 Transformation of an Engine Bay, Sorry 56K Users... |
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 Mar 10, 2005 - 3:14 AM
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 Administrator  Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%)  |
Lately I've been working on my engine bay. Tonight I finally got it to a point where I'm happy with it, so I figured I'd post some pics.
The beautiful 7A-FE engine bay, complete with fire-hazard wiring, overspray galore, and the mighty short ram intake.  Quick shot of the bay during the engine swap. This was taken the first sunny day after I got the car back from getting the engine swapped in. A couple months later, more of the bay was painted.  Last weekend, re-working the wiring harness commenced. Doesn't it look like fun? Here's what was removed from the engine bay. Tons of wires, loom, tape, extra plugs, map sensor, diagnostics box, etc. Masked off and ready for more paint. Done! Note the new valve cover and spark plug wire cover, in addition to the timing belt cover. No more wiring harness sitting on the valve cover either, and the OEM fuel injector wiring rail is now in place. Another shot...it's dark again, but you can kind of see that more is painted. It looks really good in person. The cold air intake rattled, and the battery power distribution wiring was a mess. The solution is an aluminum plate with a hole cut in it, and rubber insulation around the hole. Pics don't do this justice...it looks sweet in person...at least I think so. Another shot. Yes, I know, that intake pipe needs new paint. Just a shot of part of the engine bay and part of the car. The bay looks so much more complete with the timing belt cover. Gotta love that spark plug cover. That's it for now! Let me know what you think. 
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Mar 10, 2005 - 3:16 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 17, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Looks great....and I am glad you are still posting pics of it
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Mar 10, 2005 - 4:53 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
wow, a bit of photo history of the Yelli Celi. The engine bay looks GREAT Coomer. I too am glad to see that you are still working and posting pictures of her.
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Mar 10, 2005 - 6:36 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
looks amazing..
I like the picture with the celica all covered up in plastic. |
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Mar 10, 2005 - 6:50 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 4, '04 From Northern New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
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Mar 10, 2005 - 6:56 AM
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great job christian!
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Mar 10, 2005 - 8:17 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
That looks excellent, clean, simple. Very nice. After I am sure I'm painting the car I'll have to do this painting also.
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Mar 10, 2005 - 8:28 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 9, '05 From Under the car Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Wow, that wiring loom job looks a total nightmare, your a braver man than me for doing that job, end result looks fantastic though.
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Mar 10, 2005 - 9:19 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 10, '03 From Appleton,WI Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE Just a shot of part of the engine bay and part of the car. The bay looks so much more complete with the timing belt cover. Totally agreed. That timing belt cover was what I noticed first and totally caught my eye. You can tell that you're still very connected to this car. Are you still selling it? --------------------  A Jaws4God Creation... |
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Mar 10, 2005 - 9:35 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
wowzers..super duper nice G
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Mar 10, 2005 - 11:17 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
that does look good. Nice job. Hard to believe all of those wires/plugs/crap came out of the bay. Nice...
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Mar 10, 2005 - 11:23 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
WOW! ahhh Skeet Skeet Skeet..
Looks hott, but why do all that extra work if your still selling? or arnt you? |
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Mar 10, 2005 - 11:25 AM
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Awesome! great work!
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Mar 10, 2005 - 12:16 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Thanks for all the comments guys!
QUOTE(Supersprynt @ Mar 10, 2005 - 5:17 AM) That looks excellent, clean, simple. Very nice. After I am sure I'm painting the car I'll have to do this painting also. [right][snapback]255584[/snapback][/right] It's really not that hard...I spent maybe 3 hours total masking/painting...nothing to stress over. Be sure to use aluminum foil for masking stuff off...it makes masking lots of stuff a lot easier. QUOTE(Insanity-74 @ Mar 10, 2005 - 5:28 AM) Wow, that wiring loom job looks a total nightmare, your a braver man than me for doing that job, end result looks fantastic though. [right][snapback]255586[/snapback][/right] It actually wasn't that bad. I labeled all wires that I moved or cut with masking tape and a sharpie and just took my time. Though I was very worried that I'd screw up one wire or something somewhere and have problems that would be hard to find, but that didn't happen. QUOTE(Digndoug @ Mar 10, 2005 - 8:23 AM) WOW! ahhh Skeet Skeet Skeet.. Looks hott, but why do all that extra work if your still selling? or arnt you? [right][snapback]255617[/snapback][/right] Well, to be honest, I did all the work so that I could go out and take nice artistic pictures of my engine bay at some point. Though I'm sure the car is more attractive to a buyer with a nice looking engine bay.
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Mar 10, 2005 - 1:18 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
nice work mang. I'm impressed.
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Mar 10, 2005 - 2:56 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 3, '02 From Va Team 6gc Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
super clean man, good job.
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Mar 10, 2005 - 3:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 14, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
man you got a nice eye with the camera especialy the one with the door open, looks like its outta a magazine
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Mar 10, 2005 - 3:08 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 18, '04 From NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
dam thats pretty!
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Mar 10, 2005 - 3:23 PM
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wow!!!!!! its realy nice! cool!
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Mar 10, 2005 - 4:46 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 14, '03 From Long Island, N.Y. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
looks amazing coomer. love a nice clean engine bay. just wanted to know if you can post some more pics. need some ideas to clean up my engine bay when i do my 3s swap.
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