Over this winter I am tearing apart my engine bay and cleaning everything up. I want to enter some smaller car shows, and just generally make it look better. Im just looking for opinions on what color/types of coating everyone has/likes on the aluminum in the car, especially the intakes. I was originally just going to have them polished or ceramic coated chrome, but thats sort of overdone. On my old FC, I had the intake manifolds powdercoated black, and I really loved how it looked, but that was on my silver FC, I think black would just blend in with my BB FD and look bland.. Although I am going with a whole black "theme" on my FD ( black car, black interior, black wheels w/polished lip, leaving lip low gloss along with Feed FG sideskirts and a RE rear diffuser). Basically just looking for any opinions or new ideas on how to go with the engine bay scheme. Thanks

 

I would pick ONE contrasting color along with polished aluminum and black plastic/accessories and run with it. SS braid hose covers as well.

 

I was thinking that also. I was going to match the red of my R2 strut bar ( also have calipers paited matching red), and do the IC pipes red, but Ive seen that turn out terrible looking sometimes, so I was a bit worried about trying it.

 

I agree with HDP. I had my Apex'i intake and Efini Y Pipe powder coated red, polished my UIM, and added polished I/C piping, a polished strut tower bar, and a polished alternator to complete the look. I was VERY happy with the way it looked. pic attached

Good luck

 

Thanks, your engine looks amazing, good job

 

I turn some heads when my hood is open...



nickell plated engine harness connector on the firewall is an eye catcher

 

Nice.. that is about the exact same scheme I had under the hood of my silver FC.. but I think now that I have a black FD, the black parts wont be so set apart.

 

you want ultimate show and bling look at herblenny's engine. Holy ****! It is amazing. here ya go.https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/finally-my-engine-turbos-ready-464968/

 

dubulup and vintagered both of those engine bays look awesome. I like the red powdercoat on vintages'. Dubulup yours is extremely customized but, keeps the stealth look. Very nice gentlemen.

 

 

Just to give you an idea, here is what the engine bay of my black FD looks like (the picture is slightly old). Ceramic coated intake manifolds (and exhaust manifolds), all engine components are powdercoated silver or red, red silicone hose, red silicone couplers, polished pipes and intercooler, etc. The rest of my FD has hints of red and silver as well (Red calipers, etc). I get lots of positive comments on the color scheme everywhere I go.

-Rob

 

Saxyman990, very nice. Just the right amount

 

thanks...check out my Vbgarage for the customness

https://www.rx7club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=19209

 

Here's a few of mine... Silver, Blue, and Polished! Enjoy!

 

Your not going to get much more of a polished engine than the one that the glass man posted. I personally went with powder coating my "intake path" and matching my center of my rims to that color. Over all I like it and would do it again if i had the chance. Just play around with photoshop and your mind and see what color combos you can come up with. Also look into anodizing, it will give it a different look and could be something you like.

 

Now if I could just get my chrome to be as shinny as the pic Glassman posted! Heres a pic I took of my FD at Seven Stock.


http://photobucket.com/albums/y34/Mi...t=IMG_4655.jpg

 

Glassman, the pipes, manifold, and TB are chromed, right? And the elbow and radiator are polished?

 

I see why they call you glassman. That is as shinny as you get. I could eat off that engine. WOW.

 

If you cleaned it with a little elbow grease I'm sure it would be pretty damn close!!!

 

whats the reasoning behind 2 BOVs? I never understood why.

Im only guessing but does it depend on the amount of boost you are running?

 

who has two in this thread?

 

sorry found it like 2 pics over from ^ in the photobucket set




Just wanted to know why 2.