Engine bay refurb?, thoughts please

[madasafrog666]

Hi guys, looking to brighten up the engine bay over the winter. I have seen lots of pics on here showing upgrades by different people. The things in order I would like done first are, the exhaust y piece, some pics I have seen chromed which look great, any idea of cost and where to go to get this done?. ( I live in Suffolk ) Also hose upgrade, the blue ones look good in some of the pics I have seen. Again is this buy from a tvr parts place and fit yourself or a garage job.( I'm OK with spanners to a intermediate level). Or if anyone has pics of engine bay refurb that would be great

Thanks

[SILICONE KID]

I did a few bits and bobs but would like to know how to clean the aluminum up ,window wiper motor etc

[dogbucket]

Hose kits are available from various TVR parts places. ACT most notably.

Fitting is fairly straight forward, tricky bit as I understand it is bleeding the system afterwards.

[scotty_d]

As said ACT is the place for hose's

Here is my effort.

Daz as for you wiper motor i tried to polish it up but was getting no where in the end i took it off and painted it looks good now.

Edited by scotty_d on Tuesday 2nd November 22:41

[andy450]

hoses from act (tim at act provides a great service and helpfull) fairly straight forward,bleeding system afterwards is the only tricky bit but well covered on forum/bible(would reccomend changing any component in the cooling system that may be old or suspect as to avoid having to drain/refill/bleed system again at a later date ie:corroded radiator,steel swan neck,otter switch/stat,temp sender),alloy bits polished with autosol metal polish and a lot of time/effort !

Edited by andy450 on Wednesday 3rd November 07:43

Edited by andy450 on Wednesday 3rd November 07:45

Edited by andy450 on Wednesday 3rd November 08:39

[macdeb]

Heres mine proir to Megasquirt and coil packs.

[madasafrog666]

Some great advise and pics, thanks. Keep em comimg. Anyone any thoughts on the y piece chroming?

Madasafrog

[chimaera1855]

i also plan to get ACT hoses pretty soon.nice!!!here my work for now.

[Alexdaredevilz]

You need some more manly manifolds, ive not seen them that small on a chim before

Where did you get them from?

[quattrophenia]

macdeb said:

Heres mine proir to Megasquirt and coil packs.

ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner. Very nice.

[slideways]

Alexdaredevilz said:

You need some more manly manifolds, ive not seen them that small on a chim before

Where did you get them from?

wait till you see mine there tiny

[Alexdaredevilz]

Turbo?

[chimaera1855]

custom made.do u think that it could explain my little lost of power on the dyno???

Alexdaredevilz said:

You need some more manly manifolds, ive not seen them that small on a chim before

Where did you get them from?

Edited by chimaera1855 on Wednesday 3rd November 19:16

[slideways]

Alexdaredevilz said:

Turbo's?

EFA

[SILICONE KID]

How do you remove the wiper motor and where can i get a new rubber for the bracket..I have noticed the honey combe grill near the widscreen does not have the black plastic strip...can i get one of them..Chimaera1885 your Y piece looks spot on ,do you have any cats.

Edited by SILICONE KID on Wednesday 3rd November 19:52

[ralphy12345]

quattrophenia said:

macdeb said:

Heres mine proir to Megasquirt and coil packs.

ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner. Very nice.

And I think I've got a long way to go - yet!!!!

R

[andy450]

ffs "MACDEB",,,,,,,,,,,,i WAS quiet pleased with how mine was comming together and then you post pics of yours and blow my efforts into the weeds.......all joking aside it looks like ive got alot more to do !!!
nice job,, indeed you are the winner SO FAR
cheers

[AlRaven]

Where do you get that braided hose from? is it just covering original tubes or replacing them?

[SILICONE KID]

I puchased some of this,fits tight from 15mm to 28mm.I used standard Jubilee Clips with black rubber from some clamps.Im not sure about covering all the pipes in the braid it looks a bit to much..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-Braid-Radiat...

[chimaera1855]

hi DaZ tks for the compliment.no more cats.i dont even understand why they put them at the first place.here people dont care about noise or polution at all.

SILICONE KID said:

How do you remove the wiper motor and where can i get a new rubber for the bracket..I have noticed the honey combe grill near the widscreen does not have the black plastic strip...can i get one of them..Chimaera1885 your Y piece looks spot on ,do you have any cats.

Edited by SILICONE KID on Wednesday 3rd November 19:52