For having the cleanest FC engine bay EVAR! Man you could eat off that thing! How do you keep it so clean or how did you get it that clean? I'm sure theirs pics of his engine bay posted on here but they dont do it justice you have to see it in person.

I also wanted to thank all the Fc owners for bringing their rides out to SS6 so we could drool all over them. Had some really nice ones this year!

 

Yo,


Thanks man!! It's funny, everyone serious trips on my engine bay when in fact I really only spent maybe an hour cleaning/steelwool/waxing/303'ing it.

When I got the car it only had 38K on it and the engine bay was just really dusty...took some soap and water and bingo! Throw some wax on the red parts and make 'em shiny.

Oh, and I work at a dealership and have a steam cleaner...that could help as well. I think Jon (Jsotelo) has a cleaner engine bay than mine, but his engine bay paint doesn't shine up like mine.

Here are two quick photos before I head off to work:



You can see my newly powdercoated Racing Beat stressbar and Upper/Middle intake manifold. Huge props to Dana (Rotary Racer) for basically single handidly getting the GTUs ready for Sevenstock.

Here is the stressbar with the sun hitting it, the UIM does the same thing:



Mistah Sparkalo!!!

Heh.

Anyways, I gotta head to work...I'll post SS6 pics tonight..

Thanks again to all the folks I met!

Kevin
1989 GTUs "I'm...so...tired!"

 

Man I was parked next to him and mine is cleaner.. Heh he even said so..

Everyone loves the red!

 

Yea, and I was parked next to both of them and my **** looked DIRTY. Before opening the hoods, I thought my engine bay was super clean. I was embarassed when I saw Kevin and Jon's. Oh well, now I know the tricks for the "shiny engine bay" trade. Black is a bitch of a color to keep clean.

Kurt G.

 

yah kevins car is awesome, i really dig the powder coating too

mike

 

Yeah Kevin, it looked awesome. You always keep it looking clean.

Mike- "I voted for you"

 

jeez, thats clean. mine cxant get that clean because the paint is all chipped up, but my car has like 178,XXX on it, so, maybe I'll paint it someday

 

Kurt, loved your car bro! it will clean up nicely black on black GTUs *shudders*

For some reason didn't take any pics of my car.. I was waiting for the sun to come out and then I fergot.. Oh well Kev said he has some..

This is the only one I have that shows part of the engine.. Kurt's car is to the right and that's Chris to the left

 

when will people figure out your not supposed to post user names in the Topic?

 

Yo,


Even when it was blanked out, I knew it was for me!!

*grin*

Kevin
1989 GTUs "Mistah Sparkalo UIM."

 

not trying to hijack here...but why can't you post user names in the title??

Very clean cars. that powder coating is suh-weet!

 

Yeah- how'd ya get it so *SPARKLY*?

 

Yo,


Oh, about $190. *grin* I got the RB upper bar and UIM, MIM done at Maas Brothers in Livermore, CA.

They are the same guys that did my rims. They're the best!

Here's a good shot that Bingoboy took:



You can see a little of the sparkalo on the UIM!

Kevin
1989 GTUs "Superdust II."

 

beautiful. How does the powdercoating affect temp if at all? I might be thinking of ceramic coating.

 

wonder if you would even be able to notice my engine bay because its blue and my car is red.

 

Didnt you notice Kevin? I peed on your tire!

LOL!!!

Have fun at sevenstock? I just got back, and its 11 PM on MONDAY....

Jarrett

 

Props, Rarest- I just wish I hadn't moved so far from Sactown- I could have ridden out w/you. But that's a looooong way from FLA.

Mastooooooo Spaaaakalo!!!!

 

Yo,


Iliketoeatricers: I doubt it will have any real effects on temps...it ran fine down to SS6.

J-Rat: I was /wondering/ what that was...I thought I was leaking coolant...but then I smelled Asparagus pee...bleargh!!

That's crazy you just got back!! Did you go to the Racing Beat open house? We went on a Touge run...

When I get some time I'll try and take some better pics...

Kevin
1989 GTUs "Meesta Spark-a-lowwww!"

 

I believe I was the first to have a metallic black IM and strut bar...but someone always has to copy me...

J/K Looks great..

 

Yo,

Please!! You are always all secretive of your project!! I ain't seen no pics!

If it ain't flossed at SevenStock, it's like it's never happened!!

*snicker*

I'm going to polish the 13B Injection and Mazda on the top of the UIM, you can't see the cool things the powdercoat does because it's always in the hood's shadow.

Kevin
1989 GTUs "I need to go to OSH."

 

Yeah, I went to the Racing Beat open house. Dropped almost $1000 there!!!

gotta love that!!!

Jarrett

 

Haha, its not that Im secretive, I just change my plans quite frequently, so Id rather not say anything until its done. And I will try my best to be at Sevenstock next year, 3000 miles is a long way to drive....