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Aidan-Fleming
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27th Jul 12 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well guys this is my redtop engine. as you can see it looks hideous! Anyone have any ideas or pointers to change or to make it look better?



This is the outside which i think looks sweet.
jayy.cfg
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27th Jul 12 at 21:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
relocate the battery (give it some space)
coloured silicone piping
resprayed cam cover & spark plug cover
Aidan-Fleming
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27th Jul 12 at 21:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Relocate battery to where? lol as need 5 seats. You know how to?
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27th Jul 12 at 22:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
First thing I'd do is tidy up the wiring. Looks shocking around the battery, with wires going across the top of the firewall etc.
Aidan-Fleming
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27th Jul 12 at 22:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah totally, the wires really annoy me! I see emgine bays and they have fuck all wires anywhere and i dunno how they do it. :S
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27th Jul 12 at 22:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well you've got two power cables going behind/over the firewall - where do they go? Could they not pass through a grommet?
Aidan-Fleming
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27th Jul 12 at 22:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There for the fan so its on a switch. Can easy move them. But its the ones that are all on the battery, the brown ones :/
Nic Barnes
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28th Jul 12 at 11:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
there is a lot of wires going on there!!

remove that pas bottle bracket and the pipe thats there connected to nothing, assume thats the overflow pipe to the bottle for the pas? then just pick a section of wires, or hose and see what you can do with it. took me ages to sort the engine bay and engine loom on my car, although i did it when the engine was out.
Aidan-Fleming
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28th Jul 12 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There is indeed nick. I hate it!!
Whats the pas bottle? Powerin steering? I dont have power steering :/ lol
Aidan-Fleming
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28th Jul 12 at 12:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ooh the bracket at the right hand side. That for the power steerin fluid? Ill take that off.
Nic Barnes
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in fact id guess you still have all the pas pipes in the bay yet no power steering? id remove all of them, save some weight as well......lol
Aidan-Fleming
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28th Jul 12 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah i do indeed haha! There just dangling lol
Nic Barnes
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another minor thing, but the pipe that is the breather from the inlet manifold to the header tank, it runs over the top of the inlet in your pic, should be able to remove it and run it under the inlet manifold. less things running over other things the neater it looks.
Aidan-Fleming
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28th Jul 12 at 12:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh yeah true, ill do that thanks
Aidan-Fleming
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28th Jul 12 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thought id try my first photoshop lol
Will94
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29th Jul 12 at 10:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Respray rocker cover & plug cover, some new hoses, new water bottle (cheap off ebay) and jus general tidy up like clean down all the remaining pipes and loom up the cables.
Outside is looking sweet tho man
Aidan-Fleming
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Yeah i know have a white rocker, with a different spark cover, wash my bay today so looks alot cleaner. but yeah gonna get some roose hoses! looked on ebay for new bottle but cant find any. thanks mate
Will94
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-CORSA-B-TIGRA-A-EXPANSION-RADIATOR-TANK-CAP-/290679927141?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43addfb165
RKS
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29th Jul 12 at 18:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you could start by giving it a good clean, will look loads better with minimal cost.
Aidan-Fleming
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29th Jul 12 at 18:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh thanks for the link!! Do you of anything else i can get brand new? What about tht battery covers? Other bottles?
Jed D
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29th Jul 12 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take out the 'redtop' and put a V6 in
Aidan-Fleming
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29th Jul 12 at 19:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
V6, you serious lol!! Far to heavy!
Aidan-Fleming
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29th Jul 12 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After a wash
JaffaTB
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29th Jul 12 at 21:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks better already pal
Generation
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Just go Out and start cleaning and moving wires tucking them. It'll soon make sense.

Look another people's bays for ideas, plenty on here.

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