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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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painted the engine bay

A lot better than i was expecting let me know what you think...

BEFORE!!!
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:10 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:11 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:11 PM
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looks great! That is a dramatic improvement.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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WOW :hail: Awesome improvement!

What color is that?
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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its medium cobalt blue ( i think) a dupont color
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 02:05 AM
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well done!
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 07:54 AM
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yeah... looks really good!
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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Nice to see it done properly.
Superb job.

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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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Good job, Steve! When'd you pull the motor out? What's going back in?
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 12:14 PM
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Very nice. now take a bit of Duplicolors Ceramic Clear coat to protect it from under the hood heat. Very nice job indeed!
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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Only problem I foresee is you painted with the strut mounts in place. What happens when you take it in for an alignment??
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 02:41 PM
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well i thought of that but we got to paint the bumper, so well have it aligned b4, and then go and paint where it missed. and we built the motor, which is now in (awaiting intake). its a 350, flattop cast pistons, 212/222 435/460 cam (gmpp) and k motor heads, should be about 9.5:1 comp. but hopin for like 300-320 horses.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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looks sweet man keep up the good work
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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'bout time you ditched that leaky 305. Can't wait to hear that puppy run!!
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:20 PM
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Thats beautiful.
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Old Jan 19, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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nice job. I did mine last year when I replaced my 305 and I'll tell ya, it took some time to take everything out and clean it all up and get rid of all the years of dirt and grease. thing is I gotta do it again...... note to self... make sure the cap is on the brake resovoir before your parnter presses the brake pedal to bleed brakes. brake fluid and paint dont mix well and the brake fluid wins .
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Old Jan 21, 2004 | 06:12 PM
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Originally posted by NastyL98_T/A
'bout time you ditched that leaky 305. Can't wait to hear that puppy run!!
Thats not my car Tony.Its someone else who really liked my name though I have another project starting really soon though.

Looking good BTW.
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