I decided to make an engine bay thread for everyone to post pics of their engine bays. This can be used for people to get ideas or just to see how f-ing clean theres SHOULD be... See, I've searched to find pics of engine bays but have to go from thread to thread and since there is not just one thread dedicated to bays... I'll start it off with a dirty, work-in-progress...
And again... sorry about the blurry



Cleaned the battery... (sorta)


and another of the Valve cover...

 

Your engine bay looks SOOO dirty in picture 3. What have you been doing, taking that thing off road?

Here's mine after I pressure washed it. (no headers, anyone wanna photoshop those in? :P)

 

 

Early stages:



1200 deg ceramic primer, gloss black paint and clear coat:




The painted trim, engine needs cleaned more:






Letters need painted, and new chrome A needs installed, got more to do first




Still under construction, new radiator and tranny cooler:


Stay tuned, lots more work being done in the EB, more work done to engine trim, more painting of parts and battery trays, painting a/c condensor, new radiator overflow tank, tb spacer, new igntion system, strut bar, UR pullies, Yellow Top Optima will return, new batt terminals, big 3 black 4 gauge wire kit for charging wires, V 6 P ground kit, ceramic headers, the list goes on.



And as always, a few surprises

 

First stages w/CAI, MSD ignition, Hottwires, 4 awg power wire for amps

Now here are some pictures with the headers. This is pretty much how she looks now. I don't really have any more plans with her besides finish the outside (front lip, painted stock sides, and rear lip)

 

without headers...


and with

 

that's a thickass strut bar you got there klepto

 

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You 2.2L and 2.3L guys realize you have a "header" and not "headers" right?

 

130k miles

 

Looks fantastic!

 

wow at mach's engine bay

 

wow it looks like its right out of the factory.

 

Hot damn that is the cleanest 3.0 bay I've EVER seen

 

Mr. Steve are you talking smack on the 2.3's.....

 

yo mach wut u use to clean yur engine that shit is gleemin!!

 

AYE!!... just noticed that... I think i just threw up a little bit... gross!!!

I dont know how to get in all those cracks... well yea i do but i just havent had the time

Engine Degreaser....

 

 

If I was would it start some sort of turf war between J-series and the 2.3L powerplant? Relax.

I was making a joke. Multiple people with inline-4 cylinder motors said they did or did not have "headers". Headers being plural. An inline-4 cylinder motor only has one header.

 

I love the Azine sticker on the driver side headlight

 

Thanks for the compliments, it took a pretty decent amount of time to get it like that. I try and clean it once a year to keep it from getting too bad.

I used a tire brush, tooth brush, microfiber towels. Removed all plastic pieces and intake box and cleaned them seperately. This obviously allows better access to hard to reach places. I used diluted simple green only as a degreaser since it wasn't that dirty to begin with. Then armol tire foam to clean and shine at the end. I used alot of it, pretty much the whole can. After cleaning with simple green, i sprayed the entire engine with foam, let sit, brushed then sprayed off. I then worked in small sections of the engine bay to ensure i didn't miss much. I'd spray that area with foam clean it with the toothbrush then spray off, repeat until entire engine is cleaned. Finally spray the whole engine down with tire foam (Until you can barely see it) and let it site for a few hours. I then went back with a clean micro fiber town and wiped down the whole engine so it wasn't too too shine.

 

nothing too spectacular, but here it is

 

Columbia eh...i actually fly over there all the time reporting traffic ect....

usually over 32/29/95 area's.

While i'm off topic nice avatar too.

 

Can you call me when there's shitty traffic?

I live right off 32 between 29 and 95.

 

Where's the G22?

 

Damn all these hawt bays!!

Shiney header(s)!

Damn must resist spending more $$

 

 

too much frame damage that nobody wants to do it............ I think it'll stop there too, this things been through too much especially in that front clip...........

so yeah in the end it was just a dream thats flown on past

 

Stainless FTW, I like that look, ceramic coated is just so plain, but is good in function

 

pretty muchbone stock other then basic bolt on
intake exhuast

 

you like photoshop too much...

looks sick though... Is that the eBay intake? looks just like mine...

 

And once again...






When i first got first gen:





And my J32A2...

 

sorry for whoring... haha

 

yep $16 shipped ebay intake, no such thing as too much photoshop lol

 

damn... you got yours for 14 less than me... f that

 

What brand of ceramic paint is that?
What brand of Headers are you looking at?
Thanks!

 

quite a few months ago, no real mods... except now a non-working crank position sensor and a burned/crushed catalytic conv.

 

mines dirty..