Wasup fam!! I 'm doing a little project, thought I'd dress my engine up little by little..here's a preview, I've just started this weekend..

 

did u purchase the cf cover from iconic or is that something u did urself?
looks good, deff unique

 

Simple Green the bejezus outta ur bay then rinse down, you'll be good to go then. Make sure you cover your electrical connectors

 

+1 with b-eaze clean that ish looking good though keep it up

 

Always liked the black-yellow theme. I see that Duralast Gold good choice. Looking good so far :

 

Nice! Your motor looks good!

 

How about taking care of the dirt/rusty items first...

 

This, it's too hard not to notice your valve cover and IM...



I used Wheel Cleaner on the IM and Valve Cover (Ignore the areas around the oil cap and Iggy Coils, I did the cleaning you see above w/ the plastic cover on and not off). I've also used Brake Cleaner and Carb Cleaner too. Next I'm using Degreaser and a toothbrush to get near the coils, I'm too scared to openly spray near the iggy coils.

All of this cleaning? Took 5 minutes. Go run out to walmart buy any of the aforementioned products, spray on the IM and on the valve cover, (the next step depends on what you used, for my wheel cleaner this is what I did), then mist away the grime, and then post result, and watch us droooool.

 

Its so weird seeing stock intake manifolds.

 

its very bright, thats for sure

 

Interesting hood prop, aackshun.

One of the easiest things to do to dress up your engine compartment is to remove the upper radiator-positioning brackets, and clean them up with some aluminum polish. They will look great, but you have to put some clear lacquer on them or they will corrode quickly without the anodizing on them.

Polished compared to unpolished

 

^ Interesting... Thanks for the idea, I'm going to paint mine black though, I'm trying to mod my engine bay to look more and more OEM lol.

 

dude, what was wrong with yours?? christ, mine have rust on them. im just happy there still holdin tight.

 

Ive polished those too, but I cleared them with the wrong clear and they look awful now. I guess thats what you get for being impatient

 

Thanks guys for the info!!!!

 

that looks very nice...

 

This.

 

Woof. Sorry but bright yellow loom screams rice. The blue couplers dont go with anything. All that eye popping stuff on a dirty engine just doesnt do it for me. I applaud your effort though. DIY is fun and you get to learn as you go. Grab some cleaners, stiff bristle brush, and some sand paper and you can improve on what you got.

This is what my car used to look like. Those were the days! Clean and low key is my style.

 

looking good. paint em v-covers.

 

whoa. where'd that IM cove come from? its awesome.

granted..i agree with you on the yellow looking rice. he did a good job...just not to my taste.

 

garr, that be the mevi cover matey.

I wouldn't scream rice just yet, just lack of follow throught, he did say it was a preview, not his final product, so lets give him a break and then give him the white glove treatment when he says he's finished.

Good luck man, please for the love of god don't give up, this engine bay halfway done would look ugly as sin.

 

Youre very right..he did say preview! im staying tuned...and hopefully seeing this finished!

Although...did a preview need this many exclamation marks?

 

Someone should do a writeup of how to make your engine bay like that (however he painted the yellow) because if I did mine, Id do Lime Green to match my battery top =)

 

ooooooooooo, who has yellow accents for all to see, maxibronxbomber, even tho his engine dirty it may be, maxibronxbomber, even has a yellow battery, maxibronxbomber, carbon fiber, maxibronxbomber, maxibronxbomber, maaaaxxxiiiiibronxbommmmmberrrrrr!!! hahaha!!!!!!

 

+1 on cleaning ur valve covers and IM

 

i gotta clean mine now lol

 

Yo man, im feeling that IM cover. Thatsa nice touch

 

Not feeling the yellow but clean engine bays are not only visually appealing but they also alert you when a gasket is leaking cuz its easier to spot. Just do what everyone else said, keep cleaning, get a wire brush on a drill if you have to

When my 3rd gen was my daily driver, You could eat off that damn engine without problems.

 

here is mine:

It's been a while since this, and while I had the valve cover and IM off, I shoulda kept sanding and polishing but time was running short I had to get it back on the road.

 

in for the failz that will come...and there are a few lurking in here.....

 

and my engine bay>>>>>>>>>all

 

little eggs and bacon, mmmmm.

 

lol that thing got me lots of compliments at shops when I used to take the max to shops. Especially cuz they're not used to seeing a 93 with an engine cleaner than a 2000+

 

Always shower before you get dressed........

 

hey guys kinda new here but what is that called that is covering your intake manifold? makes the engine real nice looking and ive been trying to find one for mine. Also where do people get the colored hoses and lines or do they paint them thereselfs?

 

You can buy the hoses. That intake cover is the MEVI or Middle Eastern Variable Intake. It adds a ton of top end power but lacks low end power. It was available on middle east spec 4th gens. You can buy them on the org if you get lucky or even from courtesy nissan

 

nope, those covers are all gone. have never been able to find one, here, dealer, parts store.