Official "Whats Under Your Hood" Engine Bay PIC Thread!!! - Page 7

V-Smooth · #91 (**permalink**) 05-17-09, 05:35 PM

Ok, here they are...

shadybx7 · #92 (**permalink**) 05-24-09, 10:49 AM

update: they still aren't done, haven't decided on a color combination yet.. right now im still testing to make sure they wont rub anywhere

crappy camera phone pics

6Speed · #93 (**permalink**) 05-24-09, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shadybx7

update: they still aren't done, haven't decided on a color combination yet.. right now im still testing to make sure they wont rub anywhere

crappy camera phone pics

Your baby needs a bath!!

I don't get the Lingenfelter and K&N sticker together. Doesn't your Lingenfelter intake filter say "lingenfelter" on it? I know mine does. I thought they made different intake componants and were competitors.

shadybx7 · #94 (**permalink**) 05-24-09, 08:54 PM

i bought the lingenfelter used, it was on there when i got it and im to lazy to remove it..

what should i use to clean the engine bay??

MauiV · #95 (**permalink**) 05-24-09, 09:05 PM

Finally an engine bay dirtier than mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

shadybx7 · #96 (**permalink**) 05-24-09, 10:30 PM

yeah yeah i will clean it when i clean it.. what do i use?

6Speed · #97 (**permalink**) 05-25-09, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by shadybx7

yeah yeah i will clean it when i clean it.. what do i use?

Make sure to cover all electronics with plastic and of course the intake filter and all, then just get simple green. Spray it around to make it all foamy then let it sit for a few minutes ( IMPORTANT: make sure your in the shade and the engine is cold!!! ) after that, just rinse it all with (LOW) pressure you can get one of the hose guns with the diffrent settings and use the setting thats like a shower or even use one of those garden watering things and just rinse it all off then just dry what you can get to with a towel!! You will be suprised how that simple green works.

And that my friend is how to clean an engine bay!!

My V's engine bay has never been dirty but nonetheless I have cleaned many many many like so!! Just be careful and don't fire it up until it is really dry or you will get water spots cause it will heat up quick and dry the water.
Again be careful when wrapping the electronics up make sure you get the fuse box ect, and use low volume and low pressure (the shower setting )

Good luck!!

shadybx7 · #98 (**permalink**) 05-25-09, 12:07 PM

thanks 6psd my baby is durrrty from all the BMW's that it has been crushing

6Speed · #99 (**permalink**) 05-25-09, 12:35 PM

No problem.

I like picking on AMG's, GTO's, and C6's myself

deedubb · #**100** (**permalink**) 05-25-09, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 6Speed

Make sure to cover all electronics with plastic and of course the intake filter and all, then just get simple green. Spray it around to make it all foamy then let it sit for a few minutes ( IMPORTANT: make sure your in the shade and the engine is cold!!! ) after that, just rinse it all with (LOW) pressure you can get one of the hose guns with the diffrent settings and use the setting thats like a shower or even use one of those garden watering things and just rinse it all off then just dry what you can get to with a towel!! You will be suprised how that simple green works.

Again be careful when wrapping the electronics up make sure you get the fuse box ect, and use low volume and low pressure (the shower setting )

Good luck!!

In my 10+ years of having modified vehicles, I've NEVER had to cover any or all electronics with plastic. (I've covered the air element though). I've always used simple green and sprayed it off with a high pressure sprayer like those found at a car wash. Maybe I've just been lucky.

6 SPEED Z · #**101** (**permalink**) 05-26-09, 12:53 PM

When installing the GTO frc's, make sure u mount them almost as low as u can get. They come very close to the stb, and will hit with stock motor mounts when doing the get on the throttle thing. Mine were low and the left side (left side of the engine bay) cover hit. Just my $.02

6Speed · #**102** (**permalink**) 05-26-09, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by deedubb

Maybe I've just been lucky.

Well I don't like to gamble with my stuff (specially a 30,000 dollar car) and take a chance of something going wrong with water and electronics, so I just take a little more preventive measure when I do something. It just takes some masking tape, a couple of plastic shopping bags, and a minute to just cover up some stuff and your "odds" will be greatly in your favor!! Sorry, but that's just my thinking. Let me know if I'm out of line here?

Vee · #**103** (**permalink**) 05-26-09, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ccextra1976

here is mine...nothing special...had the trash lid painted and powedercoated the home made intake tube

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The V emblems were easy enough to get off, but how'd you paint the plate the crest is on...Does the crest come off seperate from the circular little plate?

ccextra1976 · #**104** (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Vee

The V emblems were easy enough to get off, but how'd you paint the plate the crest is on...Does the crest come off seperate from the circular little plate?

I used tape...I didn't take the crest off...just painted around it....then took a razor blade when I removed the tape to clean it up all nice and perfect...sorry been on the road for awhile...

Vee · #**105** (**permalink**) 05-29-09, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ccextra1976

I used tape...I didn't take the crest off...just painted around it....then took a razor blade when I removed the tape to clean it up all nice and perfect...sorry been on the road for awhile...

Did you use any special paint designed for high heat? If not, how's it holding up?