My engine bay

[stainesy]

ok finnished doing the piping on my engine bay now.
now just gota paint the airbox, plug cover and other small black cover.

what do you think so far?

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Photo-00982.jpg

[Niles]

looks clean & tidy mate. Blue isn't my cup of tea but still looks good. Well done.

[stainesy]

looks clean & tidy mate. Blue isn't my cup of tea but still looks good. Well done.

cheers mate yeah there is many reasons iv done it.
it protects wires and pipes against corosion and damage,
it helps to look at the engine and trace pipes when you need to work on them,
and it looks blooody good and tidys it all up.

thats what i think anyway

[t5 pete]

looks well

[siamblue]

Yellow would've been much better to look at keeping it in tune with the car colour,
Different though,

Gary

[stainesy]

Yellow would've been much better to look at keeping it in tune with the car colour,
Different though,

Gary

im doing the plug cover, airbox and other small cover yellow and doing the writting in blue on then.

[t5 pete]

will you be getting a strut brace they make a good difference and also make the engine bay look great

[stainesy]

will you be getting a strut brace they make a good difference and also make the engine bay look great

oh yes that is one of the things on my list to get.

[t5 pete]

there cheeper at volvo than on ebay

[stainesy]

there cheeper at volvo than on ebay

how much are they at volvo then?

[LesRED850R]

oh yes that is one of the things on my list to get.
Get a purple one.... that will make it look good. By theway , the T5R colour is GUL [ swedish for ?? } You may like Carbon Fibre instead of colour on your plug/throttlehttp://www.geminicomposites.com/products/volvo_carbon_throttle_cover.html coverttp://www.geminicomposites.com/products/volvovalve.html You can get yellow in the weave as well , beats acan of enamel any day...
(ttp://www.geminicomposites.com/products/volvovalve.html)

[volvokid]

Now thats a busy engine bay, Looks not to bad though were did you buy the cone hose from?
I'm still at a cross roads with my engine I dont know if i want to keep it red or change it to blue like the speedo,

[LesRED850R]

ok finnished doing the piping on my engine bay now.
now just gota paint the airbox, plug cover and other small black cover.

what do you think so far?

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Photo-00982.jpg Enough of the yellow how about __http://www.geminicomposites.com/products/sroom/volvo850_h_b.html

[stainesy]

Now thats a busy engine bay, Looks not to bad though were did you buy the cone hose from?
I'm still at a cross roads with my engine I dont know if i want to keep it red or change it to blue like the speedo,

i just bought it from ebay it was called an engine dress up kit.

all diferant diamiter size heat resistant condant. there is a choice of colours to.

im going the blue and yellow rout with my engine

[t5 pete]

i think they were £60 when i got one a while ago

[Loz1]

Get a purple one.... that will make it look good. By theway , the T5R colour is GUL [ swedish for ?? } You may like Carbon Fibre instead of colour on your plug/throttlehttp://www.geminicomposites.com/products/volvo_carbon_throttle_cover.html coverttp://www.geminicomposites.com/products/volvovalve.html You can get yellow in the weave as well , beats acan of enamel any day...
(ttp://www.geminicomposites.com/products/volvovalve.html)

Colour 'GUL' is swedish for YELLOW

[pangster]

looks a lot better/tidier! :)

[stainesy]

so have decided to do my plug cover yellow with blue but cant think of what i want on it. im planning on grinding it down to be flat so i can have anything airbrushed onto it but want some ideas on what to airbrush on it.

so come on peeps i want some ideas

i was thinking have it yellow with writting in blue electicity saying T-5 R or something.

but im open to other ideas

[t5 pete]

the air brushing can be done over the lettering and i would probley have the t5r embalem airbrushed on it

[stainesy]

the air brushing can be done over the lettering and i would probley have the t5r embalem airbrushed on it

i no but i want the entire thing arbrushed with one mad design.

my best mate is a great airbrush artist and i want a blank canvas for him to do something special. just not sure what i want yet. need some ideas

[t5 pete]

how about having you car on it

[MIKESC70T5]

STAINESY WUZ ERE or PLEADE DON'T RUIN ME ANYMORE.

[stainesy]

STAINESY WUZ ERE or PLEADE DON'T RUIN ME ANYMORE.

pleade??????? LOL

[stainesy]

how about having you car on it

na my mate has that on his plug cover and i always take the p!ss out of him LOL.

that mean if i ever change the wheels or anything i have to change the pic.

[Tomcat]

Go for what you like, I haven't done my new car yet but it will be getting done soon. You can just paint over the letters on the cover, once you've painted over them they just tend to blend into the background and you don't see them.

If your mate can't do it, let me know and I'll do it for you( I could use the money anway,lol).

[t5 pete]

just had a thought stainsey have a look on the web at airbrushing pics you might find something you like and then just print it off also craig get them splitters made the money is waiting lol

[stainesy]

Go for what you like, I haven't done my new car yet but it will be getting done soon. You can just paint over the letters on the cover, once you've painted over them they just tend to blend into the background and you don't see them.

If your mate can't do it, let me know and I'll do it for you( I could use the money anway,lol).

LOL cheers for the offer mate nut hes gona do it for free LOL.

im thinking maybe black with blue electric/lightning whritting with hints of yellow saying T-5 R

[Tomcat]

also craig get them splitters made the money is waiting lol

I'm working on it, lol....

[siamblue]

Something like this effect would look cool,
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2269765/2/istockphoto_2269765-sweden-flag-icon.jpg

[stainesy]

Something like this effect would look cool,
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2269765/2/istockphoto_2269765-sweden-flag-icon.jpg

actuly yeah maybe with T-5 R written in the yellow bit

[MrMopp]

actuly yeah maybe with T-5 R written in the yellow bit

Is that incase you forget that it is a T-5R? lol ;)

Moppy
x

[stainesy]

as shown in the pic in the first post in this thread i am dressing up my engine bay.

well i have now just won this off ebay. its a polished stainless steel spark plug cover complete with chrome bolts.
what do ya think?

should go well with my engine bay and reflect the blue and yellow nicely

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/5a73_1.jpg

[stainesy]

does anyboy no if vinyl like what car graphics are made from will handle the heat if i put one on the spark plug cover?

[pangster]

another option is to replace factory hoses with braided lines and for those that you can't change then you can use overbraid hoses with coverclamps:

Overbraid lines/hoses:
http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/ekmps/shops/speedflow/resources/Image/111%20over%20braid%2011.07%20compressed.JPG

http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/stainless-steel-overbraid-25-c.asp

Cover clamps:
http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/ekmps/shops/speedflow/resources/Image/150%20hex%20ends%20all%20four%20colours%2011.07%20 compressed%20and%20cropped.JPG

http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/cover-clamps-24-c.asp

Looks very good if done properly:

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n100/NITROTHECAT/DSC01648.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n100/NITROTHECAT/DSC01796.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n100/NITROTHECAT/DSC01794.jpg

[stainesy]

another option is to replace factory hoses with braided lines and for those that you can't change then you can use overbraid hoses with coverclamps:

Overbraid lines/hoses:
http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/ekmps/shops/speedflow/resources/Image/111%20over%20braid%2011.07%20compressed.JPG

http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/stainless-steel-overbraid-25-c.asp

Cover clamps:
http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/ekmps/shops/speedflow/resources/Image/150%20hex%20ends%20all%20four%20colours%2011.07%20 compressed%20and%20cropped.JPG

http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/cover-clamps-24-c.asp

Looks very good if done properly:

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n100/NITROTHECAT/DSC01648.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n100/NITROTHECAT/DSC01796.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n100/NITROTHECAT/DSC01794.jpg

you just have to love the RX7 rotory engine dont you. one of my favorate cars the RX7. love them

[pangster]

you just have to love the RX7 rotory engine dont you. one of my favorate cars the RX7. love them

you do!.. although this was something a little more special than an RX-7:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=362332&f=100&h=0

:wink::biggrin:

[stainesy]

you do!.. although this was something a little more special than an RX-7:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=362332&f=100&h=0

:wink::biggrin:

bloody hell from the pic it realy looked like an RX7 engine bay with a rotory. very nice car altho im not a fan of american cars

[stainesy]

well here is the pic as promist of the fuel rail cover i cleaned up and put a decal on. was hard to get a good pic as sun was bright.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Photo-002.jpg

[850twr]

thats looking good mate, would eat my dinner off that, lol

[stainesy]

thats looking good mate, would eat my dinner off that, lol

cheers mate yeah gona do the engine block next. still waiting for my chrome spark plug cover to turn up. should be here in the morning hopefully

[MIKESC70T5]

This was my old t5r with all the chrome bits attached. There use to be a guy called Wootey on this forum who made all the bits. He still advertises some bits on ebay.
I sugest you try something like autoglym engine cleaner on your engine, it works a treat.

[stainesy]

This was my old t5r with all the chrome bits attached. There use to be a guy called Wootey on this forum who made all the bits. He still advertises some bits on ebay.
I sugest you try something like autoglym engine cleaner on your engine, it works a treat.

oh roght i got some stuff called gunk that i have been told is good to.

[pangster]

depending on how far you're going with engine dressing - then you might want to look into replacing the bolts with anodised versions as well (if you can get them in the correct size/pitch):

pics of anodised bolts:
http://www.bradymotorsports.com/resources/_wsb_640x480_screw01.jpg

http://www.bradymotorsports.com/resources/layout.jpg

Example engine bay (MR2 3SGTE):
http://www.bradymotorsports.com/resources/IMG_0130.jpg

http://www.bradymotorsports.com/resources/IMG_0131.jpg

[stainesy]

got my chrome spark plug cover today. fitted it but had to use old bolts as the ones he sent with it dont fit. cant get the thread started on them. so looks abit odd at the mo so im gona want some nice chrome bolts for it. will take a pic and post it up when it get back from having work done at garage.

[stainesy]

put the chrome spark plug cover today. still need to get some chrome bolts for it tho.

what do you guys think of my engine bay so far then?

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Photo-000jm.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Photo-000jmw.jpg

[jez.w]

Not bad actually, i think the spark plug cover looks good.

[t5 pete]

looks alot better i know you were after the reverse flow intercooler piping and there is some one on here who has put a thread up and is selling it on ebay if your intrested

[cameron]

Is that a brand new one?

How much did you pay for it, if you dont mind me asking ?

Looks good i was watching one on Ebay last week it sold quite cheap but i thought i wouldnt have a volvoso didnt bid for it.

Lee

[t5 pete]

Is that a brand new one?

How much did you pay for it, if you dont mind me asking ?

Looks good i was watching one on Ebay last week it sold quite cheap but i thought i wouldnt have a volvoso didnt bid for it.

Lee

hi lee i think the one on ebay that you saw was this one that stainsey won on ebay

[cameron]

Ah right did it go for sub £20

How much do they cost new ?

Cheers pete

Lee

[stainesy]

Ah right did it go for sub £20

How much do they cost new ?

Cheers pete

Lee

LOL yes mate that was me that won it on ebay last week. got it for £26. dont have a cluse what they are new tbh mate. would be interested to find out tho so i no how much of a bargain i got.

[cameron]

Id say thats a bargain ;0

Lee

[t5 pete]

How much do they cost new ?

Cheers pete

Lee

Hi lee these arnt a off the shelf item there was a lad who made them as a one off so only a few were made

[irf]

tbh, for all the money you've spent making your engine look blue and yellow, i would have got a strut brace(that actually does something) and just given the engine bay a good clean with some elbow grease. just my opinion.

[stainesy]

tbh, for all the money you've spent making your engine look blue and yellow, i would have got a strut brace(that actually does something) and just given the engine bay a good clean with some elbow grease. just my opinion.

well when i get a chance im going to go to town on it and scrub it clean to. strut brace is next on my list.

coming into some money again just before xmas and going to get it serviced, new filters all round, new timing belt, water pump, exhaust, rica and there is bubbly just started to happen down the side of the roof rail on the drivers side gona get that sorted to.