heres what happens when u put bordom and a can of engine emamle together. its only a temporary tidy up. the engine coming out and getting a turbo bolted on. so i'l tidy up and respray under bonnet while its out but here's how it sits atm. i sanded all teh paint off the rocke cover but thats as far as i have got. will polish it once engine is out. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by snake new pic, no more fuse box and wiring hidden on the passenger side. battery is going to the boot and other side smoothed soon OMFG!!! That's the cleanest N/A engine bay, I've ever seen, and I thought mine was clean. Sheesh mine looks sh*t compared to that. lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

LP VL nice bay for a quick job, look forward to seeing wat its like when u do it up properly Cant wait to get my new engine in, ill post up some before and after photos then, my bay is definently nothing special atm though thats for sure Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

pre turbo: added a turbo blew a head gasket and now it has no head or turbo: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

just have to say, snake has a mean engine bay, i am looking at moving my washer and overflow tanks to inside the front quarters to tidy the engine bay up and hadn't even thought about doing the fuse rail and battery aswell. doing that with a CAI maybe in a box at the front bar would be sweet!

Quote: Originally Posted by GLD-086 OMFG!!! That's the cleanest N/A engine bay, I've ever seen, and I thought mine was clean. Sheesh mine looks sh*t compared to that. lol lol thanks man...yours is clean i remember seeing it on SC before i even started cleaning mine up. couple of years later and i can't stop cleaning, painting, polishing and relocating things lol thanks to everyone else for their comments i love that gold one, just goes to show no matter how good yours is there's always someone who has spent more and gone to the next extreme. looks awesome though. hopefully mine will be that good in the next year or so Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey ive always wondered what that gold bracket near the temp sensor/top thermostat housing is for. dosnt hold anything and looks ****. whats its purpose?

it's good for pulling the engine in and out. I had mine powdercoated black there is one near piston 6 on the hot side of the motor as well, looks heaps better now.

yeah as jack said they are engine lift points. if you look at mine i have removed them, have them sitting in the shed incase i need them one day to pull the motor out. here's an update pic of mine, now with XF throttle body and modified VN air duct Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

has the XF TB made much difference to the performance? lookn sweet!

Thought I might chuck up a new pic. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by bewsh has the XF TB made much difference to the performance? lookn sweet! thanks. bit hard to tell cos i'm having some idle issues and have put the timing back to standard and don't have the heat shield. but even with standard timing its about the same down low but better up in the revs than it was with standard TB and 20 degree advance in the next week or 2 i'll sort the idle out, shorten the intake pipe, add a heat shield again, advance the timing and add a new fuel pressure reg cos i have a fuel pressure problem. with all that i'm hoping it'll be a lot better than it was. i'll let you know

Hey Whistle, does the twin throttle body give you any more go??? Good job btw. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Here is my attempt, just painted everything black again and cleaned a few little things, but snakes bay is unreal top job Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ok here is my bay, still needs a lot more work but u get the idea how it looks now yea i know its messy atm, but it is goin 2 get a tidy up and more chrome etc Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice na engien bay bossvl! haha

posting a turboed engine in the non turbo section! jeze bossvl u should know better then that how is the old VL coming along? Cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilko16 Here is my attempt, just painted everything black again and cleaned a few little things, but snakes bay is unreal top job thanks mate, yours is looking good too

reviving this thread my engine bay now: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good moggy06, colour coded intake manifold looks great mine has changed quite a lot since that last pic i posted up: new washer bottle, heat shield back in silver timing covers, new leads. pic is dodgey sorry doing the water pump tomorrow so i plan to do some more cleaning up while i'm there. also got many future plans for it including smoothing the drivers side and hiding the wiring. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.