Engine dress up
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Engine dress up
Can anyone post pics of there ingine bays? I am trying to look for those that have colored wiring or tubing(not sure what they are called), colored plugs, chrome, all the works.
What is that bar called that goes across the engine bay used to hold the car stronger in the front?
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1992 z28 25th Anniversary
All black w/ z28 wing
Flowmaster Exhaust
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What is that bar called that goes across the engine bay used to hold the car stronger in the front?
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Well I'd post pics ofm ine but I don't have and mods. That bar you refer to is called a strut tower cross member. It keeps the front end straight when you auto X....
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great gogaly mogaly! thos eengien bays look f*cking beautiful! man i would give my left arm to have an engien bay in that condition, how long does it take to get dirty? 3, 4 days
a clean engine bay is good for when you show it off very often and so if any leaks occur you know EXACTLY where it's coming form.
a clean engine bay is good for when you show it off very often and so if any leaks occur you know EXACTLY where it's coming form.
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Does anyone know where i can get a good deal on the strut bar and red colored wiring/tubing for the engine??
My car is all black, soon to be painted with red stripes, and i want to have a black/red color scheme all over.
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1992 z28 25th Anniversary
All black w/ z28 wing
Flowmaster Exhaust
350 TPI
My car is all black, soon to be painted with red stripes, and i want to have a black/red color scheme all over.
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1992 z28 25th Anniversary
All black w/ z28 wing
Flowmaster Exhaust
350 TPI
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scaffle that is F***ING BEAUTIFUL, I WISH MINE LOOKED THAT GOOD
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90 RS 305 tbi, 4 3/4" cowl Hood, Crane roller cam, comp roller rockers, vortec heads/intake, ported tbi, w/new injectors, 1 inch tbi spacer, air foil, 14x4 k&n flat base air cleaner, Rebuilt 700r4 w/ B&M shift kit, B&M Megashifter, 3.23 posi, 2 12 RF's with mtx amp, top of line alpine cd player, soon to have 90-91 gfx, z-28 wing, new paintjob, rims, and all new lowered suspension
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here's mine minus my billet aluminum TB plate. http://www.geocities.com/thickfacek/myengine.jpg
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> 1990 IROC-Z (black)
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> 1990 IROC-Z (black)
> one of 3000 IROCs with a 305 made in 1990
> flowmaster exhaust
system with mufler bypass
> z-28 spoiler
> blue under car neon kit
> check out my site at: http://geocities.com/thickfacek/IROC-Z.html
> email me at thickfacek@nc.rr.com
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Car: 87 Formula/ 00 Xtreme
Engine: TPI 305/ v6
Transmission: struggling t-5/ 4l60E
Axle/Gears: 3.08/ 3.23
I guess mine isn't a good example because I hid every wire I possiably could. It still looks 'busy'/cluttered & I'm not quite happy w/it yet but,, it's getting there
Although a pita,, I'd rather no wires than colored flex loom,, not that it's bad looking mind you,, it's just not something I care for (seeing wires/loom in general).
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Although a pita,, I'd rather no wires than colored flex loom,, not that it's bad looking mind you,, it's just not something I care for (seeing wires/loom in general).
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Not sure about the strut bar. I know Hotchkis and Edelbrock make them for our cars. I think someone else does also. For the convoluted tubing, just go to your parts store. They should have different colors and sizes and such. I think 20 feet cost me about $5.
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I need a new pic of mine; too embarassed of the old containers check it out i think you'll like it.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=124316&page=3
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=124316&page=3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 90rsMustangkiller:
scaffle that is F***ING BEAUTIFUL, I WISH MINE LOOKED THAT GOOD</font>
scaffle that is F***ING BEAUTIFUL, I WISH MINE LOOKED THAT GOOD</font>
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here is mine, my plug wires suck and are all over the place but I have my super conductors on the way
oh and I have a K&N on there now that makes it look a lot better
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after:
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No car with 4 doors is a sports car! this goes back to my friend comparing his Maxima to a Camaro
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oh and I have a K&N on there now that makes it look a lot better
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No car with 4 doors is a sports car! this goes back to my friend comparing his Maxima to a Camaro
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Here is mine, I am still working on it of course. I just ordered the 140 amp chrome PowerMaster alternator for it(on backorder for 2 weeks ). I am also going to order a strut tower brace and a chrome A/C cover. In my opinion Kenny Brown makes the best strut tower brace, Hotchkis also makes a good one.
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Car: 91 Z28
Engine: LB9
Transmission: WC T5
how do you hide all the wires? I have been wanting to get rid of a lot of clutter under my hood since i rebuilt the engine but havent known exactly how to hide stuff, i have always loved the simple clean, clutterless engine bay
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Car: 87 Red/Blk Bird loaded 3.4L & 700R4
Transmission: Th700R4
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Steve I had not idea your engine bay was so colorful. Me likes. When I do my V-8 Swap I plan to have alot less cluter than I do now.
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Car: 1987 IROC-Z
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: T5
Jeez this thread is friggin old! I used to be 87_Camaro and I owned a v6 SC back then ROFL! while I was reading I was like 87_Camaro...wtf. then I remembered
now I have and IROC-Z w/TPI and boy does it look good I have pulled out most of the useless stuff but i still need to do some work, man this thread makes me want to go out and clean my EB some more lol
now I have and IROC-Z w/TPI and boy does it look good I have pulled out most of the useless stuff but i still need to do some work, man this thread makes me want to go out and clean my EB some more lol
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Originally posted by redraif
Steve I had not idea your engine bay was so colorful. Me likes. When I do my V-8 Swap I plan to have alot less cluter than I do now.
Steve I had not idea your engine bay was so colorful. Me likes. When I do my V-8 Swap I plan to have alot less cluter than I do now.
S.
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Car: 87 Red/Blk Bird loaded 3.4L & 700R4
Transmission: Th700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.73
Re: redraif
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what does your car run in the quarter mile?????
what does your car run in the quarter mile?????
We have since discovered that the car runs awesome at 14 degrees of timing, no ping, on 87 octane. Wow. Supposed to be set at 10, so we have concluded that the balancer must have walked. The car has been off all this time. We rebuilt the distributer and are looking for a good excuse to go the 2 hours it takes to go to either track and run. The car will actually put you back in the seat now.
NOPI is having a track day this weekend. I thought about crashing it. Get a pass before they run me off. Heck its prob imports only. Plus how embrassing would it be to get stomped by an import. Man I wish there was a closer 1/4 mile track. If we have truely fixed the car, with teh intake and exhaust mods, it could run 16 something. Though thats based on what others have said. I would be happy to get what a stock 2.8 gets.
I'm getting it dynoed this weekend though, if they can fit me in. The club is doing a dyno day. Figure I can see if it is better than stock: 135hp with 160lbs.ft torque (out of my 87 Firebird brochure from Pontiac) We have reason to believe it might have been rebuilt with S10 heads instead of the performance heads. This weekend will tell us the truth.
I think I may still have some leaky injectors though. That may hurt me.
Mods:
Ported the plenum & runners
Ported exhaust manifolds, since there are no headers for 2.8s Exhaust manifolds ceramic coated
Ram Air (technically under 100 mph it only gives you cold air)
Flowmaster exhaust
2.5 in cat
EGR block off
Throttle body coolant bypass
MAF screens removed
MSD Coil
Taylor 8mm wires
ACDelco Rapidfire sparkplugs
Holley adjustable fuel pressure regulator
All this had to do something for the hp.
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Car: 87 Red/Blk Bird loaded 3.4L & 700R4
Transmission: Th700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.73
Originally posted by scauffiel
Well, thank you (hopefully you're talking to me - if not, don't tell me ) I like it too. Yours is pretty damn sweet; having to do that kind of detail would drive me batty.
S.
Well, thank you (hopefully you're talking to me - if not, don't tell me ) I like it too. Yours is pretty damn sweet; having to do that kind of detail would drive me batty.
S.
Thanks, sir. I actually enjoyed doing the details. I got so sick of the grime that would not clean off. So when I had the power steering pump bracket break. We went wild. 2 bolts sheared off in the block One in the water pump, the other was an exhaust manifold bolt. We had to take it down to the point where we decided why not. Paint the bay black. With the engine in there mine you. I mask off really well by the way.
We took off all the accessories and painted them candy apple red and polished others. The basement looked like a 2.8 exploded. This was in the winter mind you and we were painting in freezing weather in a car port with heat lamps, on the bay I can't believe it worked, but it did.
The only prob was putting it all back together. Someone forgot to put the bolts in a bag and label them. So we went to Pull-a-part and rouged all the bolts off a 2.8 and labeled them in baggies and put the car back together. The car was down for over 3 monthes. We decided to rebuild the suspension at the same time. We had to wait on my Eibach springs for over a month before we could put it all back together. I did the headlight mod at the same time. And not soon after joined thirdgen.org. Man how time flies.
Crap I type alot.
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