Engine bay nearly done excuse rusty screws lol

[turboflow]

Cool... should look sweet.

Just some fine sandpaper to rough it up a bit yeah?

yeah its called keying (spelling) gives it fine grooves for the paint to sit in, if u spray a bath for instance it woul not settle it would go all over the place becuase its too smooth, take some sand paper to it and then the paint will stick

 

[kellygt]

Scotchbrite is used for 'Keying' you would use red on the engine bay and if you were spraying outside you would use grey scotch....

 

[kellygt]

Just get a hammerite metal master and away you go lol dont prime it either.

but degrease her first defo.

I got runs as I brushed it on first when i didnt need to matey.

Then lots of laquer 48 hours later lol

If your painting metal with a brush it helps to heat up the paint I used to paint a lot of old tractor's and truck bodie's this way for my stepdad you get a really good finish

 

[Zen]

nice paint job

 

[DeanGT]

nice job man, nothin like a clean bay!

 

[KrissyB]

These Pictures are 7 months Old guys here's what she looks like now, I wanted that rough finish like a VTEC rocker cover its just different and stealthy.

 

[jamesbaa]

dude that looks fucking awsome! Hurry your arse up and get this mapped!!!

 

[sanchez]

Perfection :rockon:

 

[Mike_ep91]

Awesome!!!

 

[Galen]

Awesome!!!

x2!

Get it mapped, looking forward to seeing some vid's of this in action

 

[KrissyB]

thanks for the comments fella ,a few day at AZEs then shes ready woop woop

 

[turboflow]

so whats the advantage of tipped back inlet, is that just for increased air flow

 

[Blak_Mamber]

These Pictures are 7 months Old guys

That would be my fault. I just bought the thread up to ask a question on the painting of the bay rather than creating a new thread....... people dont tend to look at how old the thread is when they comment on pics etc... lol

 

[starlet666]

so whats the advantage of tipped back inlet, is that just for increased air flow

thats something i wanna ask.... the runners look a little shorter also which would b helping with down low torque i believe

 

[350ep70gr]

thats something i wanna ask.... the runners look a little shorter also which would b helping with down low torque i believe

Shorter= top end help
Longer= low end help

By the way...Krissy thats a very very good result! Congrats...:rockon: Well done!

Mapping and videos please... I am watching you...

Chris

 

[munday]

With the length of runner you can fit in a normal engine bay, you want the runners as long as possible.

 

[KrissyB]

the runners are slightly shorter but more importantly straighter than the original rather than looking like a bannana.

this mens the air doesn't have to go down a bannana shaped path causing unwanted turbulance.

it was designed by rob a fella or trader on here once i beleive, its coming off this summer for a full on custom job