i was wondering if there are people out there that have different color engine bays than the body color on there car.
i would appreciate some pics to get an idea of how it looks.

for those that have the different colors, do you like it? or no.(explain please)

 

I think thats a dead giveaway of a cheap paintjob. Why do you think most people dont change the color of their car when they repaint? Its expensive to do it right.

 

true true, and to do it right is time consuming if you want to change the color, because you need to take the engine out.

 

blacking out the engine bay is done quite often too, so are other low maintenance colors for various race applications

my engine bay is satin black.

 

that's a good example you got there 86TA and anyone with half a brain can see that is a serious set-up too

 

Wow! Any more pics on that? That is how I want my engine bay to look when my 355 gets done! Beautiful! Any info on the air cleaner to hood ducting?

 

what brand stb is that? i have a carbed engine and cant find a good tubular stb. thanks!

 

whats with the rad overflow? iv never seen one of those before!

 

Wow, subscribing. Great thread.

 

My car is all black so a different color engine compartment would look dumb. On my 79 TA the car was maroon with a black engine compartment and I was happy with it.

 

thats the most up to date pic i have. The air pan is custom made, i designed it and a friend fabbed it up for me at work. Its 16ga aluminum. Mounts to a scoop try mount that bolts under the carb. It was an attempt to force the engine to breath from the cowl and not the engine bay.

its an edelbrock tbi/carb stb, but i cut the mounts off at the strut towers, flipped the whole bar and fabbed up solid mounts. Stock it had crappy mounts that were bolted together at the strut tower, its much more rigid now.

its from canton.

 

yeah, it would have to be black, or maybe grey of somekind.

 

[QUOTE=//<86TA>\\;4745531]thats the most up to date pic i have. The air pan is custom made, i designed it and a friend fabbed it up for me at work. Its 16ga aluminum. Mounts to a scoop try mount that bolts under the carb. It was an attempt to force the engine to breath from the cowl and not the engine bay.

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Any interest in you or your friend creating one for me? I have the VFN 4 inch cowl hood on my 91 and looking for something similiar.

 

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sorry, but no. I can't weld aluminum, and he is out of work hurt right now.

besides, it was made to fit my car, engine setup, hood ect. Unless it was for the exact same setup, there would be little chance of it fitting properly.

 

I always paint mine a matte black..