turbo/random engine bay pics (poorly taken)

 

Heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!

 

lol yeah... i cant seem to photograph it well its a neon pink... very florescent...

more attempts to capture the true color... look more at the turbo.. thats more the color it really is...

 

U forgot to powder coat the custom ast delete nut cork

 

hahaha **** you!!!

 

crazy colour scheme cool.

You thinking about getting an idler pulley though, i highly recommend it. The larger pulley does work ok and prevent slippage for some time but the grooves in it over time wear out.

Adding an idler pulley also allows you to purchase a standard belt off the shelf too

 

thanks! yeah i know its on my list of mods to do!!!

 

gee whiz! awesome

 

^^^ ahha funny when i saw your car i wanted to take apart my block just to paint it something cool like yours haha LOVE the purple.. is it a paint?

 

no big update... my friend came today and finally got my old *** vintage oven wired up! so the car should be done getting powdercoated by the end of this week!

heres a pic of my ghetto booth lol...
only parts powder coated today were, one IC pipe, and Greddy elbow

 

I like the gold touch. No comment on the pink.

 

Looks awesome bro. From what I remembered you were considering the LSX Swap. What happened? The pink is pretty kick ***.

 

Is there a story behind the pink?

 

"Cute" is the only word that comes to mind.

 

U have to be careful not to go overboard with a color like that... Sometimes being more subtle with a color makes it stand out even more. Pink is a great color against black.

-Austin

 

Do hose clamps take to powder coating very well? That would be a nice touch

 

hahaha thank you!

yea the short block is high temp purple paint.. but the alt is lolipop purple.. and i plan on getting the manifolds painted the same color , along with some other goodies soon

you inspired me to get my lazy booty to doing poo again on my motor hahaha..

keep it up.. im subscribed

 

hahah thanks... like i said the pink is deffinately a love it or hate it... gold was done to all the suspension when i first stripped it, but its too subtle for me...

thanks! yeah i was considering the lsx when i first bought the car... i kinda backed out because i wasnt mechanically inclined enough to pursue it, and initially it costed more then i thought it would.. gotta remember, i learned EVERYTHING i know from taking the 7 apart and putting it back together... now i feel comfortable working on cars... so if i had what i knew back then, id be more willing to do it... but i do wanna make an lsx fc in the future!

ps faded i remember u off the v8rx7forums as well... you were like one of the beginning inspirations to my car... im pretty sure u were the reason i bought a sandblaster hahaha... and you have the like candy/metalic blue powdercoated stuff right??? hows ur car going? that **** was CLEAN.

eh not really, wanted something fruity to set me aside from everyone else.. just wanted something crazy and outrageous.. hahah

haha, like i keep complaining, the pictures really dont do justice... with the flash on it looks gay and "babyish/pastel" pastel looking... but in person its flourencent. its pretty ganster. im hoping to be able to make it to the carlisi meet so maybe after people see it in person they can back me up on the fruitiness either way i like it!

yeah im definitely aware of that... my problem is pretty much everything in the bay is black so only the pink stuff pops which makes it look kinda wierd? as far as what im powdercoating, its the typical stuff everyone paints their "color scheme"
IC piping
greddy elbow
pullies
torque brace
turbo
UIM

anything else that is powder coated it either mirror black or reflective chrome... and some gold here and there lol...

yeah i was toying with the idea... what color were u thinking? i know for my car specifically black would be the only color to work... may give it a try, but off the top of my head it looks tedious...

thats dopeee, whered u get the high temp purple like that? i couldnt find ANYTHING cool in spray can form so i leaped to get a powder coater lol...

good to hear, get that car up an running! ps anytime u (or ur buddy) wanna get rid of those te37 on your car lmk

 

my ballerrrrrrr motormounts


boo yahhh, thanks rich for raffling off motor mounts at dgrr, now my cars got some nice perrty IRP poly urethane mountss


paint top hats of one rotor.... rain out of paint...


prepped caliper awaiting paint!

 

So today i finally man'ed up and did the oil pan. NEVER will i ever do it again on my back. doing it solo, holding the pan in place, trying to screw the studs in then bolts... HEADACHE. especially with all my deletes, idk why i didnt pull my motor. oil pan too majority of the day... but got some stuff done..

more bakinggggggg


rear brakes coming together! i LOVE this hehe


failed attempt to take a pic of my oil pan + banzai brace..... BUT this picture just goes to show how bright the pink is




To Do List... (just ordered more powder/ceramic)
need to get coilovers from scrub

Paint
subframe?

powdercoat
3/4 of rear calipers
front calipers
2 rotors
UIM

ceramic coat
LIM
turbo hotside
manifold (if enough ceramic)

put everything back together!

other things that need to be done on the side
add my quiet coat (fenders, under fender, maybe bumper)
respray ALL interior plastic
install/wire hella horns
finish install EBC
reduce exhaust from 4" to 3" from downpipe back...
heat wrap exhaust

 

powder coating hose clamps

I was thinking either pink to stick with the theme, would look good over the black couplers. Or the mirror black finish would be cool.

Maybe switch to all T-bolt clamps as well, they look better regardless, and also probably easier to power coat, and more durable afterwards (with the normal hose clamps the screw mechanism would probably scrape off a good deal of the coating on the first installation.

 

hmm pink clamps would be over kill imo.... well see when im done... ill do some photoshopin...

ps ive already have t-bolt clamps since ive been single

 

aPINK MEANS DANGER!!!!

 

hahahha guess ill be riding in the DANGER ZONE, highway in to the DANGER ZONEEEEEEEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESu_pKN9sC0&feature=related

 

need some opinions for rims...

looking between the enkei rpf1 or 5zigen fn01rc....

rpf1- mostlikely white
fno1rc matte black then a white stripe like their time attack version...