Wannu tidy up the bay

[VIICarCare]

Well guys, I have missed not playing with an accessable engine bay! Now I have a sport again (front engined anyway) I want to tidy her up as much as possible.

So what it easy enough to do & won't effect my insurance? I don't want engine mods like induction kits etc.

I have the top manifold bit coming, part polsihed thanks to 1inamillion, which I have plans for along with the engine cover.

Battery cover? Bits like that?

Cheers

 

[Daniel]

If it was me, i'd remove the inlet manifold, paint the rocker cover silver, polish up the inlet manifold and fuel rail guard, fit some new top mounts (They go rusty) and give it a bloody good clean.

Here's some inspiration for you...

 

[VIICarCare]

mmmmm, SHINY!!!!!!!

I wannu polish up that bit just under the manifol, what is it & how much are they? Are they a pain to swap over?

Cheers, thats helped loads.

 

[Daniel]

Fuel rail guard? They're normally about £20 posted in the for sale section.

couple of deep 10mm nuts to get it off, dead easy.

 

[VIICarCare]

aahh, thanks Dan

Are they different on the 172 to the 182?

 

[craigt]

Man that is sexy.

 

[Daniel]

Exactly the same dawn. ph1/ph2 172 and 182's all have the same one.

(assuming we are talking about the long rectangle bit with 3 holes in the pic above?)

 

[VIICarCare]

ha ha, yes!

cheers very much x

 

[1812lsd]

You could do this, nice and cheap and tidys up the neg terminal a lot.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...od-mod-theme&p=8344763&viewfull=1#post8344763

 

[Fred@BTM]

polishing up the plenum - yes it looks pretty, but technically you are making the surface area of the material less therefore = hotter inlet temp = worse performance

 

[Rob]

Does that mean painting it technically enhances performance?

 

[Fred@BTM]

nope!, leave it the f**k alone!

 

[mr.pink87]

Technically the gases flow through the plenum quite quick having not that much time to exchange thermal energy with the plenum. A reason why PTFE inlet gaskets are useless.

 

[Fred@BTM]

take the car for a good long drive, then turn off the engine and put your hands on your polished plenum, let me know how long you can hold them on there for

 

[mr.pink87]

Do the same with a non-polished plenum and measure the time. Or be precise and measure the surface temperature. These few °K will make f**k all difference.

 

[Rob]

Well surely the paint would only make it thicker, meaning you'd have even less heat build up.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i dunno, i have seen 17degC (from memory, i have the details on my work laptop) difference on my fancy laser wotsit, that's a fair chunk of heat to "get rid of"

EDIT hang on just checked my old e-mails

 

[hill_power_clio]

And when the air is going through more slowly they work better?
and to reduce overall heat build up in the plenum they work better?
plus they last god knows how much longer and seal better than standard....

Fred is right..

 

[MartinR]

Courtesy of Dan evo

 

[roberto.]

^ that looks f**king epic!