engine bay pictures

[charlie 777]

hi there,just wandered if anyone had any pictures of restored engine bays as i am in the process of doing mine and was wandering what sort of standard/levels people go to.Thanx charlie

[Zippee]

Not a Chim but the same engine nonetheless - Andy Hills (mr Sheen) mint V8S, sure he won't mind me showing his car off for him. -

[Dave N500 CHM]

Hi Charlie hope all is well
i saw your engine having its timing done on Saturday.

Thought your engine could do with looking a bit like this when its finished:

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%201.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%202.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%203.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%204.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%205.html

Edited by Dave N500 CHM on Monday 11th June 19:05

[bsdnazz]

Dave N500 CHM said:

Hi Charlie hope all is well
i saw your engine having its timing done on Saturday.

Thought your engine could do with looking a bit like this when its finished:

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%201.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%202.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%203.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%204.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%205.html

Edited by Dave N500 CHM on Monday 11th June 19:05

These pictures should have an engine bay porn warning! I usually manage to clear the
leaves from my engine bay!

[charlie 777]

HI DAVE HOWS THINGS,WAS UP AT POWER AT WEEKEND SAW YOUR DAD,DOM WAS TELLING ME ABOUT INTRCOOLERS FOR THE 4 LITRE ,R THET AVAILABLE YET/ENGINE SET UPS DONE YET AND WHAT SORT OF COST DO YOU THINK IT WILL COST INC INSTALLATION.ALSO WHAT ARE THE POWER GAINS.HOPE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON MATE AT POWER.CHARLIE

[Dave N500 CHM]

You like the look of it then?

Yep we are all well thanks for asking.
Unfortunately we haven't installed an intercooler to a 4ltr yet so we don't know the exact costs and setup.
But I'd imagine there would be a very easy 20 to 30HP gain but could possibly be more than that.

[GreenV8S]

Dave N500 CHM said:

Hi Charlie hope all is well
i saw your engine having its timing done on Saturday.

Thought your engine could do with looking a bit like this when its finished:

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%201.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%202.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%203.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%204.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%205.html

Edited by Dave N500 CHM on Monday 11th June 19:05

How much nicer would that have looked with curves instead of sharp corners?

[charlie 777]

Dave,i do like the look of it when you have more info on it could you let me know the outcome or prehaps while mine is having the supercharger done you could use my car as the 4 litre intercooler development car ,i am sure we could come to some financial arrangement

[VictorMeldrew]

GreenV8S said:

Dave N500 CHM said:

Hi Charlie hope all is well
i saw your engine having its timing done on Saturday.

Thought your engine could do with looking a bit like this when its finished:

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%201.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%202.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%203.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%204.html
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Intercooled%205.html

Edited by Dave N500 CHM on Monday 11th June 19:05

How much nicer would that have looked with curves instead of sharp corners?

Never mind that, how close do the pipe runs get to the Y-piece? Intercooler? Interwarmer at slows speeds methinks.

[GreenV8S]

VictorMeldrew said:

How much nicer would that have looked with curves instead of sharp corners?

Never mind that, how close do the pipe runs get to the Y-piece? Intercooler? Interwarmer at slows speeds methinks.

You could usefully put some lagging around that to keep the exhaust heat away - but after the photos, because it does look very nice and shiny like that. (Just seemed a bit out of character to see those ugly sharp bends in what is otherwise a very nice tidy installation.)

[Dave N500 CHM]

Thought you might like to see these pictures with lagging for the intercooler pipes and air flow meter.

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Lagging%201%20800.html

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Lagging%202%20800.html

http://www.sc-power.co.uk/Lagging%203%20800.html

The pipes still work fine without the lagging though, if your sitting in traffic then in doesn't matter if the air gets any hotter but when you flying round a circuit the air speed in the pipes is just too fast to absorb any extra heat.

There are formed pipes on offer but I've spoken to a few people who actually prefere the look of the fabricated ones. I'll post some pictures of the formed pipes soon.