Hi! Ok, so all you people with pretty and fast coupes - what do you do to smarten up your engine bays?

Lets see 'em!

Heres mine

Clicky

Fairly sure this has been done before but heres mine

Clicky

Mine

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/TAFFY20VT/P5110001.jpg

heres mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/DSC00022.jpg
oops sorry..i mean this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/engineandexhaust011.jpg

no turbo though....

the chevy V8 and porsche transaxle will fit btw

Oh, go on then, here's mine :

Clicky

Phil

mine mine

I think you mean mine

Phil

thanks phil nice engine bay btw,G

i like the simplicity of phils

Genic damn you have alot going on! like the hard pipes, they look tasty!

Thanks mate, only problem is the pipes are aluminum and are starting to corrode, less than 12 months old, think I may change to stainless steel instead.

yeah stainless would be the ticket!

Is there any advantage to mental pipes? keep charge cooler?

I think metal pipes would actually increase temps if anything, but i dont think it would make any noticeable difference.

Nice looking bays by the way.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/2383700_16_full.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/2383700_15_full.jpg

Boring old 16VT, and a bored owner with to much rosso red spray paint and left over cable run.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l319/craig1690/9915f27f.jpg

I would disagree, the pipes get warm , which means they must be getting the heat out of the intake air, like an intercooler. BUT then again I could be completly wrong, I am welsh.

Here's mine, strictly business I'm afraid.

Haha. I look at it the other way though - the pipes absorb heat from the engine bay which gets very hot, rather than the intake temps. As i said though, the difference isnt really going to be noticeable atall i reckon.

The advantage is that they wont expand like rubber/silicon ones

Rubber actually shrinks with heat.

yeah but expands with the boost going through the pipes i presume he means?

lot of work and money there,nice

nice and tidy

Now that's impressive !

Mine

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/renaultsport182/PA100194.jpg

oh my alesi... beautiful.. like it came from the factory!

Mine, but not a very good piccy.

http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/jayzee_2007/?action=view¤t=DSC00113.jpg

hay jayzee bad pic but that still looks spot on

What type of paint is everyone using to for their cam covers?! Mine looks like something just cr@pped on it and I'd like to give it a new look.

Why don't you use red wrinkle coating, as used on the LE's and plusses?
Ferrari's wear this stuff as well: Testa Rossa

I got mine powder coated, cost £20

Where/how do you go about getting powder coating done?! Sorry, not done anything like this before hence the dumb@ss questions.

.thats bloody cheap bananaman

I know someone in Andover who does it for me Mark. You will need to strip the cover off the car and then clean it back to clean bare metal. He usually takes a few days to do it, and is cheaper if you get it done with a few other bits at the same time . I have a few bits that I plan to take to him in a few weeks time, so maybe you could strip the cover off your car and I can get it done for you? Only trouble is that you will have to do without your car in the meantime .

Alternatively, buy a second-hand one and get that tidied up. You can then fit it and resell your one to someone else .

Phil

Sounds good Phil, I think I'll have to PM Carlt for a second hand one to fit, not sure what it'll cost though. I wouldn't be too keen on leaving the cam cover off for a few days. I'll have to get back to you when I know if I can get hold of one. What are you getting done?!

How does it work with the colour coding etc, what info do they need to match up the paint?

The seats/cards are all fitted now too - thanks for those. Hope the leathers still pleasing you!!

Mark

You had to clean yours down Phil? I took mine straight off the car and took it to them. They cleaned mine by a very fine shot blast before powder coating.

The place I took mine to was Bournes Powder Coaters in Brum, for anyone in the area that is also interested in having it done.

Bournes Powder Coaters, 32 Bissell Street, Birmingham,B5 7HP Tel: 0121 666 6595

Mark - What colour would you be looking at (PM me about it, rather than clogging up this thread )? The only problem with the guy I use is that he is more of a commercial supplier, and so is a bit limited on the colours that he can offer . It all depends how colourful you want to go .

Bananaman - Yes, I cleaned mine up with a wire brush first, but I know that he degreases them as part of the price, to make sure that the powder coating sticks !

Phil

On my old car i used car paint and had no problems, track days etc were no problem. (i know, its a rover engine. In a metro.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/tob4312/IMG_0703.jpg

Some nice tody looking bays here. I'm going to go for the red wrinkle paint for mine i think, looks very classy.

Hammerite paint for my cam cover / inlet manifold / suspension turrets / etc..

Normal paint is fine for the rocker cover, well I've been using it alright for years.

supposed to be quick tho wernt they vvc metros?

Those engine bays look very clean and cool. What do you guys use to clean it?? Or did you guys had it steamed cleaned.

Edster

It's called 'elbow grease' . Not a common thing to find these days, as everyone is always looking for a quick way to do everything .

Steam cleaning italian electrics ........ NNNOOOOOO !!!!

Phil

aqui va el mio

Engine ARTISTIC

Engine bay

Heres mine clicky and Click needs a bit of a clean though

Taken last summer, some more "candy" will be installed during the spring

http://www.garaget.org/?car=22938&image=375551

After a little clean, good old 16VT lump

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l319/craig1690/DSCF0461.jpg

not so much green now, http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/dsr.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q27/nicdav1/DSC00475.jpg

Well not engine bay... but fitting soon!
Lettering is a little rough because
1. original casting of rocker cover was shite!
2. bloke who powder coated it didn't do much preparation Me thinks???
It'll do tho, shouldn't look too bad once in the bay???
Nick...

http://fileanchor.com/95531.jpg

thas my engine bay......
chris

Not over the top, I like that mate.

how can i clean my engine bay up ive had her a week and thep revious owner didn't keep it as clean as he could

Mine a couple of years ago;

Pretty engine

...and yes it is a new coolant tank. I got a bit carried away!

James

lol i just got a new one i seen pinins and that was it, but it dos look good with the right coolent fluid in it,and i got the lime green fluid running the charge cooler as well with the see through hoses looks cool,that looks nice jap

last two links no worky?

hey all,long time no post.Heres my car and engine bay.Just a bit different looking to what you would be expecting to see.

Lets just say that someting very special and powerfull is about to happen to this car.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/alfa147turbo/IMG_0261p.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/alfa147turbo/IMG_0289.jpg

Carbon bonnet and polycarbonate windows
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/alfa147turbo/IMG_0284.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/alfa147turbo/IMG_0297.jpg

Looks like a nice project.

Are you doing all the work yourself?

I've got front tyres like that

The car is an ex-Alfa 147 Cup race car that had a 230bhp N/A race engine in it.I just sold the race engine to another fella.

The car was left hand drive and now its being converted to right hand drive.

I have done some of the work on the car,but my mechanic and race/rally car builder is building the car for me.This car will be a complete one off,and I mean one off.Nothing like this has even been done before or will be done to an Alfa 147.The car now has carbon bonnet,carbon tailgate,carbon doors and carbon wings.Even lightweight polycarbonate windows were made for the car.Only the original metal roof is left.All I will say is "Turbo Power" all the way for this car now.It will be fast.Trust me on that.

Here's a pic of my engine bay. Note polished plenum, fuel rail, repainted rocker cover, tidied up wiring and ducati 996 rad with twin fans for my chargecooler pre-rad.

Not 100% tidy yet as its pretty dirty, but I will get that sorted soon.

Hmm..... engine pics

Chris

Nobby, the near side wheel arch is an odd place to have a couple of bass speakers

lmao

Nobby, that is certainly a first!

They're not bass speakers, they are mids you numpty.....

Just fited my cleaned up Camcover thought I would show it off

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s58/Leckypete/20vtenginebaydistant.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s58/Leckypete/camcover.jpg

Peter.

more green stuff,
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/patsphotos001-9.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/patsphotos002-10.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/patsphotos003-8.jpg

Cheers for the replay re the coolant

That colour-coded coolant is mental

tell you what cowboy i never liked the colour green but gotta say that looks class, well done mate

thanks lads,

I'm not keen on the colour but a big hand for the effort and effect, 10/10.

Nothing wrong with green. My first coupe was green with tan leather - classic combination

Well......Engine

http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q27/nicdav1/?action=view¤t=c9286b94.pbw

just need to find someone to put it in now, the guy whos garage it is at has told me today he can't start it for atleast another 2 weeks..... Neeeeeeeeeed my coupe back, it's been nearly a year now!!

Nick....

Some nice bays there...Here is mine, just pained & more to come

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c162/craigV6/YellowCamCoverOnCar.jpg

looks real good matey....
Nick...

YAY my new car has an engine bay i dont need to be ashamed off (my old coupe was a bit grubby, this one is not so bad).

http://www.showoffyourcar.com/galleries.asp?carid=2742

4th pic in...... (no really..... incase you didnt figure it out for yourself)

Wow Mike that car looks well done the engine bay shot looks like it was done on day one

Thanks (its a replacment engine, only done 18k so i spose it SHOULD look good!!)

PS it wasnt my handy work, i baught it like that

looks mint!!!

i love yellow Coupes

how can i get my engine bay looking new again? is it posible?