engine bay before and after pics

[markblack172]

here are a few pics one when i bought the car and one i took today after fitting the new hoses

before

after

 

[The Boosh!]

pmsl. looking good lad!

 

[Willy]

that the same engine bay? awesome

 

[markblack172]

that the same engine bay? awesome

yeah its the same bay
just a little hard work and bout £250 has made it look like this

 

[Paul.]

nice mate. What have you done with the engine cover??? Laquer?(sp)

 

[markblack172]

nice mate. What have you done with the engine cover??? Laquer?(sp)

i asked my mate to paint and laquer it cos it was covered in oil, and he decided to paint the back black too


here's another pic straight on

 

[Curley]

Nice

 

[jesus]

Impressive!

 

[Alastair.]

looks nice

 

[whatisjustis]

Where did you get the covers for the sound proofing?

Really liking that.

 

[Djw Dave]

I really like that! Great work.

 

[markblack172]

Where did you get the covers for the sound proofing?

Really liking that.

the orange cover is the one for the aircon box, its behind the fireproofing (i just ripped it all out and had the manifold wrapped instead of making a new one) and it only cost £50 to have it done whoop whoop :approve:

 

[Vicky.]

Wow, nice work!

 

[mickstoke]

would like to see it photoshopped in other colours too.

 

[Eckascliovalver]

Much better. love the orange hoses.

 

[Timmay]

lot of work gone on there - very tasty indeed

 

[D1CKY]

Looks great mate

the orange cover is the one for the aircon box, its behind the fireproofing (i just ripped it all out and had the manifold wrapped instead of making a new one) and it only cost £50 to have it done whoop whoop :approve:

Sorry if this sounds silly.

What do you mean for the one for the air con box ?

Is that a metal plate thing screwed on top of the original soundproofing ?

Or just the original sound proofing cut out and the bulkhead painted orange ?

 

[markblack172]

Looks great mate



Sorry if this sounds silly.

What do you mean for the one for the air con box ?

Is that a metal plate thing screwed on top of the original soundproofing ?

Or just the original sound proofing cut out and the bulkhead painted orange ?

the sound proofing has been taken out, behind there is a removable pannel so you can get to the air con box, that has been taken out and painted orange

if you need a closer pic i'll take one for you

 

[Jon.L]

They sfs performance hoses? i just ordered my yesterday. how much was the induction hose? looks mint mate. what have you replaced the heat proof mate with at the back?

 

[markblack172]

They sfs performance hoses? i just ordered my yesterday. how much was the induction hose? looks mint mate. what have you replaced the heat proof mate with at the back?

yeah they are sfs hoses, good luck with the heater matrix pipes mine were a b**ch, i f you need a hand pm me and i'll send you my mobile number to tell you the way i did mine,
the heatproofing has been thrown away and i had the manifold wrapped instead, the orange panel is behind the heatproofing (it was originally black but i had it painted)

 

[Jon.L]

o kool cheers mate appreciate that. me best mates a mechanic so should be fine, yer i popped into sfs hoses yesterday proper sound people there. how much did you pay? what mods have you done to get 181.6bhp?

 

[David Ramsey]

What is that around the lid on the power steering bottle?

 

[Ash87]

where did you get your battery cover from mate?

 

[172Ben]

What is that around the lid on the power steering bottle?

Its a sock

Jdm stylee i believe

Looks good mark/

 

[scott1205]

much better that looks mint

 

[D1CKY]

the sound proofing has been taken out, behind there is a removable pannel so you can get to the air con box, that has been taken out and painted orange

if you need a closer pic i'll take one for you

Ah ok i did wander.

A closer pic would be great mate

Cheers

Richard

 

[Dave..]

Very nice! I'll look forward to seeing it at the weekend.

 

[markblack172]

Its a sock

Jdm stylee i believe

Looks good mark/

correct, i have one on the brake fluid res too

 

[markblack172]

where did you get your battery cover from mate?

the battery cover is off a member on here, i just posted in the wanted section for one :approve:

 

[Tigger]

Nice bay there Mark do you know what high-temp paint was used on the plenum?

 

[delusiond]

Looks amazing, Loving the colour btw makes a massive improovement.

 

[Gray]

Nice bay there Mark do you know what high-temp paint was used on the plenum?

The inlet and plenum where powder coated

It runs so cool aswell, along with the PTFE gaskets!

 

[scott1205]

i think it mate its different

 

[Reyes]

Noiice. PH-Pumpkin.

 

[Jonny1*2]

What you spend the 250quid on mark? Looks good. Did you get the exhaust heat wrapped while it was on? or did they have to remove the mani and do it off the car? New gasket etc?

 

[Gray]

It would be a struggle to wrap while on the car!! He had it removed same time as cambelt change...

As for the money side of things, I am sure Mark will confirm later..


SFS hoses £150'ish

Bailey header tank ???

Powdercoating ???

Paint work ???

and the few other little parts he has tidied up.

 

[Jonny1*2]

ah ok. Is it easy to remove the exhaust without having to do anything to the engine?

 

[markblack172]

What you spend the 250quid on mark? Looks good. Did you get the exhaust heat wrapped while it was on? or did they have to remove the mani and do it off the car? New gasket etc?

Silicone hoses £170

Bailey header tank £80 second hand

Powdercoating £80

Battery cover £25

Paintwork £25 Just the cost of paint

Bead blasting on cam cover engine mount and a few other bits £35

Few more bits to be powder coated so i'd say £50

so would be looking closer to £500 than £250

 

[markblack172]

ah ok. Is it easy to remove the exhaust without having to do anything to the engine?

its a total pig to remove from the car

if i'm correct you have to lower the sub frame to get it off, think i paid £50-£70 to have it done (as grey said i had some other work done and paid it all in one £709 so i'm not sure)

 

[Jonny1*2]

Nice one mate, thanks for the info.