Tidying up the engine bay..

[greyhulk]

Since seeing Andy's immaculate V8S engine bay at the NEC classic car show ive been on a mission to tidy my S1's up!
Love abit of detailing so heres a before & after (im not finished yet but its getting there.) Feel free to post up your own engine bay im intrigued to see how people have got theres & can get a few ideas of course


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Things to do:
-Move ignition coil away from plenum
-Fit the new chrome rocker covers
-ponder over stainless steel swirl pot & water pipes
-changeover any perished rubber pipes
-upgrade few different bolts to stainless steel

Could anyone tell me what size the engine block bolts are please? i saw one with stainless cap head bolts & it looked alot neater (i have them already for the rocker covers)

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Edited by greyhulk on Friday 15th January 13:37

[greyhulk]

oh now thats what you call an engine bay! shiny bolts very neat. The engine block looks awesome in blue i wanted to get mine in a chrome looking finish, was it a heat resistant powder coat? btw where did you get the 'TVR badge' for the engine block?

Edited by greyhulk on Friday 15th January 14:07

[greyhulk]

Oh I haven't seen alan461's, I shall await a post

[greyhulk]

Try 'freepicresize' i use it alot when my file size is too big to upload on here. Oh I'll move my ignition coil there too then, sounds easy enough. Find the magnecors abit pricey i got my blue ht leads from 'burton power' for around £40. Was looking at the stainless manifolds & swirl pot on act, maybe next year

[greyhulk]

blimey is that a 'before' barry? looks pretty tidy, nice bit of silicon work too, have you made any further changes to it?
@drak ula noticed you got rid of the air ducting, actually looks alot neater without them, i see what you mean about the manifolds mine are looking abit unsightly too but £423 exc vat & delivery for some stainless steel ones P.S go with the red ht leads

Edited by greyhulk on Saturday 16th January 11:13

[greyhulk]

v8s4me said:

Engine bay porn....love it

Now that's a fine example of British engine porn right there very tidy, the more I see these stainless swirlpots the more I think I should of got one when I done coolant change

[greyhulk]

looking very neat phillpot, nice finish on the rocker covers too! i see you've relocated the fusebox.. mines a pissing nightmare to get to under the passenger footwell , the s/steel swirl pot looks excellent im regretting not purchasing one
btw what motor is that drak?

Edited by greyhulk on Saturday 16th January 15:46

[greyhulk]

Just a little update on the ol engine bay..
-Ignition coil moved from plenum
-Few silicon hoses added
-Tidied up a few old rusty jubilee clips, nuts & bolts
-Detailed the Plenum
-Powder chromed rocker covers on

Next on the list will be stainless steel manifolds from act & nice shiny water pipes

[greyhulk]

RayTVR said:

Nice,

I've been thinking of some stainless manifolds but the though of wrestling those rather rusty bolts terrifies me. Having just spent two days extracting a snapped bolt form the block, I may leave this one for a while.

cheers Ray, sounds like a nightmare, I took one look at my manifold bolts & decided id just hand it over to a mechanic to do later on in the year

[greyhulk]

glenrobbo said:

Start soaking those manifold bolts with PlusGas evert few days for the next couple of months then!

Top tip there Glen, think i may start 6months in advance looking at the state of my manifolds bolts

[greyhulk]

Nice & tidy fozzy, gotta love abit of engine porn

[greyhulk]

Such a big improvement from the rusty bucket cast iron ones, did you get yours from act?
I'm still debating whether to fork out £500 for them plus new bolts, gaskets etc

[greyhulk]

Nice one Paul, will check them out on racetech. Was there much price difference?

[greyhulk]

Just had a look, they actually don't have them for the 2.8 only the 2.9 s2, but i think I will go for them end of the year from act, notice any performance changes?

I'm the same as you only done about 90 miles since I bought it June last year!
Considering front brake upgrade (and rear) just not sure what discs to go for & calipers etc

[greyhulk]

This topic will be very usefull when I get round to changing the manifolds, some great advice. Cheers gents & Titanium m8's

The cost for ss manifolds with downpipes & manifold gaskets is decent, its the darn VAT added on to them is what bumps the price up

[greyhulk]

PotlessPaul said:

You can save yourself a few quid by getting the gaskets from gaskets for classics, they are on fleabay.

Thanks Paul, appreciated. Ill get some on order ready for the big changeover

[greyhulk]

I can't remember without actually looking at my manifolds but do I need 4 or 6 gaskets? (For the S1 2.8)

Steve

[greyhulk]

phillpot said:

4

Ah I ordered the right ones after all, thanks.

[greenranger]

Well it would be rude not to after i started this topic just over a year ago...



"Treat em mean, keep em green"

[greenranger]

glenrobbo said:

Looking good there Greengo!

El hombré verde!

cheers glen, be a great numberplate that 'Gr33 NG0'