Cleaning up the Engine Bay

[twack]

Do you have some kind of wing nut claps holding your intercooler pipes together..... hows that going for ya

[cman3000]

Lol yeah they were on it when i got it. Tried to tighten one the other day and one of the "wings" snapped off. They will be removed.

[Andrew7dg]

What fan are you running Crazy?

[4g63tcrazy]

Lol. I made the fan from a newer galant that was thin and had 5 fan blades. Then cut up the shrouding from my stock fan and made it fit. Pretty ghetto but I didn't have the money for a slim fan at the time. Sometime soon I'll be getting a slim fan though.

[Swifty1638]

dude..slim fans at autozone are like 46 bucks..

-A. Swift

[4g63tcrazy]

Dude! All I got is change in my wallet and I think 25 bucks in my checking account.. The day will come when I'll just get an aluminum radiator and 2 slim fans. Til then, I remain a poor man. :(

[Swifty1638]

did you paint your red while the engine was still in it? how did you do it? I wanna bondo up the holes not being used, and clean it all up, spray primer, paint, clear..but i'm NOT pulling it out! and if i wait till spring to paint, then the intake will all be back on it too..

-A. Swift

[4g63tcrazy]

All that red is original my man..:cool: Click on the link I posted above and it's got everything I've done in it from start to where it is now. For the holes I just taped around them, bondo'd, sanded, and then painted. Could have been done better but I wasn't really patient when I did it.

[Swifty1638]

what did you use to clean it up then? I think mine's jsut got some thick grease or dirt or something on it.

-A. Swift

[4g63tcrazy]

Honestly it was just that clean.. All I've done to clean it was some wipe on wax stuff. But I did clean my other talon since that was NASTY and I used simple green, water/bleach, and a tooth brush. Worked pretty damn good!