Engine Bays

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:43 pm

Cheers

It's difficult to polish the standard Mk 3 steel rocker cover. Instead you could have it shot blasted then powder coated to give a nice smooth durable finish. In fact I have one done in black that I might sell.

Another option is to get the alloy rocker cover like Krupa has and polish it. These are much easier to polish and they look good as you can see.

nick euro · Post by **nick euro** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:03 am

i have done a few bits to mine, but i don't have anywhere that i can host my pics. as the site it was on got shut down. nice pics

mine has a polished rocor cover and painted bits like the water tank etc and its look tidy.
they are some clean ass motors there :D

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:04 am

wow..... chromed rocker covers

thats... just... too shiny.
far too shiny to hide under a bonnet
thats the sort of engine you should buy a pyrex 'window bonnet' for

wowza

whats up with that bright metallic blue one though, wheres the warm air pipe? thats gonna be a bugger to get running well in winter and something's gonna fall in

i think i'll take a pic of my bay just to scare you all. its seriously skank. in fact it's skank, ming, and crudtastic all in one neat package. probably take about a month to clean up

LOW PHAT SPREAD · Post by **LOW PHAT SPREAD** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:45 pm

Couple of pics of mine...... finallly!
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/v37 ... 005_20.jpg
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/v37 ... 008_17.jpg

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:50 pm

Nice engine bay LFS, and how mine should be looking soon!

mk3_beast · Post by **mk3_beast** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:33 pm

there's mine!

Gilex · Post by **Gilex** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:26 pm

I'm a bit

Mine isn't clean at all right now

Manifold will be replaced in the near future with a G40 manifold (cleaned polished maybe)

polo_GT · Post by **polo_GT** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:15 pm

I dont see the point in polishing up your rocker cover because it will go rusty unless you put something over the top of it. What could i use i.e laquer

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:21 am

mk3_beast wrote:

there's mine!

Lookin' nice there. But arn't you letting hot air into the air intake there? Being pretty much behind the engine?

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:21 pm

i think we have had this convosation before somewhere mk3_beast!

mk3_beast · Post by **mk3_beast** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 6:49 pm

lol yup!!!!!

many people have said that but it don't! it runs really cold all the time,
and it doesn't freeze the manifold in winter like a cold air feed would

it does improve performance and noise

so there! na na na na na!!!!

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:01 pm

mk3_beast wrote:many people have said that but it don't! it runs really cold all the time,

even in traffic????

and it doesn't freeze the manifold in winter like a cold air feed would

freeze the manifold, what?

Gilex · Post by **Gilex** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:06 pm

Nope the carbs or injector I think

mk3_beast · Post by **mk3_beast** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:38 am

if u haven't got any hot air going to ur air filter, in winter ur manifold will freeze thus thus making it difficult for air to pass down.

i've seen a manifold freeze on a tvr with weber conversion!

and yes it does get hot in traffic, as would every thing else!!! coz there's no air being forced into the engine bay!! but it soon goes cold again.