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Mike
13-06-07, 09:13 PM
No, not the sexual kind, the other kind of anal, about every last friggin detail!

For some reason since ive fitted this 1.6 im getting all anal about ANYTHING under the bonnet being dirty and not shiny/chrome/polished

Yesterday afternoon, my mum was making pot 'o' tea so naturally i was in kitchen making a coffee, now as our garage is next to the kitchen, i got said coffee and mosied on into the garage to check on LHAura and just stand there peering into the engine bay. Out the corner of my eye i spotted a sheet of stainless steel, so naturally, me and LHAura got talking, and an hour later i ended up with a prototype stainless steel cover for an unmentioned engine part, looks top, fits a treat! So that was that.

This morning, my Roose Motorsport rad hoses arrived. Bonus. Got back from work, removed old ones, fitted new ones. Something was a miss. All the jubilee clips werent clean! So removed every last one, and polishd them on the linisher, refitted, looks kewl.

Anyway, 8pm tonigh, out the corner of my ear i hear the kettle, brew time me thinks, back downstairs, coffee in hand, staring into engine bay & thinking. An hour later, yet another stainless steel cover is born for yet another engine part!

Im sitting here thinking what i can now make next :tard:

Is anyone else as sad as me lol lol lol

Lynsey
13-06-07, 09:15 PM
Anal? Whats the crack?

Mike
13-06-07, 09:16 PM
Anal? Whats the crack?

well, when a man loves a women, he puts his John Thomas in the womens chocolate starfish and hey presto..... lol

Lynsey
13-06-07, 09:17 PM
And you are getting it?

Mike
13-06-07, 09:20 PM
And you are getting it?

Anal about my car yes lol

JSeymour
13-06-07, 09:39 PM
get some pics up!!!

i dont get anal:(

Driver
13-06-07, 09:53 PM
i get ya mike and yes im the same im just too lazy to act on it lol

Mike
13-06-07, 09:54 PM
get some pics up!!!

i dont get anal:(

CBA to re-install all my cam software lol had some work done on my laptop tother day, and lost all my programs lol

Lynsey
13-06-07, 09:54 PM
Of anal? Thats not nice! Hmmm.... Thats what 18+ is for:(

Mike
13-06-07, 09:54 PM
i get ya mike and yes im the same im just too lazy to act on it lol

are you sad enough to remove the bonnet cable clip + screw and paint them?

Driver
13-06-07, 09:56 PM
are you sad enough to remove the bonnet cable clip + screw and paint them?

like i said im same just too lazy, i think to myself that would look good painted/polished etc

go geta brew then ask the missus for some true anal instead

Mike
13-06-07, 09:58 PM
like i said im same just too lazy, i think to myself that would look good painted/polished etc

go geta brew then ask the missus for some true anal instead

I must be really sad then lol

Missus? Your talking to Michael "Im a skitzophrenic & cant keep a women" Levy here lol lol i dont have a missus lol she got jealous of the car i think? :cry:

Driver
13-06-07, 09:59 PM
lol our lass gets face on when i spend more time detailing the car then her but meh screw her she can leave me or love me

anyway back on topic whos as sad as mike ??

Lynsey
13-06-07, 10:08 PM
I'm not skilled enough to be that sad lol but if I was, I'd be making stuff all the time :)

Mike
13-06-07, 10:09 PM
right then, let me re-install my cam software, and we'll begin shall we...

draper
13-06-07, 10:10 PM
ive got my brown wings :D


im planning on detailing most of th ebits on my car

Mike
13-06-07, 10:27 PM
Right so, its started here...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/AFMRockerC.jpg

And then...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/PipercrossHoses.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/NewEngineUnder.jpg

Then one thing lead to another and....
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/manifold.jpg

Erm...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/scuttle4.jpg

Then..
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/Radhoses.jpg

And then..
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/enginebay.jpg

And THEN, i added some spanky new chromed wing bolts, some chromed head light bolts, a stainless steel coil cover (meant for VW camper) and them more and more and more and then last few days some custom stainless steel covers for anything thats in the bay that i cant buy or get chromed i.e. plastic

then painted the bonnet cable bracket, and the little breather/presure thing next to the inlet manifold, and then went mental and got my fuel tank powder and rear ARB powder coated, and then sprayed the engine mount brackets and so on and so forth :S oh yes, and removed, re-sprayed and re-fitted the VIN plates haha

burgo
14-06-07, 12:23 AM
are you sad enough to remove the bonnet cable clip + screw and paint them?actualy i was going to do that but forgot :(, i will do tho. im more fussed about the paint work on mine, altho its just had a full respray im already planning another one, and ill keep painting it until it is how i want it

Adam
14-06-07, 12:36 AM
Then one thing lead to another and....
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/manifold.jpg

Is that lambda in use? If so i'd move it



I always start off planning on painting/shining everything to make it look good, but usually i just loose patience and jsut bolt it straight back on,Lol.

Matt2107
14-06-07, 12:55 PM
Watch out for sweetcorn under the hood ;)

Incidently I have an injection rail that I painted black.
I was gonna fit it to my 1.6 but I dunno if I can be bothered now.
Send me a pm if you wanna buy it. :D

Mike
14-06-07, 04:51 PM
Is that lambda in use? If so i'd move it.

no its not in use :thumb: but couldnt be @rsed to weld the hole so left it in lol

Mike
14-06-07, 05:31 PM
at the minute im trying to think what to do with the inlet manifold, think i ay get it powder coated...

Mike
15-06-07, 08:40 PM
oh the weather is frightful, but in my garage its so delightful....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/PICT0051.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/PICT0052.jpg

Iain
15-06-07, 08:45 PM
Quick question... How have you bolted the AFM to the inner wing? Need to do mine.

Mike
15-06-07, 09:00 PM
Quick question... How have you bolted the AFM to the inner wing? Need to do mine.

Quick Answer... with a bolt & bracket amazingly lol

EDIT: And yes, the bracket is powder coated too :thumb:

Iain
15-06-07, 09:21 PM
No need to be sarcastic! Wasn't sure if there's a proper bracket or you just make one up and drill a hole.

Mike
15-06-07, 09:24 PM
No need to be sarcastic! Wasn't sure if there's a proper bracket or you just make one up and drill a hole.

Well, ill explain what i done.

The uber good guys at K&N sent me a spanky new induction kit less then HALF PRICE :thumb: but it was meant for a non air flow equipped 1.6. So, had no plastic AFM mounting plate. Got the MiG out and made one, with the remainder parts (said bracket and some bolts) I bolted the longer end of the pre-made K&N bracket to the AFM, then bolted the circular bent end to the inner wing :thumb:


Hey presto. Got the lot supplied and fitted and still had change out of ?40 :thumb: lol

Kinky Monza
15-06-07, 11:44 PM
hat've you done to the bulk head??? looks quite smart!

Driver
15-06-07, 11:52 PM
hat've you done to the bulk head??? looks quite smart!

you meen the Stainless cover ???

ANDYRACER
16-06-07, 11:50 AM
I know what u mean Mike, i spent 4 hours the day before p.v cleaning and polishing my engine bay and underside of my bonnet lol

Want to make me a firewall cover like yours mate? ;)

Mike
16-06-07, 05:04 PM
I know what u mean Mike, i spent 4 hours the day before p.v cleaning and polishing my engine bay and underside of my bonnet lol

want to make me a firewall cover like yours mate? ;)


Hahaha yeah isnt just me then lo

Yeah i can make you one chap easy, what you want? Stainless steel or just like mild sheet steel ready to be painted like?