Author Topic: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE June.8th!!!  (Read 4110 times)

Offline Mike Hewitt

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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2009, 09:34:18 pm »
Everyone's hatin on the EGR block off :P

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Offline Mike Hewitt

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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2009, 10:17:04 pm »
Well there has been some major progression done if you ask me!

There has been quite a bit of sandblasting\prepping\cleaning going on with my parts that are going to be getting powdercoated so here is a little update..

As a reference to some descriptions below I am going with these 2 colors mainly;

Black Chrome:  Not my pipes though.

Red:

My intake before:

The intake after cleaning\fixing\trueing up the lettering:

Also with that intake it is going to be a Black Chrome color(Amazing color by the way) while the lettering will be getting all taped off and coated with the red that I will be doing in my engine bay. Those pics will be up when it has been done!

Next on the list is my BOV, because I have the OLD style HKS BOV, it is possible to take it completely apart very easily and have it powdercoated as well. The BOV will be going with the same paint scheme as the Intake (Black\Red) So here is a couple pics:

Cleaned up:

Prepped for coating:

I also have my water neck being coated so here is a pic of it all cleaned up:

My Upper intercooler piping was what you could call kind of a mess, so I had a custom pipe made to the exact specs of what I had it connected with via couplers and such:



Also had the BOV flange cleaned up, can't really tell in this pic but this is a middle stage pic of the UICP:

I am going to cover some hoses, like rad hoses, some vacuum lines and such with this nifty kit:

Well that's the update for today, There are a few more parts being coated also, as well as a few more on the list to get sent down. Have the perfect person working on my parts and they are very easy to work with so as time goes on, the bay will get to be looking nicer. I have not been able to do much more with parts in the engine bay as the weather has not been the greatest up here in PG. Just got 11cm of snow last night! :p
« Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 12:30:54 pm by Mike Hewitt »
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2009, 10:56:47 am »
Well I was a little late on the last update, but I JUST got these pics so up they go! This is some of the smaller Black Chrome parts..



« Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 12:26:24 pm by Mike Hewitt »
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #18 on: December 07, 2009, 12:32:17 pm »
Updated\Fixed pics!
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2009, 06:18:22 pm »
that stuff looks great!  Sheela do it for ya?
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2009, 06:25:27 pm »
thats a sexy little number cant wait to see it done. it will look great.
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2009, 07:55:33 pm »
John, yes Sheela is the one doing all the work! Doing a he'll of a job too!!

I should have one more pic up later tonight that I am actually pretty stoked about.

I can't wait till spring when things can fully get back together and the engine bay is 'finished'
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2009, 10:18:13 pm »
Well here's a couple pics, nothing has been clear coated as of yet..

The Lower IC set up


This BOV and my Intake are easily my fav parts of this project.. Red on black I think is amazing! Clear coat will also bring out the red on the black a lot more..

« Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 10:20:00 pm by Mike Hewitt »
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2009, 11:55:59 pm »
WOW!  thats going to look amazing once its done!
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2009, 11:03:04 am »
Looks incredible so far, hurry up and finish it!   ;D

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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2009, 10:11:09 pm »
Well it won't be 'done' till spring :( taking my time on everything and doing a little engine work..
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Offline Sy Haw Wong

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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2009, 10:54:06 am »
Wow.

Props.  The parts look great.  All professionally coated.  Good job Sheela ~!!!

Can't wait till you have your engine put together in Spring.  Think you will be ready for possibly the BCDSM Spring Meet??  :)
« Last Edit: December 10, 2009, 11:00:46 am by Sy Haw Wong »

Offline Mike Hewitt

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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.07
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2009, 09:13:24 pm »
I am hoping do be able to complete everything by spring but who knows. Hard to work outside with a 'costco garage' tent thing and a propane heater at -10 and colder lol
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Dec.28
« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2009, 08:20:46 pm »
Well there's been some more progress  :) All these pipes are prepped and ready for being powder coated the red!

This pipe used to have a blue 90 degree couple connecting the two pipes together, but is now one piece.


The BOV flange, used to have 4 holes, Stock flange re-drilled to the Greddy flange holes, which actually also fit the OLD style HKS BOV, mentioned a couple posts up.



« Last Edit: December 28, 2009, 08:23:31 pm by Mike Hewitt »
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Re: My Engine Bay Transformation..UPDATE Jan.13
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2010, 09:57:00 pm »
Well here's a couple updated pics. Heat shields have been sand blasted amateur-ly by me, and professionaly by Sheela and her crew(much nice job) as well as some metal added in places to make it structurally stronger.



Heat shields have been coated with super high temp powder, this also made the heat shields much stronger!



I think I prefer the stock shields over some of the after market ones out there just to give it that 'undercover' look :P

Well that's the update for the week...so far!

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