Further pics of my Great engine bay project!

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Mar 9, 2007 | 08:53 PM

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I have a new engine harness, but we just cleaned and re-wrapped the body harness.

Mar 9, 2007 | 09:10 PM

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My goodness! Just madness! Pure, beautiful, and clean......madness!

Mar 9, 2007 | 09:57 PM

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What kind of chemical did you spray the surrounding area . . ? the black "paint". . .

Mar 10, 2007 | 01:10 AM

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The front portion was painted with the engine bay, the black is just an acrylic laquer. I pressure washed the wells and scrubbed them with a scotch brite and then painted them...

Mar 10, 2007 | 02:37 AM

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Looks great I cant wait to see the finished project.

Mar 15, 2007 | 06:53 PM

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more pics of progress, Its Getting There!

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Mar 15, 2007 | 06:54 PM

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more....

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Mar 15, 2007 | 09:00 PM

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Very nice! Please tell me that you are getting a '99 front end!

Mar 15, 2007 | 09:27 PM

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May eventually, but for now, just my stock bumper will do.

Mar 15, 2007 | 09:34 PM

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damn ...lotta bling there buddy

Mar 15, 2007 | 09:45 PM

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Looks great, I love the color.

p.s. How do you know which bolt goes where? (cardboard of bolts)

Mar 15, 2007 | 09:45 PM

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meh... it looks ok i guess... i could do better! haha

Mar 15, 2007 | 09:50 PM

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more pics of progress, Its Getting There!

those bolts on the cardboard. you're neurotic as hell. good job.

Mar 15, 2007 | 09:54 PM

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awesome work. congrats on the progress. i've been slowly replacing my rusty old dirty bolts over time also. i got some stainless bolts from some place i found on google.

Mar 16, 2007 | 05:35 PM

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Hey Herblenny! Here's one for you! LOL

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Mar 16, 2007 | 09:44 PM

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Hey Herblenny! Here's one for you! LOL

hahaha Phil i painted that just for you!!! haha oh man.

Mar 16, 2007 | 09:56 PM

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Im working on doing my engine compartment right now. Yall did good

Mar 16, 2007 | 10:11 PM

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Im actually doing lots of the same parts you are doing, for the brake booster, did you only have to take off the steering wheel to get to it?

Mar 16, 2007 | 10:24 PM

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No, you don't have to take it out, though iy helps... I took mine out because I'm replacing it with an efini steering wheel.

Mar 17, 2007 | 02:52 AM

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ok I was half-asleep when I responded...

You do not need to take out steering wheel to do Brake Booster, it's just 4 bolts and the 1 cotter pin. If you are a big guy I would recommend taking the seat out. I did with seat and steering wheel out and it's still tight.

Thanks for all the encouraging words guys, much appreciated!

Mar 19, 2007 | 04:26 PM

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Here's a pic of the motor back in the car and the new wheels on (with new painted calipers) NO MORE YELLOW!

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Mar 19, 2007 | 05:30 PM

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a few more pics.... Finished the Front Control arms, replaced boots on uppers. Beadblasting the Calipers etc.
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Is it just beadblasted? or what have you done to get it so clean!
This looks VERY nice, i love nice enginebays.

Mar 19, 2007 | 08:37 PM

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some parts were beadblasted, brackets, bolts, H20 pump housing etc. Some were cleared, some were painted. I think I have it all covered in this thread tho. The pulleys were Greddy air pump removal pulleys and the main and PS are UO racing pulleys. They didn't match, so I beadblasted them, used an aluminum flake enamel and then a transparent 'annodized' paint to sorta candy them... also did to ast.