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E30Gheko
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I'm looking for some inspiration so let's have some pictures of your tidy engine bays!
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Stolen from another thread this is what I've been up to

Starting with something like this

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and ending up with something like this

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My wrist was very sore :o:

The inlet manifold still looks scruffy so that's out of shot. I have been convinced not to polish this up but to keep the casting marks and perhaps paint it.
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shit the bed! that looks tasty!
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It doesn't look like that anymore winkeye
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:02 pm

Indeed Mr ITB! I quite like the black inlet Dave. What did you use? I was going to use hammerite.
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:37 pm

nothing special but heres mine.


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Heres mine nothing special but it very clean

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toby wrote:Indeed Mr ITB! I quite like the black inlet Dave. What did you use? I was going to use hammerite.
Ant did it/or had it done toby 8) Was never mine in the first place :P
He may still have it lying around if you want it.
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here's mine

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Ow. My eyes hurt :D
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beemerbird wrote:Ow. My eyes hurt :D
:lol:
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Here's one I did earlier: :cool:

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What is currently in use:

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heres mine as it wa. not sure how it will look with the C2 2.7 in it yet. Have to wait and see.

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Loving the combination of uber clean engine bay and well - thumbed Bentley manual!
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My bay...

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e30_Turbo wrote:Here's one I did earlier: :cool:

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Turbo per cylinder, damn!!!!

What car is that in?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:21 pm

Here's mine:


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Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:04 pm

Wow nice one guys. Thanks for your imput so far!

Cliffybabe yours looks awesome and similar to what I will be aiming towards. I recently aquired a set of the same samco hoses (Cheers Zaust) so that made me decide to aim for a blue & chrome theme. Is your rocker cover chromed and if so do you know whether the heat from the engine discolours?

Here is what I am starting with. Work starts early January....
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E30Gheko wrote:Wow nice one guys. Thanks for your imput so far!

Cliffybabe yours looks awesome and similar to what I will be aiming towards. I recently aquired a set of the same samco hoses (Cheers Zaust) so that made me decide to aim for a blue & chrome theme. Is your rocker cover chromed and if so do you know whether the heat from the engine discolours?

Here is what I am starting with. Work starts early January....
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cheers dude
the rocker is highly polished not chrome :twisted:
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:09 pm

Gorgeous manifold BTW Lowey!! :wink:
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cheers dude
the rocker is highly polished not chrome
Wow. How the hell did u manage that? It's got some shine to it. What about the inlet manifold?
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both polished dude, got he guy in my sig to do it, although any machine shop should be able to do it
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some really tastey engines there!!!

those turbo conversions look good, what sort of power them babies making??
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Nice winkeye
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Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:18 pm

Here's my old cabby's bay.

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Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:22 pm

no bling just function...
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no bling just function...
I like that. What was it in originally? Did u have a thread for it goin in?
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:23 pm

Is that a full on H35? drool :drool: More pictures please!!!!!
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:32 pm

nothing really bling...

My IS

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pass side needs yellow removing still, and new bolts

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316i Shite Boat Anchor

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