Pictures of my Engine
Thread Starter
Skilled GTcars Poster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 971
From: I'm in the Avatar....(Duh)
Rep Power: 773 
Pictures of my Engine
Just so that we're clear,....I'm "NOT" posting these pictures because I think my motor looks good. In fact it's just the opposite. As you all know, I've posted tons of pictures of my car, but none of you have ever seen my motor.
So after admiring and commenting on Loochy 88's Super Clean engine compartment a few weeks back, he asked me if I had any under-the-hood photos, and I promptly told him No Way Dude,......aside from a few intake pieces and a STB, there's nothing worth looking at. It's my daily driver, and it gets driven in the rain almost on a daily basis.....therefore it's always dirty.
Well,......I finally decided I don't care anymore, so here's a few pictures of my "Dirty engine compartment". The first 3 pictures were after installing the STB back in December when I lowered the car. The rest were taken about a week later when I did the Airfoil, Elbow, Descreened MAF, and the cheap eBay CAI.
Who cares,...it's still better than the stock filter, and it's reusable just like a K&N.
What should I do next to make it look better?.........besides detailing it.
So after admiring and commenting on Loochy 88's Super Clean engine compartment a few weeks back, he asked me if I had any under-the-hood photos, and I promptly told him No Way Dude,......aside from a few intake pieces and a STB, there's nothing worth looking at. It's my daily driver, and it gets driven in the rain almost on a daily basis.....therefore it's always dirty.
Well,......I finally decided I don't care anymore, so here's a few pictures of my "Dirty engine compartment". The first 3 pictures were after installing the STB back in December when I lowered the car. The rest were taken about a week later when I did the Airfoil, Elbow, Descreened MAF, and the cheap eBay CAI.
Who cares,...it's still better than the stock filter, and it's reusable just like a K&N.What should I do next to make it look better?.........besides detailing it.
Thread Starter
Skilled GTcars Poster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 971
From: I'm in the Avatar....(Duh)
Rep Power: 773
Originally Posted by Adric
cool paint that STB it sticks out like a soor thumb heh.
All the suspension pieces came Red except for the springs. (yellow) Maybe I'll see what happens after I have the flames put on the car......I may end up doing something with those colors,.....Maybe!
GTcars - Post God !
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,556
From: La Crosse, WI / Minneapolis, MN
Rep Power: 861
Originally Posted by Str8upChevy
Yeah, I actually thought about painting it before I had them install it, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the engine compartment at the time.
All the suspension pieces came Red except for the springs. (yellow) Maybe I'll see what happens after I have the flames put on the car......I may end up doing something with those colors,.....Maybe!
All the suspension pieces came Red except for the springs. (yellow) Maybe I'll see what happens after I have the flames put on the car......I may end up doing something with those colors,.....Maybe!
3.8 Ninja
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 484
From: Massachusetts
Rep Power: 761
you know what would look badass? IMO
If you took the tangerine from the flames your putting on, and brought it into the engine bay. You could re-paint your STB to match, and maybe get some FRC's and paint some mini-flames on em' Just a suggestion.
If you took the tangerine from the flames your putting on, and brought it into the engine bay. You could re-paint your STB to match, and maybe get some FRC's and paint some mini-flames on em' Just a suggestion.
Thread Starter
Skilled GTcars Poster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 971
From: I'm in the Avatar....(Duh)
Rep Power: 773
Originally Posted by 69z-28
looks nice. only complaint i have is the big TCS box, but whatya gonna do. looks really good tho!
Personally I'd love to rip about half this stuff out of here, but then it wouldn't run. I still prefer the older muscle cars prior to 73. After that they started adding all the smog control crap and eventually the computer controlled things, but hey......I'm coming around, slowly but shirley.....hahahahaha, I just realized how I spelled surely. I have a sister named shirley, so I guess it a habit.
GTcars - Post God !
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 6,626
From: palatine,il (chicago)
Rep Power: 922
Originally Posted by Str8upChevy
HUH?.....What's that? I guess I don't understand some of the abbreviations for things on these newer cars. What does TCS stand for?
Personally I'd love to rip about half this stuff out of here, but then it wouldn't run. I still prefer the older muscle cars prior to 73. After that they started adding all the smog control crap and eventually the computer controlled things, but hey......I'm coming around, slowly but shirley.....hahahahaha, I just realized how I spelled surely. I have a sister named shirley, so I guess it a habit.
Personally I'd love to rip about half this stuff out of here, but then it wouldn't run. I still prefer the older muscle cars prior to 73. After that they started adding all the smog control crap and eventually the computer controlled things, but hey......I'm coming around, slowly but shirley.....hahahahaha, I just realized how I spelled surely. I have a sister named shirley, so I guess it a habit.
yea thats why i took out all the dumb emmisions crap. it REALLY helps clean up the engine bay, basically when i did my headers i made everything extremely more simple. and thats why i got the fuel rail covers to make everything look clean and uniform under there.
GTcars - Post God !
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 7,173
From: Valencia, CA
Rep Power: 967
get rid of the heat wrap on your wire harness on the back passenger side then remove the yellow FUEL warning tape on the fuel lines. i did that and it made it a lot cleaner. also try painting the blue sleeves on your intake red. that would really look good.
Thread Starter
Skilled GTcars Poster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 971
From: I'm in the Avatar....(Duh)
Rep Power: 773
Originally Posted by 69z-28
TCS= Traction Control ****.lol. its the big box located on the drivers side by the master cylinder.
yea thats why i took out all the dumb emmisions crap. it REALLY helps clean up the engine bay, basically when i did my headers i made everything extremely more simple. and thats why i got the fuel rail covers to make everything look clean and uniform under there.
yea thats why i took out all the dumb emmisions crap. it REALLY helps clean up the engine bay, basically when i did my headers i made everything extremely more simple. and thats why i got the fuel rail covers to make everything look clean and uniform under there.
........Oh my gosh, that's so funny!..... I went out there and pulled the Throttle Cable Solenoid cover off. 
Well,....it has the same letters ~ TCS ~ but after taking it off, it don't look that bad. It's the black box looking thing above the drivers side valve cover. So I guess I better go out and look for the Traction Control ****, and also remove the Caution Labels and other stuff Caleb mentioned. I'm not to sure about painting the rubber sleeves Red though. I still need to decide what color combination I want to go with.
As far as the A/C and other emmissions stuff goes, I'll be moving to So. Cali. in the next two years, so that stuff has to stay on.But hey, Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
GTcars - Post God !
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 6,626
From: palatine,il (chicago)
Rep Power: 922
IMO dont paint flexible rubber like that. it will crack and look like ****. get the color rubber that you want. i think black would look best on the rubber elbows. then dress up the bigger peices like STB and maybe some FRCs and get the tangerine color under there like mentioned earlier.
Thread Starter
Skilled GTcars Poster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 971
From: I'm in the Avatar....(Duh)
Rep Power: 773
I don't think there's any way I'm gonna get any FCR's on this engine. There's way too much stuff that has to stay on there for me to be legal in So. Ca. when I move down in a couple years, or else I would.
