show off your engines please!!

need to see some picture's of polished bits under the bonnet

if you have please post a pic

thanks

http://snap30.photobox.co.uk/2798176658ac34f0ea44947dcc131f358432330b59b7b5fa2a57bd08.jpg

not quite that shiny at the moment, but will be getting a good clean soon!

oh god just wait for a pic of cowboys!!

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=761152&page=1

Ben

its amazing how some cars have engines which alone are cleaner than other whole cars!

Changed a little lately

Screaming out for a new Coolant expansion tank Nobby, will be perfection then!

your paint work is all dirty Chris, its gone all green!

How very dare you.......

nice nobby very nice,now thats 2 oil filter conversions i have seen in 4 days might have a go at that very handy

mine needs some sprucing up...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j249/Dan_V6/DSC00433.jpg

here you go
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/shaun8478/S2500028.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/shaun8478/S2500029.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/shaun8478/S2500030.jpg

my 17 year old son has also been very busy
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/shaun8478/04012009_003.jpg

very nice and clean!!

mmmmm mmmmm some nice engine bays on this forum

not alot with the alloy header tank
(thats a group buy i would like to see)

i will post pic's of what ive done so far,later on

the mess http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp219/zonta26/old.jpg

some very nice bays there guys. hats off to ya

after a week this is how far i have got,still loads more to fit

it lookin not bad
http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp219/zonta26/new2.jpg
http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp219/zonta26/car11.jpg

that's very silver!!
did you paint the hoses??

yep thought why not high temp of course

does it stay flexible though? or might it crack if the hoses move, just a thought as it looks pretty good

well saying that, ive bend them out the road to do other jobs and no cracks (so all is good),its a thin layer of course

fingers crossed then!!

got the new coupe today and it's engine bay is er well very grubby, lots of work to get it looking semi-decent but should be fun!! grubby engine bay

The rocker cover looks like it's been painted with tomato sauce and the lettering done with tippex!!

http://s665.photobucket.com/albums/vv13/flameonphil/?albumview=slideshow
now with a tubular manifold and powder coated inlet manifold.

done quite a bit of cleaning today but my phone just died before I could upload the pics!! will post up tomorrow

cool!!

its good to see all engine bays looking so clean

A few of mine while its cleanish.

1
2
3
4
5

LOL cleanish it looks mint!!

That is a superb job you've done with the engine bay t0m0.

very cleanish indeed,just a thought !! wonder what clean is to you

i think tOmO and cowboy should have a "clean off"!!
their engine bays make mine look like a pigsty!! but I'll get there

clean off my a,,,, theres nothing to clean on toms bay its stunning,car porn

Look whos talking!! I delibrately try and find a spec of dirt on yours whenever I come to your house!!
I think the colour of t0m0s coupe sets the engine bay off lovely too

did a little bit of cleaning on mine yesterday

before

an hour later

bloody hell,now get something to cover the maf

Like an air filter

OK then I suppose so!!

Wanna pop down and do mine, good effort!

Everytime I go to do that, it rains! I have all I need to get going and give the engine bay a really deep clean, it just isn't going to happen at the moment, typical when I have a week off!

Gareth

LOL cheers!!
Luckily I have a nice big garage!!

I also have a decent size garage, it's just full of my Ibiza Cupra 16v and assorted Coop parts, kids bikes, tool chests, garden furniture, blah blah blah!

My aim is to get it emptied by the Autumn so the work can continue through the winter!

Gareth

Luckily I can get three cars in mine!!!
Although at the moment it has one coupe, nine bikes and a big pile of junk in there!!

There is also a large pile of coupe engine parts waiting to be cleaned and painted or chromed!!

Lucky chap, I had a 4 car garage when I lived on the Isle of Man, how I miss it, ironically, all I had in it was 1 car and a motorbike!

Still, I am considering a carport to extend mine further! But with the lack of time I seem to have at the moment, I'm sure it will remain a pipe dream for now!

Gareth

My car [IMG]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7031/04052009344.th.jpg[/IMG]

tidy!!

also like the look of the car in your other pics

leugim who designed the engine lay out there? if that is a screamer pipe like i think it is the guy needs shooting.
why would you have a screamer pipe inside the engine bay let alone pointing directly 2" away from your intake pipe?
talk about high intake temps lol

maybe its me or is that a screamer pipe or maybe a outlet pipe from the air con?

ok i have kinda gathered its not a screamer pipe now due to the little hose going into it. but what is it?

Its the water rail, they had to manufacture a custom one to get clearance for the exhaust manifold...

oh ok just looked open ended in that picture. :-)

What happend to aircon , did you plug the holes on compressor?

I did my enginebay upgrade during the turboswap (GT28R) and this is the result:

http://sfk.ibk.se/forum/attachment.php?s=16d5763c0a4bdf0079e7db42761fa127&postid=97142

nice

where is the battery ? in the boot maybe

Full points to Zonta!

this is mine...
still needs a little more bling to it but its coming along!

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq120/marco20vturbo/Engine.jpg

and also this one

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq120/marco20vturbo/29032009025.jpg

what fmic have you marco,just askin as i noticed a few chops..does that not rattle,i modded my rad holder to fit mine in

it looks like an evo 6 FMIC??

Turbo revs FMIC...
bit too big but does the job WELL!!

what do you mean buy chops?!?!?

the front brace area..where the radiator holds on to.its not there you cut it off

here's my 2pence worth

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h48/solouko/rockercover1.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h48/solouko/newbateryterminals.jpg

I've tried to tidy up the 'lectrics a bit; trust me it was a total abortion before! I dont know what the guys who fitted my alarm did in their spare time... but I'm pretty sure it involved them being in a cage being fed banannas and flinging their own defication at one another.

nice mate,just get the grinder out out and get the fiat and turbo buffed up on the rocker cover,

New rocker cover and oil filler cap, needs a clean though but im chuffed.

click me

Heres a few of mine, its not finished yet but its getting there

Looking good Hubster


I hate you !!

I hate you!

That looks superb, well done

Far off being finished however here's mine all cleaned up just before Bristol auto italia.

Thanks guys, Looking good rusH

guys i'm too embarrassed, mine is shockingly dirty

Hardly cleanded it, really
Only gets on the road occasionally during the dry summermonths.
AAMOF: I'll be taking her yellow pyjama off this week and check the oil.
Then I check the oil again (and again) and she's heading back to Italy (home sweet home) for a well earned holiday.

You could eat your dinner off that engine bay Alesi. Your coupe really is stunning, nice work

theres not alot with battery covers i noticed ?

I hate you TOO!
Very nice Hubbyman

Alesi, your engine looks brand new mate. If only I can give my engine bay some botox.

this seems a good way off making friends

I've so much work to do!

Gareth

Slowly but surely Mr.Spee

there are some mint bays on here! i hate all of you! (its easier that way, i dont like to single people out)

He never touches it Antony

Oh how I want his car It is not my favourite colour, but it is one of the best Coupés I have seen

Yes, I seem remember you drooling all over Alesi's coupe at Spa last year

It really is a minter

my engine...

engine

engine1

engine2

...

mine nearly finished,only hard ic pipe to get done

http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp219/zonta26/LPIC0674.jpg

I like! Look at that washer bottle!

Fair play to you lads - look superb but I just can't be arsed to go as far as clean under the lid.....I'd be having nightmares from a drive through the rain....

how mine is pretty much although its getting full revamp soon. in process of getting bits sorted

my 16vt

Very nice and clean but please remove that ferrari badge. . . .

these engine bays are all impresive i wish i could be bothered to make mine like some of those.

what the hell are the pack of wires/electrical thingy's on some of the washer bottles?
i don't have them on mine

that will be the air con 'guff'.

mine has aircon but there are no wires/electric bits sat on top of the washer bottle

thats me out of ideas then....

It is the air con relays and fuses, but earlier models have the items elsewhere

Rocker looks superb!! What's that paint finish?

AND where's the best place to get new cable covers and are they available in different colours or are people spraying them?

Pictures of my engine on my Coupe blog, http://worsleysturbocoupe.blogspot.com/

here is mine
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/477/dsc00705lcl.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3083/dsc00704f.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6471/dsc00707q.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1687/dsc00706q.jpg

not over yet

Here's mine - still VERY dirty after months of constructions, some bit arn't polished... Tried to continue this "red + titan" theme of LE...




Still unfinished, plan to move the battery in the trunk, install water tank for aquamist, oil catcher. And red plastic pipings for wiring loom )))

no need to move battery for the aquamist tipo bottle will fit lovly were the airbox was,starting to look good under there michael

I know, want to move battery also for better weight destribution (plastic bonnet will also help) .

I already have fiat tipo washer tank, it fits passanger (my drivers side) wing perfectly. space left afer battery will be used for catcher and... pipings for this small whizzling thing with belt and two rotors... Well, you know )))

some new bits

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/P6280034.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/P6280025.jpg

LOL the king of bling!!!
Take my word for it, it looks even better in the flesh!!

Nice wheels, what are they????

Gareth

These are MAK XLR, look like a copy of Ultraleggera. They are the same weight, but 4*98 and fit brembos without any spacers...

Here's my crackle finish cam and coil cover.

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/AP1_010/GraceJuly09003.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/AP1_010/GraceJuly09004.jpg




It was a bit cold for the coil cover (hence lack of crackles)so I'll do it again when it's warmer.

great job, where did you get the paint from.
mine needs redoing 'cus the red paint is all lifting off.

Thanks, Frost sell the paint, online.

Change of coupe and change of plan!!!
So far just cleaned it really like I did with the other but this one was even dirtier, it's also had a nice clean expansion bottle thanks to Joe!!!!
The rocker and coil pack cover have been done in grey primer and look cack really, the turbo heatshield is the worst I've seen!!
Generally it's grimy, dirty and rusty under the bonnet but at least I have something to concentrate on that won't cost an arm and a leg to do before I tackle the outside next year!!
So here's a pic of how it looks now!

Did a spot of polishing today, thanks to coupedave for the coil cover. The'll be another shiny one for sale soon.

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff348/AP1_010/GraceSept2009009.jpg

Spot the dump valve.

Just love that black crinkle rocker cover

mine at tatton....rocker and cam cover courtesy of skilled handiwork by mrc off this very forum....

http://s555.photobucket.com/albums/jj458...pg&newest=1

That looks very tidy Proccy, really must get on and do mine now all the work is done.

nice nice engine bays

Here is mine engine bay

probably a naive question for this thread, but can anyone point me in the direction of a "step by step guide on what you have to do to remove the rocker cover". Can't find one for looking under tech section.

Its in the How-To guide's section.

'Changing rocker cover gasket 20v'

How To Guides -> Index of How to Guides -> (Scroll down to the 'Easy' list of jobs).

Oh and here's mine:

found it - cheers

Very clean Truffle, the new expansion tank and washer bottle make a massive difference. Where did you get them, hope you don't mind me asking?

keep posting your great pitures lads,

keep up the good work

Here's mine then...scuse the hoe handle, struts knackered!

Congratulations Patch, you truly have made an already nice car into a superb example.

Cheers JKD, just waiting to see yours in orange now

Mine as it stands, sorry about the poor photo (and yes, it does need a wash!)

very clean indeed,nice car mate

very sexy!!!

how mine looks so far, plenty more to come!!

Most angles of my engine from just before christmas last year.

Here is my engine when it arrived (May 2009):



and here it is as installed on the car (Nov 2009):

my favourite view of the coupe having wowed at it when the bonnet was lifted at the launch in italy many years ago....



http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/bosco_018/BILD0441.jpg

Taken 2 years ago and it looks cleaner now !!!

Amazingly, i still cant see an oil leak anywhere... 14,913 miles and climbing !

Fork me , looking great it's different and simple 5*****

Colour coded my strut brace: I like it anyway.

How the hell did you get that Turbo Heat Shield so clean?

I cheated of course Phil!
Took it off, sanded, filler primre, painted in Aluminum colour, then 2 or 3 coats of lacquer.

looks lovely and clean there yellafella!!

Here you go my engine from the middle east sultante of Oman....let me know what you guys think just tried to clean it yesterday..

looks very clean but the pics are a bit fuzzy!

Some of Mine....Not Perfect at the moment as i couldnt afford the samcos before christmas.

Sorry about the last one...Sun Was setting

Theres too many 20vt's on here lol






video

some more little bits fitted
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/PC060046.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/PC060009.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/PC060003-1.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/cowboykarl/PC060002.jpg

Whoa, that's different cowboy, I like it! How do you find the charge cooler affects performance? Is it a worthy investment IYO?

charge cooler is fine if you dont want to go over 300hp my turbo is only set up for 300 so 293hp is just nice,the plus side it looks good but the fmic would give you more.

LOL I see you have got the lime green vacuum hose then!!

and the key ring aswell lol

LOL excellent!!

What turbo is that Sebo?

its a T34 upgrade by these guys www.turbocentreuk.co.uk

My bay from an unusual angle..

Ok no way is it as good as all the others but it this frost would go I could spend my time cleaning all the other parts whilst I'm seeking employment. Plus hopefully the OMP strut brace thasts on offer will be fitted with out tooooooo many problems..

After i painted my rocker cover with high temp paint and polished the plug cover.

R1DAN - Quick tip...

I also used high temp paint for mine, but I found it was a dull finish and it marked quite easily.

So, while in situ on the engine, I masked it off, easy to do while on the engine, only takes 5 mins, and sprayed it with automotive lacquer. The end result was much better and a deeper colour (I did mine in red) - It also is now much easier to clean.

While doing this I also left the coil pack cover on and re-lacquered that!

Easy peasy mate

Nice one patch will give that a go when it warms up a bit.

It does mark up very easily, get oil on it and its a nightmare to remove!

more engine's please.keep the pictures coming

Far from finished/where I want it to be but here is mine.



Planned
- Fitting DavidL red water hoses
- Stainless coolant tank
- Polished plenum
- Chrome exhaust heat shield
- Fit jubilee clamps to the induction pipe!

very nice and clean,looking real good

its unbelievable how good these engines look......even just with a good clean and a decent rocker cover.

Why the hell did manufacturers start fitting covers over their engines?

why are some peoples washer tanks on the 'wrong' side???

either they are left hand drive or they have a charge cooler so they use and additional washer tank for the cool charger?!

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy204/fiatcoupele33/fiatforum007.jpg
Alot more to be done but this is mine so far, excuse the bar holding up the bonnet need new struts

Very nice...who makes those alloy coolant expansion tanks?

ProAlloy

Cheers Hani...lovely piece of kit...but frighteningly expensive considering its just for looks!

Thanks cx105

with all these new hoses being fitted we should see alot more engine pictures,where are they,get posting your engine bays lads

mods any chance this could be a sticky,

Its a fair point - Check the group buy - there is one picture of a red set fitted.

Mine are still sat in the shed waiting to be fitted on the next trip to Solo...

That'll be mine


not at the standard of some on here, but getting there


Paul

Before and after 20 hours work. Another angle.

DavidL group buy silicon hoses
paul

Mine with newly painted rocker cover. I've posted this up on a few threads now And yes, the rest of the engine bay needs work!

Much better, lovely job, may be worth cleaning your expansion tank.

Cheers AP1!

Yeah, the expansion tank definitely needs sorting. I'm planning to go for a new one as I've heard its nearly impossible to to get them looking as new by cleaning them...

I'm just looking again at the shot of your engine at Bristol - where did you get your battery?? Patch234 was just saying the other day I should get hold of a white battery!

My battery came from my local motor factors, a small independant place in Dorset, maybe Google varta batteries for a local supplier. I used rice and kettle descaler to clean my exp. tank, after seeing Patch's at Bristol.

re-painted my rocker cover and painted my fuel rail!

I've been going round dropping things in rusteater for the past few months, then painting them to try and get a bit of a fresher look.

There's still a long way to go.

Skinflint - I like your 'original but clean' look. Having said that I am getting addicted to trying Autosol on everything. 30mins gave the rocker cover a nice shine.

Thanks Rintyh
I share your belief in Autosol.

Here are a few pictures of my engine bay!!

Starting with before!!

http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/058.jpg
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/059.jpg
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/060.jpg

After!!

http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/274.jpg
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/273.jpg
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/272.jpg
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/jimbob_021/271.jpg

Very nice banana_man how did you get the heat sheild so shiny

paul.

That looks
Was it you parked up near Concorde at Brooklands?
The cam cover looks familiar.

Is it a new exhaust heat shield you plated or did the rusty one come up like that?

Thanks scal_LE33 and skinflint!!

I bought the heat sheild off a forum member called westcoupe,and he bought the heat sheild new then had it polished! But i don't know where he had it done?

The guy who done my rocker cover and strutbrace did a really good job with them,so i might take my old heatsheild to him and see if he can bring that up nice and shiny!! Then i will put it up for sale!

Skinflint yes that was me mate at brooklands!!

Next time i am at a show you guys should come and have a proper look and say hello!!

thanks

james.

Oh by the way scal your engine bay too look amazeing!!!!! i would like to see that in the flesh!!

Skinflint yours also looks like you are makeing very good progress! looks very clean!! what are your plans for the engine bay??

james.

banana_man- I came by for a minute or 2 with Hovedan at Brooklands but my daughter started running around & then I got sidetracked. Looking forward to a proper look next time

Oh yeh i remember mate!! your welcome anytime for a better look mate.!!

Here is my engine bay.

That looks

Original but better.

Just in, Out again very soon....

manky camcover i know

Where's your washer bottle? And whats that over the oil filler cap?

Washer bottle is in my kitchen sink being flushed out lol, and the plastic is snapped off from the ac pulley cover

Seen the engine the other day, looks brand new, could eat your diner of it. Would not advise it though as it will mess it up.

engines are looking good

we need more post's of the group buy hoses in all colours.

as above,pic's pic's

The one on joe's (FCSS) website is nice

Not many 16VT's on show....

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/wilkyway/2000/IMG_6438.jpg

Just noticed that i havent got any piccys of my engine with the right coloured bumper.
Doh.

Here is how the bay looks today.

i do like that

heres mine,not that its anythin to look at,it must be the dirtiest one

i have seen new washer and water bottles on the bay for £25,got to admit they do look good all clean.I dont think mine will come up clean,its years old.

And after.......

Mine...

jealous lol

very nice mate.

here's mine

sadly no longer have this car but if anyone sees it about i'd love to buy it back, no. plate is K2UPE when i sold it unless he has returned it back to this one in the pic.
anyhow heres the engine pic:-

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s298/doodys/5.jpg

Won't find any grease here

The last picture is now rather dated of the engine bay though..

Lovely!!!!

Amazing!!!!

Here's mine

The rust has really eaten away at yours

I know, I swept it all up and glued it back together

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Awesome - my coupe was never quite like that under the bonnet.

I can see dirt on the brake fluid reservoir

Just nit picking, amazing job you have done on the engine bay there

Awesome transformation!

It's more of a stubborn stain tbh, it grates on me everyday, sometimes I can't even sleep for thinking about it . . .

You need a new one.

I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of that don't suppose they cost much from fiat if you can still get them.

My work in progress...



Rocker cover fitted today (thanks Fran). Still got to clean the expansion tank and paint or polish the exhaust heat shield. The slam panel also needs stripping, rust proofing and re-painting.

Very nice pstruck - yet to start mine. How did you go about restoring the horns (these are the worst part of mine)?

The horn bracket on mine was really rusty, so I attacked it with a wire brush attachment in my electric drill for starters, then left it fully sumerged in 'rusteater' for 24 hours, before brushing again, then painting with several coats of Hammerite smooth black. The horns are a cheat. Pair of red top snail horns from eBay for less than a tenner. Job done!

Cheers pstruck, I'll be adding that to my "To do list".

le 1999

Wow!

Looks like it's been a while since anyone posted pics in here so thought I'd pop one on

Very nice Swin

Picture of under my bonnet

a sprinty plus I'm helping to build to 350+bhp -

from this -



to this -



and here's mine at the moment but bound to change soon -

Here's a slightly better photo, the sprinty plus project is coming along nicely!

Looking

Are the plenum/fuel rail painted or polished?

VHT painted and lacquered!

Does the laquer not bubble once it's gotten hot? I did a rocker cover a few years ago and it looked great until I fitted it and warmed up the engine. Then loads of little bubbles appeared in the laquer.

It shouldn't if you use VHT lacquer!

1998 20V Done 3 days ago, 1 hours work (not including rocker cover and grill)

Before After

Joe, this rocker was sprayed with Halfords Lacquer over VHT, as I have with a few others. No issues with bubbling at all.

An amazing transformation in just one hour!

you need to give it a dusting of etch primer and use a vht paint otherwise it will bubble .

nice job Phil

Not actually fitted in the bay yet... but getting there!

Here's mine 16VT

Engine is going into an Alfa 147.. so pipe routing is different to normal.

That is gorgeous... very jealous. I would have loved a five pot in my old 147.

Thanks

its not ready yet lol

I didn't even see you take that lol

Nice crinkle finish cam cover!

Theres a couple of runs in it but overall I'm happy with the weight saving over the stock cover. I think it adds that certain something.....

Couple of pics from this afternoon

Looking good Jame5, different to the last time I seen it.

Those charge pipes make a nice difference.

Plenum next?

Eventually... i've had a vapour blasted plenum, inlet and fuel rail waiting to be polished for over a year now. Hopefully i'll get around to it before the end of the year!

Thread revival in case anyone wants to add more pictures to inspire me to tidy mine !!!

Here's a couple of my 20vt and N/A....

Spiffing stuff Ang, both of them

How do you find the time

Thanks Simon

It's not easy, but I do manage to get the odd hour in here and there, when free of my chains and shackles

https://picasaweb.google.com/116392131677113899362/ChromFiatCoupe#6217490745578721362

Nice looking project, especially the suspension

That's stunning Bartek. Any videos of it with the air ride in action?