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mav
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23rd Nov 03 at 14:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Spent yesterday cleaning engine.....
Was hrd work..
Cover and that need painted as can clean no more as taken silver off.

A few bits came up well..

Goin to get few shiny bits and some hoses I think and get the 2 covers painted up......





a few bad pics off my phone.



[Edited on 23-11-2003 by mav]

[Edited on 23-11-2003 by mav]
MattyB
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Looks good mate, but......

U really wanna get a larger diameter cold air feed, preferably made from a metallic material like alumiunium.

That rubber/plastic flexible hose you have there is just absorbing heat, and transferring it to the air passing thru.

ALthough u got the right idea with the alu surround

Matt
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looks good mate

you know the inlet manifold bit - the bit that still a little yellow - i managed to clean mine up to bright silver by using some sugar soap and a wire brush - worked a treat

MattyB
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Alternatively, spray it silver with some high temp paint! :s

but yes, sugar soap wud be easier

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where did u get that aluminium from and how did u get it to wrap round your cone, does this improve perforence?
Sooty
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I think he DIY made it... the performance gains would be negligble, just improve engine breathing, maybe a bit better responsive
mav
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quote:
Originally posted by M4tt
looks good mate

you know the inlet manifold bit - the bit that still a little yellow - i managed to clean mine up to bright silver by using some sugar soap and a wire brush - worked a treat



i had autoglym engine cleaner and thats as good as I could get it wo that..But i'll try your idea...

The alloy heatshield was made for chris bingham off here..got it off him...When bonnet down seals to the under bonnet insulation..keeps some heat out..seems to do the trick..

And yeah need a bigger feed into it...

cheers for the comments..
goin to spray cover too...............in rio verde I think...
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23rd Nov 03 at 16:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
To clean the inlet manifold i used a wire brush attanchment on a cordless or power drill worked very well . Looking better Mav matey
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cheers Des..

that was just the 1st stage...goin to do more I reckon....
M4tt
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yeah i painted my cover red ( to go with ma car)

but the sugar soap and wire brush worked really well - my car had 90K of crap on the engine....
Skinner
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i used scothbrite (sp) it seemed 2 work well on mine
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Lookin good Mav.
Wanna do mine now?
mav
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cheers ppl..

yeah dav for a price hard work like..

stoney will come down and do it for a crate of tennents...

yeah deffo goin to get cover sprayed
some coloured hoses
chrome batt cover maybe.
bonnet lifters
see what else...after crimbo like....

i will try your ideas on the inlet cover...
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mine came out like this after a few hours of polishing...



worked out pretty well I reckon...
mav
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a nice red cross m8...
CorsAsh
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ah crap.
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wots sugar soap ? where i get it
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23rd Nov 03 at 23:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Crate of Tennents ............ Burp Slurp
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sugar soap is used to clean walls before you paint them. You will probably be able to buy it from B&Q
I think i will try cleaning my manifold tomorrow with this!
Chris Bingham
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I cleaned the Corsa engine bay with a steam cleaner, brought it up great. Mum wasn't happy when she cleaned the carpet and there was oil over the end of it though...


Re Mavs heat sheild, it is a custom one-off that was made for my Corsa. Took ages to make from what I'm told and it did the trick. 105.5 bhp out a 1.4 16v Sport can't be bad.
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nice mate
mav
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cheers peeps..

and cheers chris....

 
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