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Offline spicy3480

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Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« on: January 10, 2009, 10:30:53 PM »
Here are some that I have pictures of:

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 10:55:23 PM »




I've added some blue tubing since but didn't take any pics yet.
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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 10:17:20 PM »




That's what it is for now. Plans call for removing the cover, and powder coating or chrome plating the valve cover, and putting on a DDMWorks coil cover, or making my own, and painting the "Solstice" logo red, which I have the paint for, but haven't done yet.
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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2009, 01:22:31 AM »
Adding MRZ polished engine caps soon...

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2009, 09:37:30 AM »
Very nice Gino!!!  Looking great...love the coil cover with the CTS-V supercharged emblem on it.
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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2009, 09:51:50 AM »
All great shots guys and gals.  Any other shots taken by others of your Engine Bay? 
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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 12:26:43 AM »
Here's mine I'm not done yet I still want to add a yellow powdercoated valve cover and chrome coil cover.

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2009, 09:35:00 AM »






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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2009, 09:41:37 AM »

2nd day as the Solstice SC :D
I'd rather be driving! :D

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 09:43:03 AM »
Where is Engine Bay and is the fishing any good?
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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2009, 01:00:02 PM »
Where is Engine Bay and is the fishing any good?

It's located in Kappaville, right around the corner from Lake Skystice...I heard they are catching the big suckas there!
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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2009, 02:32:43 PM »
Using that cheap miata worms for bait!

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2009, 08:35:42 PM »

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2009, 08:55:30 PM »
Richfly's engine bay looks awesome in person!!!  You just don't see those colors anywhere else

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2009, 10:00:50 PM »
Here is a shot after a quick detail, mine is usually dirty as heck.  Ohh and it will look much different after DDM has their way with it!!!

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Re: Engine Bay Pictures- Whose Is Clean and Whose is Dirty?
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2009, 10:53:59 PM »
Here's the underhood for SLY showing the DDM proto charge pipes and proto Ram CAI. The proto IC shroud can't be seen from this angle  :D  :thumbs:

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