My Engine Bay Transformation in Pics:

[makavelli]

I thought i would post up a mini timeline to show how my engine bay has changed in my 12months of 182 ownership

It may interest you, it may not:

Standard bay:

First Mod was an ebay carbon effect battery cover and a carbon fibre engine cover bought off cs :

I then added the strut brace when i got the coilovers and bought an ITG panel filter:

Next came the hillpower silicone elbow and strut top covers:

In the new year i bought a viper:

I then got sore fingers polishing the inlet pipes and fuel rail guard:

Then came the big change, i bought a maxogen (which has proved to be far superior to the viper imo), bought a polished and matched manifold off ali (cheers matey) and i painted the top of the plenham black! i also sold the carbon cover to patty:

I had to buy a new hillpower bend off nick as my other one was too short for the maxogen, dave bought my old one :

and then we arrive at the finished article (for now lol) the standard cover was painted panther black and candy red and the strut brace was painted panther black by mark

all i need to do now is touch up the paint on the plenham and sort out a remap

andy

 

[Maz]

Nice one Andy ..

 

[Tim]

looking good .

so you can do mine now then . lol

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Nice one mate . Looks good ( for now ) , lol . What other plans you got ?

 

[Leeshez]

Looking good

 

[Clarkie172]

how many times u changed it?lol
looks best in 6th pic i reckon

 

[Neil G]

Nice

Engine looks much better with the cover off

 

[makavelli]

Nice one mate . Looks good ( for now ) , lol . What other plans you got ?

no other plans as of yet, but im sure something with change again soon lol

 

[makavelli]

Nice

Engine looks much better with the cover off

i like it off and on lol

luckily the inlet plenham is nicely polished so i can chop and change the engine cover depending how i feel lol

 

[makavelli]

if any1 has any ideas of what else i can do then that would be appreciated

 

[Ash87]

Is that still the carbon battery cover off ebay? are they any good ie: real carbon or a good look-e-like, cus i was thinking of getting one. thanks

 

[makavelli]

Is that still the carbon battery cover off ebay? are they any good ie: real carbon or a good look-e-like, cus i was thinking of getting one. thanks

yeah it is matey, it grp with a carbon weave pattern on it! imo it looks really good and is a bargain at a tenner

after hearing about some of the incidents that people have had with chrome covers sparking out the battery, im gld i got a plastic one lol

 

[Alan]

Spot on mate...

If you dont mind me asking how much was the hill power bend..??

 

[Middo]

edited: dont you hate it when explorer doesnt refresh lol

 

[Ash87]

cool thanks guys going to have a search now for one bay looks great by the way!

 

[makavelli]

Spot on mate...

If you dont mind me asking how much was the hill power bend..??

not cheap, it cost 54quid including postage and cs discount

 

[R20 CWH]

guid work there, like it with the engine cover off

 

[Alan]

not cheap, it cost 54quid including postage and cs discount

Not bad IMO...i'll get one when i come back from hols....do they come in black too?

 

[patty]

the cf engine cover looks nice

 

[makavelli]

Not bad IMO...i'll get one when i come back from hols....do they come in black too?

yep black yellow blue and red iirc

 

[leeds_182]

That is a true transformation.

 

[LegoHead]

Looking good mate, but mine is gonna be shinier.

Here is a taster....

 

[Nebdingo]

liking it.... well done matee

 

[makavelli]

Looking good mate, but mine is gonna be shinier.

Here is a taster....

looking good dave
to be honest ive neglected the polishing havent got the energy lol

 

[LegoHead]

looking good dave
to be honest ive neglected the polishing havent got the energy lol

It's beginning to piss me off a little too. I cant find anywhere that I can sit for 3 or 4 hours with a drill constantly on without people shouting at me.lol.:dapprove:

 

[caymanr26]

what sort of heads are you using n the drill Dave??

 

[Gaz_]

looking good there!!! interesting comment about the viper, i hated mine and went to a panel filter....... so you like the maxogen?

 

[Maz]

It's beginning to piss me off a little too. I cant find anywhere that I can sit for 3 or 4 hours with a drill constantly on without people shouting at me.lol.:dapprove:

Come to my house and do mine I won't shout at you :rasp: I will even pay you and wait on you hand and foot lol

 

[makavelli]

looking good there!!! interesting comment about the viper, i hated mine and went to a panel filter....... so you like the maxogen?

im really impressed with the maxogen the viper gave me a flat spot aroound 3-5k and it felt like the low down torque was gone

the maxogen has no flat spots and it feels like the torque has returned

in my opinion a panel filter is better value for money but i got the maxogen at 6months old for 100 notes so im not complaining lol

i think it wil come into its element when i get a remap at the end of the month as that should get the matched inlets, maxogen, decat and exhaust all running at their optimum

andy

 

[LegoHead]

Come to my house and do mine I won't shout at you :rasp: I will even pay you and wait on you hand and foot lol

Ok cool, am free weekdays at the moment, apart from jobhunting I'm not doing alot.

 

[LegoHead]

I wouldnt mind trying a maxogen..... I am wondering could we meet up and try out each other filters and see if there is really any difference?

 

[makavelli]

I wouldnt mind trying a maxogen..... I am wondering could we meet up and try out each other filters and see if there is really any difference?

im sure that could be arranged as long as you let me have it back lol

 

[KyleB]

love the engine cover, great progress pictures though

 

[Mells]

nice one mate.

 

[chadhele]

looks good wish i could get mk1 2 look like that