pics of engine bays?

[greg1.4]

can someone please post pics of SR engine bays with SR engines.

i have got my sr engine out and am cleaning it and going to be painting it and new hoses etc etc..

either with standard carbs or twin 40's, the pics will be good.

what colour would suit my engine best? i think red block, silver head and silver gearbox.. please post pics of cleaned engines and painted engines.

thanks,
Greg

[Welsh Dan]

I'd say black block and gearbox (with polished bolt heads), silver head, black rocker cover with silver detail, but thats me :).

[greg1.4]

i would need to see a pic. think this engine looks spangly..

what colour of red is this?

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o95/Greg_Mcknight/tidyengine.jpg

[greg1.4]

help?

what is that colour (red)?

i am going to go and buy it, do i need heat resistant stuff?

also can i get silver or black exhaust paint for ym manifold?

what colour would look best on my manifold you guys think?

[Mike]

dude, red is red with High Temp paint! You dont get different shades of it!

[greg1.4]

ok cheers mate.

Greg

[greg1.4]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o95/Greg_Mcknight/tidyengine-1.jpg

this is my latest idea, opinins please?

[R1CH]

As long as you like it !
Smooth Hamerite is also fine for the engine block, head, gear box ect ...

[Geth]

Greg, As you know that's my engine bay you put up first. I used a tin of red engine paint from Halfrauds for the block, hammerite would probably do as well. I know a few people who have used hammerite on their block with no problems at all. The gear box was done in Silver engine paint but again hammerite would have been ok too.

The head and cam carrier were painted in silver VHT paint. I used silver hammerite last time and it began to flake off around the exhaust ports due to the amount of heat given off by the manifold. The only reason I used VHT on the cam carrier was so the colours would match.

The cam cover was painted in black matt Hammerite and the detail was polished up after the paint had dried with some wet & dry paper wrapped around a wooden block.

If you're wondering what it will look like with T40s, this is a picture that I'll be adding to my project page soon.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/Miko_Gethinsky/IMG_0387.jpg
(Note to self, get new washer bottle and header tanks)

Hope that helps.

G

[greg1.4]

cheers mate.. think i will go with black block, silver head and rocker cover with red lines and ohc painted red, red samco hoses,black manifold and silver box.:thumb:

just the same as the engine bay i posted above.

if i dont like the red lines on the rocker cover i will just paint them silver after a bit..

Greg

[Dan 130]

i got this if its any good
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s59/mallinova/sehturbo.jpg

[srdan]

that is sick!. u got any more information about the engne etc.. and any more pics?

[Adam]

Sick,Lol.

[craig green]

Mvaux turbo kit on a 2 ltr 8v Astra mk2 Sri. Its a UK car & one sexy engine IMO.

[luke langton]

yeah, that engine looks sweet! nice and tidy engine bay. are those mvaux kits any good!

[peester]

yeah, that engine looks sweet! nice and tidy engine bay. are those mvaux kits any good!

from what i gather.. its a bit of a game to order, but once youve had it delivered, and you know what your doing - prehaps dont go mad with boost etc etc; they work ok..

Do look rude when fitted dont they. Tidy too.

[Paul]

that is sick!

What exactly does 'sick' mean to you?

Because to me it means ill, or not feeling good. How can an innanimate (sp.) object look 'sick'?

[Adam]

Lol

[srdan]

What exactly does 'sick' mean to you?

Because to me it means ill, or not feeling good. How can an innanimate (sp.) object look 'sick'?

have you nothing better to discuss! lol. i was simply sayin that that engine bay is well nice and wanted some information about it.

[Paul]

have you nothing better to discuss! lol

in short, no lol

[srdan]

fair enough. anyway in general are these mvaux kits any good? would be lookin at using a 1.6 kit. thanks

[Welsh Dan]

What I remember reading about them was that they're a good starter kit, but sometimes the flanges need machining as they aren't flat.