[ashgen2]

For anyone wanting to tidy the engine bay heres a few ideas!!! so heres my engine bay with all the mods ive done so far! best of all theres some nice cheap ones in there too

So we have:
-OMP strut brace
-SRI with cold air feed! (£20 for the cone filter, £12 for the aluminium feed)
-Magnecor silicone leads
-Painted manifold, lead cover and throttle body! All the paint for under £15
-Blue insulation tape to give the look of silicone hoses for under £1

 

[Jrp210]

Great looking engine bay. Gives me insparation to do finish mine off.

 

[Owain]

Heh, loving the "Blue insulation tape to give the look of silicone hoses for under £1".

I've always wanted to do a proper job of replacing the hoses but not really having much clue what I'm doing I'm not even sure I could figure out which ones are going to be air and which would squirt nasty fluids in my face (no jokes please).

One day, maybe...

 

[Miller]

i know the feeling man i think ive got 4 pipes done

 

[eggcatcher]

Where can you get the aluminium feed for your intake from? The induction kit looks the same as mine, but ive just got the filter off to 1 side of the engine, and im still getting warmed up air from it.

 

[ashgen2]

any diy shop should sell it mate! I got mine from focus and it was around £12 for 2 metres! Have a look in the plumbing section

 

[Ramsay84]

I want your engine bay mate lol

 

[thedupleman]

nice ash

 

[Ramsay84]

where did you get your hose kit from mate

 

[LiDL]

-Blue insulation tape to give the look of silicone hoses for under £1

it's a clever trick mate

 

[Reevezie]

Ash can you tell me how you managed to spray the engine cover? How i mean is without spraying the writing ect lol

 

[ashgen2]

I actually sprayed the whole thing white and then got a black touch up pen and did the letters with that! Took a lot of patience!

 

[Reevezie]

LOL i was thinking that cos it would NOT be easy to mask off that text lol......

 

[ashgen2]

I'm not that patient, or talented

 

[Reevezie]

How did you spray yor engine block Ash? What parts did you remove? (if any) Or did you lift yu engine out? Started to do mine today got as far as the S.P Cover lol

 

[ashgen2]

All of it was done in place mate! Apart from the plug cover! I just carefully masked off certain parts and then used a couple of blankets to lay over the rest of the engine bay just avoid getting a light dusting anywhere else

 

[eggcatcher]

The Lead/Plug cover, and the tp half of the side cover are held on by a few bolts, a 10mm (I think, may be 12) longreach socket will see them off, then you can do them without worry of overspray. And you can use the car whilst they off.

 

[geordie_chris]

Ash, that look great!!

Love the insulation tape idea... I did the same myself on my old car.

 

[lcoop4002]

niceeee !!!.. how do u clean ur engine :| coz i was going to wash mine but my mate said not today coz it might get into electric :|

whats best way ?

 

[Jrp210]

well i have always used a damp sponge and plenty of old rags with degreaser (stuff from the poundworld/land is a bargain)