apexFD

Hey guys,


Thought i would share this with you guys.


So with my engine out for maintenance i thought that i could clean everything up.


Before the red


After!





Here is the tranny just for kicks.




I cannot wait to have everything back together in the engine bay!! Expecially because i have deleted the airpump/ac/ps!




Regards,



=Ben

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

The paint is gonna peel off that tranny.

Dave

apexFD

Bah its fine. High heat enamel 700 celcius If not ill use por15 high heat.



=Ben

Copeland

iTrader: (42)

Looks great! Lovely prep work. Keep the pics coming when it's in!

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

I mean that unless you washed it in a parts washer, painting over like that doesn't tend to adhere well.

What did you use to clean the engine?

In any case it will look nice.

apexFD

Ah i get ya, well after making all the crucial spots water tight i sprayed purple clean and let it sit for a few minutes, then i sprayed my coarse fiber brush with purple clean and started scrubbing away, washed it down with water to get the emulsified grease off. I did this about 3 times in total. Then after it was dry i brake cleaned the exterior before paint.


I painted everything inside (20 celcius) , so i think the paint stuck on pretty good or at least i hope.



=Ben

White94RX

looks awesome.

"had the engine out for maintenance". I LOL'd at that comment. Rotary must be the only thing that the engine is considered standard maintenance.

Minnionator

sweet ben, now you can do mine for me

MrGreek

very nice, what kinda paint did you use on the engine?

sbnrx7

iTrader: (4)

What brand paint did you use?

crcleofdst

Looks nice. I hope mine turns out as well as yours did.

apexFD

The silver paint i got at home hardware, it is a high heat enamel 'aluminum' is the color. Good stuff, ive used it lots on my FC and never had a problem. Self Priming, no baking.

The red paint is just your standard engine high temp enamel, color is 'universal red'. It has to bake ones its on the engine, it also doesnt prime itself..



=Ben

silverTRD

iTrader: (37)

engine looks good man. i like it

Hitokiri_Gensai

iTrader: (2)

im impressed, looks real clean

apexFD

Thanks guys.


At first i wanted to paint the irons black, but i though that if i had a leak it would make it hard to see it.. so thats when i decided on red.


All of my heat shields are black, everything aluminum is silver and i have a few red accents here and there, then the front strut bar is red.. so everything will match good.

Im looking at 5zigen FC01RC's in mat black, then probably paint my brake calipers dark red. So i cannot wait to see the final product.



=Ben

kerpal

Looks pretty good Dave!!!

mrb63083

iTrader: (4)

Nice!

dradon03

iTrader: (2)

Fwiw you talked about Por15 products so I will mention that use of the Por "metal ready" is great tool to use in conjunction with "Marine Clean" for paint. Really gets things nice.

RX7Crazy_84

iTrader: (1)

wow good job ben!! now you can help me out too lol with my diff and my brakes lol

cash money

thats hot