94blownz281

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wondering how many guys stripped the car of everything in the engine bay,motor etc and underneath and painted everywhere.


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Teri9672

yep...

94blownz281

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yeah i found your car pics and was like

JPMuscle

yep thats awesome... thier aint to many full on resto 4th gens out there lol

brandonppr

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Working on mine now:

Lythropus

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what' sthat emblem on the front of the cylinder head...

Kuhnstyle86

its a tach

94blownz281

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how do you remember where everything goes and how long does it take to put everything back on the car?

brandonppr

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Its the PRC logo, they are PRC heads and came that way.
http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...id=84&catid=40

brandonppr

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Well over the past 3 years I have took everything apart and put it back on at least twice, just not all at once. Its not too bad, everything falls into place when it goes back togather. Of course its not so bad when its a race car and alot of things are already off of it. Teri's car would be much harder.

I have parts all thru my house, my wife is so ready for it to be back together. It's been apart since about feb. or march. Now that all the paint and time consuming things are done, well got a few more but when they are done it should only take a week or two depending on how long it takes the dealer to get a few things in that I have to replace.

94blownz281

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wow.. sounds cool.. wish i had the money,lift and time to do that. you do the painting yourself with a spray gun? i sprayed undercoating underneath my car years ago. my car never gets driven as it is so i dunno why i did that exactly. but would love to remove it somehow and paint the whole underneath of the car. engine,tranny and pretty much everything else is sitting in the garage since my motor went boosting it. only thing hanging on is from the cat back of my exhaust.

i guess i could use my floor jacks,have my buddies dad hook me up with some PPG paint since he owns a garage. buy a paint gun and a small compressor and scrape everything off the bottom and spray away. taking the suspension all off would be a pain in the ***.

brandonppr

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I am doing everything myself with a jack and stands and engine hoist in a small 2 car garage.

94blownz281

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well i have a extended two car garage so i have plenty of room. you using a paint gun?

brandonppr

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Nope, I used paint in a can from autozone. I took my time and did alot of prep on it and did a primer, color, and clear and took my time and put them only slowly. I didn't get one run in the paint and it looks just as good as any other paint and looks much better than the factory engine bay paint even when it was new. I also did a few coats of polish on it after the paint dried which helped out alot.
The black is POR-15 and is brushed on. It is self leveling and kinda looks like powdercoat if you take your time with it.

FadedSS

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agreed. por15 works wonders. i used tons of it on my '67 camaro

brandonppr

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here are a few more pics:








here are some before pics:

94blownz281

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my engine bay came out pretty good. i used a spray can from a company that sells GM paints. its a one stage paint with clear already added. my engine bay was in great shape and never dirty so i just sanded it alittle and then painted. i put to many coats of paint though and wish i would have been more patient.. yours looks really good. i would like to post a picture of mine but i suck at posting pics.. i don't think i can remove the undercoating from underneath or inside the wheel wells so i think i'm stuck anyhow..

94blownz281

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i didn't use primer either. when i would spray one spot it would look perfect. then the next time i would spray it the finish would look dull..

Teri9672

here's a few pics from one of the many upgrades to our thirdgen.

Went from Street and Performance chrome TPI with flamed engine bay to no flames and an LS1 (an LT1 was there inbetween these pics too) LOL