do to make this engine more presentable and clean if it was yours without getting rid of anything.This is my engine so you can say what you want,Im open for suggestions.Its totally stock

 

Paint. Here is mine:

 

Wow 86z........looking at youre engine makes me feel all good inside

 

heres the other side guys and girls................
oh yeah,my hood insallation is creature,I need one asap ,wheres the best place to get one..........?

 

Well... Ide get a open air cleaner, new washer and coolant jugs, headers, and just do some painting like 86z said. A electric fan would look alot better also with the radiator shroud.

 

86z, I agree with knightrider... wow.

spdfrk, you may also think of changing out some rubber hoses for steel, braided ones. especially if you clean up and paint those thing.

86z, how long did it take you and what paint did you use? is it high-temp?

 

I actually like the rubber hoses but i would run the steel braided fuel lines and the braided covers look cheesy to me.

 

sorry I meant knighrider, he was asking for opinions. I looked at the list in reverse order.

I saw the braided hoses (coolant, fuel, everything), in one of recent magazines I think. By themselves, they would probably stand out too much, kinda like bling, but when your entire engine is clean, they look very sweet.

 

You dont need it. Rip it off and say good riddence to a horrid sight.

 

But if I take out the hood insulation wont the paint on my hood start to blister or chip from engine heat?My engine doesnt run hot but still I imagine the engine to get pretty hot.

 

Nothing will happen to the paint, thats just an old wives tale. That insulation's only use is sound deadening. From experiance, I ran no insulation on my stock steel hood for about 6 months, then for about another six months (incluing summer ) on my new fiberglass one. Many other people will tell you the same.

 

When i repainted my hood i didnt put the insulation back either.

 

1. Convert to 88-92 style serpentine brackets on the front of the engine.

2. Replace the coolant and washer bottles, stock replacements or custom from a different car.

3. Get an electric single or dual fan setup.

4. Buy a decent aluminum intake manifold, clearcoat it and install it with an open element filter.

5. Install a nice set of headers.

6. A nice set of aluminum valve covers.

7. Take everything out and repaint the engine bay.

 

did you just use spray paint??

 

I used a spray can. I sand blasted most of the parts and the rest that I good not S/B I used sand paper and dremel tool. Still would have liked to paint the A/C compressor but too much work to remove from car.

 

hey not sure if u can do this but, i was thinling if u soaked the coolant and washer bottles in bleach it might clean them up preety good but i dont no. bleach is cheap so i might try it.

 

Yep Hood insulation is only for sound insulation. Many cheaper cars dont have it at all. My pos Aspire doesnt have it and the paint is fine.

 

Is there a big advantage with serpentine belts besides looks? does it make less drag on the engine?

 

Tried that on mine and turned it YELLOW..That was my expierince..

 

there is a little less drag, but the biggest thing is less slippage and you will hardly EVER throw a serpentine belt.

 

you would be amazed at what some armor all could do for those rubber hoses. Other then that, an open element would help alot.

 

Update:

I got hood shocks so now I can ditch the stick.I shined my hoses.Now you guys are positive if I take my hood insulation off my hood paint wont get screwed down the road?

 

Update:

I got hood shocks so now I can ditch the stick.I shined my hoses.Now you guys are positive if I take my hood insulation off my hood paint wont get screwed down the road?thanks

 

yea dude i did the same thing with ym 84 cleaned up the engine bay and had a nasty hood insulation piece took it off and painted it chrome. the heat from your engine dosent effect the paint at all i ran it all last year and nothing happend. although i dont think ill have to worry about that now that its totaled lol

 

You can remove the hood insulation with no problems, just like everybody else suggested. I did it and nothing has happened to the paint on the inside or outside of the hood (even though it's a Maaco paint job, too ).

Just do what Z28racer suggested, and your engine bay will look great. One more suggestion would be to delete anything that you don't need/use. Just for comparison, here's my 177,000 mile engine bay, and it looks good. All it needs are ceramic-coated headers and paint, and it'll be perfect. It doesn't take a lot of money, either.

 

update...I took off my insulation and so far I have just cleaned all the dirt I could and shined the hoses.Oh yeah,I also have hood shocks now .Next up is new or good used washer and rad. resovoir bottles.But before I get really into anything like chrome valve covers and paint my engine bay I need a steering gear box cuz mine froze up

 

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I recently pulled off my air cleaner cleaned it up and shot it with some black spray paint worked really well it looks brand new
I also sprayed the plastic peice that covers the hole where the the tpi air cleaner would go
Then I shined up all the plastic with Armor-all Ultra shine
Which worked really well

The top of my engine compartment looks brand new
Now I have to clean the valve covers........fun

 

A few weeks ago I wetsanded the AC filter bottle thingy and all the metal hoses. Then rubbed on some Mother's Mag&Aluminum Polish. Shiny...

 

i still need to steam clean some stuff but i`m in the middle of polishing every piece of metal in my engine bay.screw paint i want mine to shine