Restoring my engine bay..

Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:55 PM

Almost got the firewall all sealed up, to try and keep the sand out of the cab!! The rust repairs are pretty much complete, once the sandblasting is done I'll tidy them up a bit with some bog. I tried the sandblaster on a bonnet hinge tonight.. so far so good!! Works very well

• Back to top

Posted 22 July 2011 - 11:29 AM

The goodies arrived today!! 383ci scat 9000 crank, SRP probe pistons (+30), SRP rods, hastings rings, balanced by come racing

• Back to top

Posted 30 August 2011 - 06:36 PM

Woo hoo, I have a week off uni, so the plan is to get as much done as possible to the torry!! I have almost finshed the sand blasting, will hopefully be all good to start etch priming tomorrow. I still have the engine bay to finish, but that shouldn't take to long. I will be using a wire brush on the grinder for that, and also the sandblaster.



I didn't blast this right back to bare metal.. just enough to get the old "crap" off it!












Because the brake lines had also been covered in black paint, I have brought them back to bare metal. Does anyone know how I can stop these from getting surface rust on them?? I am wanting to keep them the original look Thanks!!

• Back to top

Posted 31 August 2011 - 07:13 PM

Woo hoo, almost ready for the undercoat!! Tomorrow morning I will sandblast the corners (where the grinder couldn't reach).. and then it is pretty much all happy for the paint The block has been grout filled, and getting bored to 30 thou later this week

• Back to top

Posted 01 September 2011 - 09:46 AM

• Back to top

Posted 02 September 2011 - 08:31 AM

What a beauty of an idea for the bonnet hinges!! Thanks pal, will do that today

• Back to top

Posted 02 September 2011 - 09:26 AM

No problem! I sure liked how it worked out..and the bonnet springs still look perfect after having the bonnet open and shut a heap of times too

• Back to top

Posted 03 September 2011 - 04:26 PM

Hehe, that idea of pulling the springs apart worked a treat mate! I used the endless chain.. worked just the same

Things are coming along very well with the rest of it.. the undercoat is down, and all the other items are all painted - ready to go back in
Just got to get the top coat down, and then start bolting everything back in





Keeping the oringal look, but cut some "hidden" holes for extra air intake

• Back to top

Posted 04 September 2011 - 02:30 AM

That is pretty cool and doing both of them at the same time as well!

• Back to top

Posted 15 September 2011 - 11:40 AM

Woop woop.. finally got the top coat on!! Thanks to some advise off a few guys, I gave the spray painting a go myself.. and thankfully there were no run's!! All of the brake lines were also rubbed back, primed and painted in a silver.. looks almost the same as factory. Just waiting on a few more parts to turn up to finish the re-assembling off

• Back to top

Posted 15 September 2011 - 12:17 PM

• Back to top

Posted 15 September 2011 - 02:17 PM

Looking good! Familiar color combo too of course.

• Back to top

Posted 16 September 2011 - 01:13 PM

• Back to top

Posted 16 September 2011 - 08:25 PM

• Back to top

Posted 17 September 2011 - 08:00 AM

Looks fantastic.... Well done!!!!

• Back to top

Posted 17 September 2011 - 11:46 AM

• Back to top

Posted 17 September 2011 - 12:18 PM

• Back to top

Posted 19 September 2011 - 09:58 PM

Top work, what type of paint did you end up spraying with?

Thanks matey I used 2k.. had some left over from when the vehicle was painted

I have pretty much everything bolted back into place now, have now started the wiring. I am stripping out old un-wanted wires, wiring up the electronic ign, V8 dash cluster, and making the lumes run and look like they did when they rolled out of the factory

I have done some research, and it appears as though there is:

1: The main lume that runs along the drivers side gaurd..
2: None on the passengers side gaurd (apart from 1 clip holding the starter motor wiring lume)
3: Seems like there may be 2 that run along the firewall
4: 1 on the front of the engine (for the altenator, temp and oil gauge wires)
5: 1 on the drivers side of the engine (running along the rocker cover). This lume would be the temp and oil gauge wires, but there doesnt appear to be any on the passenger side rocker cover.

Can anyone tell me if this is correct please?? Many thanks

• Back to top

Posted 23 September 2011 - 03:50 PM

I've pretty much finished in the engine bay now.. just a few small thing left like taping up the wiring looms, running the new washer hoses etc. I've also ordered an A9X overflow bottle.. so will have install that too.

I've cleaned the gearbox up a bit and done a few other small things to it.. so that is now pretty much all good to be put in

I have pretty much finished stripping out un-wanted wires from the engine bay harness.. and replaced old buggered ones.. and ran the wires for the new electronic ignition.

The motor build is being held up a bit due to the machine shops.. but sounds like I should have it back in a month or so





Heres the wiring before I started.. took quite a few cans to help me through that job!!

• Back to top

Posted 08 November 2011 - 08:08 PM

Bit more progress since the last update.. a new 3 core radiator, A9X radiator recovery system, and finally got the last engine bay decal. Also finished the wiring off, and got most of it taped up with new lume tape.

• Back to top

Posted 08 November 2011 - 08:24 PM

• Back to top