...
Ryan.
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Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up I am actually thinking in a different direction now. Am thinking of repainting the engine bay in semi-gloss black (like the old days) and painting the engine red or silver. This would be a brake from the traditional "body-colored" engine bay.
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Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up
Am thinking of repainting the engine bay in semi-gloss black (like the old days) and painting the engine red or silver. This would be a brake from the traditional "body-colored" engine bay.
Jeeze Todd... You even pulled out the heater box!
You have more guts than I do.
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Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up
Black engine bay w/ a red block, leaving the heads aluminum, and painting the intake manifold silver to match the heads...
That would look AWESOME!
That would look AWESOME!
Hmmmmmm............you may be onto something.
Ron...I want something different. Tired of looking at the same-old-same-old. Car is not really gonna be a driver any more, except when the weather is good. Don't need a heater for that
You can't believe how much crap is up under that dash until you start removing things. I bet I dropped 50+ pounds by removing the box and all that ducting and insulation under there. Gave me a nice place to mount the PCM also (inside the car). LS1 Tech Stories
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Re: Ideas for complete engine bay clean-up
Black engine bay w/ a red block, leaving the heads aluminum, and painting the intake manifold silver to match the heads...
That would look AWESOME!
That would look AWESOME!
Hmmmmmm............you may be onto something.
