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Old 08-08-06, 07:55 PM
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my rattle can engine bay
ok so its takin a week of mucking around,getting stoned,bein lazy,getin laid but finally i have finished it and am quite pleased with my effort
there was mistakes and lots of sanding lol





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Old 08-08-06, 07:59 PM
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and this is whats going in a stock 12a 40,000miles with 120psi on each face
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Very nice work man! How long did it take you in actual (sober type) hours?
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Very nice job!!

I wish I had the patience to do that.
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Very nice work man! How long did it take you in actual (sober type) hours?
around 6hrs i guess most was taking stuff off and cleaning sanding was easey cleaning wasnt lol
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Old 08-08-06, 10:13 PM
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wow that looks really good, how didu paint the rotor housing, did u mask them off?, i wanna do mine like that but in revers colors. looks awesome by theway, hold on i think i said that already
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Old 08-08-06, 10:27 PM
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hahaha i just wire wheeled the engine thats a old pic iv got it shinyer now maybe ill coat it with some clear paint
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lookin' good. always a great idea when the engine is out. so many people dont bother but it makes it look so much better.
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hahaha i just wire wheeled the engine thats a old pic iv got it shinyer now maybe ill coat it with some clear paint
thats cool, post a pic when its clear coated.
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Old 08-08-06, 10:36 PM
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y do u have the starter wired to the battery on the engine pic, i just noticed it and i was curious?
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^ i was wondering that too......

compression test while its out. maybe?
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testing compression....

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o, good idea, how did it turn out?
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as i said before 120psi but ild imagine it would drop to 100 after running some time
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o, thats good still, my bad i forgot u said it before.so how long before u get it all together?
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nxt weekend probaly haha wouldnt count on it itl be running but i have a whole front end to paint from blue to black
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o, post a new thread with pics when ur done, i wanna see ho good it looks.
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will do mate
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Looks good!

i wish i could take pictures of mine, i just used roll on paint to do mine. it saves a lot of time from removing crap and it came out pretty nice. i used that rustoleum stuff that everyone is painting their cars with nowadays. goes on SUPER thick and is some pretty tough crap when its dry.
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Looks good! Where you standing on the roof again on that overhead pic? LOL
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haha shhh dont tell anyone our secret
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ahh update
got some more stuff on me beast



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How old is that header or is it just oil coated. I have seen them discolor from heat but never like that.
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Looks good! Where you standing on the roof again on that overhead pic? LOL
Chris sent me a pic showing his bare feet while he was standing on the front of the body. At least his toenails were clean, lol,

Looks good Chris, keep it up.
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