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[insamoufonyx]

Basicly i want to make my engine look fancy....... shiney bits ect lol.

this is my engine at the min:



I have a reasonable amount of money but i dont really want to go over the top....... what should i do?


Cheers

[Ethel]

Paint

[redhotmini]

a really good tidy up of the wiring loom will make a big difference.

[insamoufonyx]

paitns a bit of a obv one lol, to be honest the wirings all fairly tidy!

[ImagoX]

Basicly i want to make my engine look fancy....... shiney bits ect lol.

this is my engine at the min:



I have a reasonable amount of money but i dont really want to go over the top....... what should i do?


Cheers

If you REALLY want "over the top" put a few of these in the engine bay afterwards:

http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips

[Retro_10s]

Get that engine steady painted up, i think that'd help loads....

[mike49]

the engine steady could certainly do with a paint!
could get a chrome casing for brake fluid reservoir, though make sure theres some sort of gap to check levels still..
shinier radiator cap,
get some shine on the alternator somehow..
cover the brake master cylinder with something shiny as well!
most things you can just make yourself, and a bit of paint with go a long way! haha

[ImagoX]

the engine steady could certainly do with a paint!
could get a chrome casing for brake fluid reservoir, though make sure theres some sort of gap to check levels still..
shinier radiator cap,
get some shine on the alternator somehow..
cover the brake master cylinder with something shiny as well!
most things you can just make yourself, and a bit of paint with go a long way! haha

Wow... that engine steady is MASSIVE (if that's the thing on the near-side of the engine. Do they really help? And yes - chroming or painting it would really help. I'd say chrome it if you really want over the top, but that costs a lot more obviously...

[Retro_10s]

Polish up the Carb dashpot with some autosol and wire wool, going from heavy grade to light grade. should come up like somethin very shiny!

[insamoufonyx]

"Carb dashpot" the what lol?


Cheers for all the tips, im takign a few bits like the engine steady ect to a powdercoating place around the corner from me when i dont need the car regualy.

[lewis]

"Carb dashpot" the what lol?

Circled in black.

or alternativley you could buy a nice new shiny red coloured one, there not expensive

[mike49]

a red dashpot would look pretty good! youre intentions of using a little paint looks like it'll turn out rather expensive!

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I think a red dashpot, red engine steady, give the engine's front a clean and a lick of red paint to brighten it up, and just a general clean up of bolt heads, ancillaries etc would do the trick myself, not over the top but just nicely finished.

Just wondering is that engine steady fitted the right way up? I'm sure my Cooper's was the other way up before I took the engine out

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[Danny Boy]

love the red bull ingition coil how did you do that lol??

[Retro_10s]

love the red bull ingition coil how did you do that lol??

Stick red bull can over the coil with supreglue.

Can lead to an overheating and breaking up coil.... not good, coils need to be as cool as possible and can cause loads running problems.

just wondering is that engine steady fitted the right way up? I'm sure my Cooper's was the other way up before I took the engine out

I too have seen them facing the other way up....