Im sure they do. Ill let you know.
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Im sure they do. Ill let you know.
I took a couple of days off work to help my wife move around as her c-section has caused her to be in a lot of pain. I'm having to help her get up out of bed and off the couch since using those muscles are so painful for her. I decided to go ahead and paint my intake manifold, valve cover, throttle body, and intake elbow since it was something I could do for 5-10 mins at a time and still be attentive to my wife. Finished the paint yesterday and sanded down the lettering today for an hour while she was asleep. Tell me what you think!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...intedparts.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...valvecover.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...intakemani.jpg
Little things mean a lot. :)
Looks good. How'd you prep them?
After the sandblasting (a few posts back) I cleaned up some spots with a wire cup brush on my drill. There was still a little dirt on the intake manifold so I sprayed it down with carb cleaner and let it dry. Then I applied Duplicolor low gloss black in one light coat, waited 10 mins, applied another light coat, waited 10 mins, then applied a medium coat. Then I let it dry for a day and sanded the letters down.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamVR4
Adam - Are you running a/c with your FMIC? I'm going back and forth between a bigger SMIC, a FMIC, or a water to air. I'm afraid of overheating issues with a front mount as many 1G DSMs have this issue even with good ducting, and add to that the fact that I only plan on running a TD05 turbo and that I want to keep my a/c, the SMIC seems to make the most sense.
Pros to FMIC:
Cheap
Good air charge cooling
Cons to FMIC:
Blocks air to radiator, a/c condenser
Turbo lag
Relatively high pressure loss
Pros to SMIC:
No effect on radiator or a/c condenser cooling
Shorter piping means less turbo lag
Lower pressure loss than FMIC
Cons:
Less effective at cooling intake charge due to decreased frontal area
Pros to water-air:
Most effective at cooling intake air
Least pressure drop of any other option
Least turbo lag of any other option (shorter intake pipe routing)
Cons to water-air:
Most costly (but not by a significant amount)
Most complex (provisions for water pump, radiator, and reservoir must be taken into account)
Sexy!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
For the most part I haven't seen a lot of detail put in the DSM engine bays as far as appearance.
Maybe something the 3S community could bring to the table.
lol granny did u look at my engine bay its all shiny :) , looking good tyler, just get some big fans its keeping my temps down right now two ten inch fans rated at 900 cfm each
There are a lot more out there than you think. A lot of projects go absolutely crazy with wire tucks, fuse box relocations, power steering/air conditioning deletes, vacuum reductions, etc. When done right they look very clean. It'd probably be harder to make it look as clean on a 3S due to the extra piping but I do agree that 3S engine bays tend to have more bling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Granny
I found your thread. Looking forward to reading it. Looks like a great project.Quote:
Originally Posted by nodoze
I was generally speaking about the ones we get at the shop. They tend to be more interested in more go then show.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
I do try to make the most of what they have when putting them back together.
It's been fun learning these cars.