I'm paingint my engine bay this weekend. I started pulling the motor last night on Friday at 6:00p.m. and had it out at 11:00p.m. I plan on getting it painted today on Saturday and then putting it all back together tomorrow on Sunday.

Just thought I'd share.

 

Must be so nice to have a full shop with a lift when you want to wrench on the car. Good luck.

 

I noticed the Normal, IL in your sig. I work in Bloomington, live in Lexington. I didn't know there was another FD in the Twin Cities. Very nice car. I'd like to see it in person. I'll bring my 94 FD. My work phone is 309-829-9411 x223. Ask for Dave.

Is that your garage? Which one is it?

 

Any pics of the engine bay with all that removed?

 

LMAO that you pulled the entire subframe and axle. Looks really nice. I've always loved your car.

 

how much easier was it to remove the whole subframe with the engine
i have a shop, i was contemplating doing it like this in the future.

Adam G

 

Nice job.

 

It wasn't very difficult. I've never pulled a motor out of anything, so I don't have anything to compare it to. Pulling it out this way seemed to make the most sense.

 

the first pic was crazy
that suv got owned

 

Here are a few more pics. Pics are before and after the engine bay is all cleaned and scuffing/sanding has begun. I also re did the seam sealer on the tops of the strut towers. The factory seam sealer was terrible.

 

wow...thats quite a project. lookin good man. good luck

 

Dropping themotor and subframe is good if you want to take everything out like to paint it, but you should get an alignment afterwards.

 

props for being very thorough! Looking forward to the finished product.

 

WOW looks nice what would you charge to paint an fd and some small body work let me

 

Ahh. Here it is 10:30 on Saturday night, and the engine bay is painted. That leaves tomorrow for re-assembly.

 

beautiful

 

 

looks really good, wish I could do that

 

That is an awesome job. Looks super!

 

That looks good. How much you charge to paint a car? I want to have mine done and dont trust people here in town.

 

How hard would it be to do without a lift with the car on jack stands or blocks?
Where did the pictures go?

 

I plan on repainting my VR this year. What color red did you use? It looks great!

 

nice

 

awesome car. Props for that. is there any plans for this car to be used or just looked at and awed...(serious question)???

 

nice job man, that engine is gonna look so clean over that fresh spray in the bay. nice