i would call it more of a shade than a color like black grey and white 
Pics of my engine bay (please comment)
lol it just looks like he has his engine compartment going so many different ways from one another. dosnt flow evenly with one another.
i powdercoated my TB black myself. disassembled it and all. probably am going to do my intake next
i powdercoated my TB black myself. disassembled it and all. probably am going to do my intake next
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socmguy, looks great! Tell me, how do you do your own powdercoating in your garage?
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I've been thinking about turning the red TB and MAF silver some time. They're both ported and polished if anyone's interested. I'll sell 'em if anyone is interested and powdercoat another set silver'ish.
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First off, excellent start to keeping a nice clean engine bay. Very awesome looking.
Now, for what to improve on...
- Get some fuel rail covers. Cleans up the engine bay A LOT. And not some "Corvette" used covers, something that says "LS1" or "Trans Am" on them. Don't know the site they're on, but I have 'em, so they make 'em. Try using
for them.
- Paint the "SLP" on the air box lid or chang up to the red "LS1" lid offered. It goes better with the red/black theme you have going (I had the same thing, then changed mine and don't regret doing so - trust me, you'll definitely see a difference when you do it). For the "LS1" lid, again you'll have to it since I don't remember the company that sells 'em.
- I can't really tell if you have it or not from the angle of the pics, but for dress-up, get a black anodized head plate and paint over the outline of the phoenix or "LS1" with red touch up paint. Again, really stands out and draws attention to the dress-up of the engine.
Now, for what to improve on...
- Get some fuel rail covers. Cleans up the engine bay A LOT. And not some "Corvette" used covers, something that says "LS1" or "Trans Am" on them. Don't know the site they're on, but I have 'em, so they make 'em. Try using
for them.- Paint the "SLP" on the air box lid or chang up to the red "LS1" lid offered. It goes better with the red/black theme you have going (I had the same thing, then changed mine and don't regret doing so - trust me, you'll definitely see a difference when you do it). For the "LS1" lid, again you'll have to
it since I don't remember the company that sells 'em.- I can't really tell if you have it or not from the angle of the pics, but for dress-up, get a black anodized head plate and paint over the outline of the phoenix or "LS1" with red touch up paint. Again, really stands out and draws attention to the dress-up of the engine.
I think it either needs more red or less. For more red picture it with the intake and coils red, and the valve covers and fuel rails polished. As it sits the red looks a bit random.
And add some crown moldings and travertine tile.
And add some crown moldings and travertine tile.
nope no crown get some formica
agreed you do need something to pull the red together maybe some red billiet caps (oil cap, washerfluid cap, etc....) that could help distribute the red more evenly and would be more subtle than trying to find something else big to make red, or just a thought maybe the intake manifold in red and the air intake painted nbm with a red bowtie on the lid?? just trying to help but of course i am biased i like red accents
agreed you do need something to pull the red together maybe some red billiet caps (oil cap, washerfluid cap, etc....) that could help distribute the red more evenly and would be more subtle than trying to find something else big to make red, or just a thought maybe the intake manifold in red and the air intake painted nbm with a red bowtie on the lid?? just trying to help but of course i am biased i like red accents
It looks clean, but truthfully, these are really boring looking engines. No matter what you do, it's really hard to get that cool factor under the hood. The coolest thing is just the fact that a LS1 lives there, IMO nothing else needs to be done.
I like the old TPI L98's, those were/are cool looking engines.
And I hate to say it, but the engine bay of my boss's stock Shelby GT looks pretty cool. That 4.6 just looks huge in there, even though it's only a 4.6.
I like the old TPI L98's, those were/are cool looking engines.
And I hate to say it, but the engine bay of my boss's stock Shelby GT looks pretty cool. That 4.6 just looks huge in there, even though it's only a 4.6.
