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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:02 AM
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Detailing the Engine Bay (pics) Suggestions?

www.swimhurricanes.com/rxpage.htm

Ok, We're building the Turbo Exhaust manifold today and hopefully will have that in, In the mean time, I've started taking little things off and out of the engine bay and started painting them.

I've decided to go with a Black / Red Engine Bay compartment.

What do you think? Any Suggestions?

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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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IMHO, red and black does not match the color of the car...i'd pick another combination...nice engine though keep the updates coming!
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:21 AM
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I agree with bizarro....black and red and your car being blue. I would do blue on black. Very nice engine...
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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hmmmm, Sooooo, Paint the Car Black?
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:34 AM
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Blahhh, That won't work, the inside of the bay area is blue...


I hate thinking about pulling everything I pulled off I have already painted Red and Paint it blue.
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:35 AM
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hahahaha! man that is drastic! your car has an awsome color dude...don't mess that up...(IMO)
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 09:46 AM
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Well, you guys were right, I went and got some Metalic Blue and started painting the Bay area Blue where I've painted Red and it looks awesome, The bad news is the Wife went to the beach for the weekend and took the Digital Camera so no pics for you guys until after the weekend.

Thanks for the comments, I plan on keeping it that same color now because of the posts
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 09:58 AM
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maybe this can help ya.

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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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Nice! I like the little fitting on the oil filler cap and the trailing running through the leading part of the dizzy cap.
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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Man my engine bay is starting to look nice. To bad the wife took the Camera with her.

Lol, The next picture I'll be able to post will have my engine almost complete.
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by Jeff20B
... and the trailing running through the leading part of the dizzy cap.
Can someone explain this to me? I see what the dizzy looks like in the picture, but I don't understand what I'm seeing...call me stoopid!
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 05:42 PM
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Neaten the wires and hoses more. If you can rebundle it with something that follows the color theme. Have everything routed along roughly the same path.
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 08:57 PM
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Nice! I like the little fitting on the oil filler cap and the trailing running through the leading part of the dizzy cap.

I learned that from ya. Every milli seconds help. who says you cant teach an old dog new trick!!!!
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 03:16 AM
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yes, i LOVE THOSE RIMS!!! hella dood! thats sweet!!!

Yeah you totally gotta go w/ the blue and black scheme. It will look soooo sweet when you're done!!

I'm going w/ blue and silver myself.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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Finished putting together my Exhaust Manifold last night to hold the Turbo, SO now the Turbo is mounted, Just have to complete it all now.

Gonna paint some more today
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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where's the updated pix?
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 12:20 PM
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Polishing is never a bad thing
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Old Jun 15, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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How'd you get the rubber portion of the air intake to be "back in black"?

I've tried a few different things, and it still ends up a combination of colours...mostly of a grey variety
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