Woke up this morning and decided to go for a drive and enjoy the nice weather. Stopped off and got the car washed - brought it home and polished it.

The new paint job was looking lovely in the sun and i decided i may as well give the engine bay a bit of a clean.

Many Many Many hours later . . . (infact ive only just finished) . . . here is the finished product

http://www.cirillowebdesign.com/bay1.jpg
http://www.cirillowebdesign.com/bay2.jpg
http://www.cirillowebdesign.com/engine1.jpg

I used turtle wax trim treatment for all pipe and plastics. (did most of this off the car) As for the engine it was standard. I have it a steam clean and then sanded it down using wet and dry paper. It looks better in the flesh - the lettering and cam cover are polished and the rest is matt.
Not bad considering i couldnt be botherd to remove it from the bay.

Looking very nice Mario

So clean you could eat your dinner off it lol.

lol

Looks great do you want do mine

very nice...

very nice,now turn the brace the right way round

I didn't want to burst his bubble Karl, but I noticed that as well

Hmmm i put it like that because thats the way round the sticker was? Is it going to make much difference? I did try putting it the otherway round but i couldnt make it fit.... Its different to the turbo braces isnt it?

No it won't make the slightest difference, I would of done the same mate

Cheers joe.... Hows the project coming along?

Bravo Mario..very well done. Another clean coupe engine makes the world a better place

It's back with me for some work at the moment but I'm determined to get this running 100% as it should, the odd drive I have had has felt really good, boosts well

very nice job mario , you should have phoned me and you could have done mine aswell

not on your nelly lol i dont think my back will ever be the same lol ACE next week

Mario, did you just steam clean everry thing??

Is that safe to do?

also did you use any cleaning products?

No i only steamed the rocker before sanding it down. I also steamed the air box but took it off the car. I used turtle wax rubber trim treatment for all plastic and rubber and wd40 to clean most of the metal and oily bits

Do not steam clean Coupe engines unless you want to live in the "Technical Problems" section

Just don't steam clean engines!

... it was just the rocker cover

nice one mario bellisimo :#you done a goooooood job mate. it looks brandnew welldone

OK I will not steam clean the bay!!

but what's the best way to clean it?

(with out taking the engine out!)

Looks fantastic mate, may have to clean mine now....

although it was long and cold! it was quite satisfying to see it after. and its amazing how good the rocker cover looks after a bit of a sanding down and polish!