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    Engine bay before and after freshen up

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    After it came out:


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    you could eat ure dinner off that, top work

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    nice mate, what paint did you use for the inlet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5frankie View Post
    nice mate, what paint did you use for the inlet?
    Thanks mate. I think it was Hycote high temp aluminium paint on all of it, including head and cam cover. It was a bit chalky and came off when you rubbed it as it needs to get warm to set properly. A few heat cycles of the engine and it's well and truly baked on now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gavt5 View Post
    you could eat ure dinner off that, top work
    Cheers mate, the bay still needs some bits sorting and is still grubby in places but def looks a lot better.
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    VERY nice, great job you've done there.


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    Thanks Graham, whilst it was apart thought I'd take the opportunity and glad I did now!
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    Well done mate looking sweet

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    Somehow I get the feeling we've all either run out of cash or got to a point where we can't make it go faster, so we resort to cleaning it instead lol (well, that's me any-hoo)

    Looking very nice mate
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    Quote Originally Posted by martinrpeachey View Post
    Somehow I get the feeling we've all either run out of cash or got to a point where we can't make it go faster, so we resort to cleaning it instead lol (well, that's me any-hoo)

    Looking very nice mate
    Well i've definitely ran out of wonga mate but got the MTE map to fit this week so hopefully should break the 300 barrier at last!
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    Tidy, you sure thats not another car lol.

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    Smart job, looks like a great job.


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    Thanks guys! Just itching to get the map on now!
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