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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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so a couple of you guys, ok well most of you guys, made fun of my dirty engine when i posted up pics of my header install a while back, so i figured id start cleaning!!! imgunna get a bunch of specialized stainless stuff eventually, and i still have alot of cleaning to do. but heres my current progress:

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any better??
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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What did you do and how did you do it? No water on that opti now!
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lol well the motor was rebuild, so thats all the paint, and the rest was just time and effort scrubbing with some simple green
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lol well the motor was rebuild, so thats all the paint, and the rest was just time and effort scrubbing with some simple green
Simple green is the ****. Most car lots use a mixture of simple green, water, and armor all to make the engine look shiny.
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lol i gotta try that concoction!!
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that looks great
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X2 ..... Looks Much Better
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damn i wish mine was that clean! simple green you say aye ?... hmmm
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Looks 100x better
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yea, simple geen and a micro fiber rag i ruined on this cleaning lol. anyone got any used chrome covers for anything?
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There ya go, a clean engine is definitely a happy one.

Easier to work on too
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yea im not getting dirty check my oil
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