My Engine Bay Renovation Thread, AE111 ECU conversion, wire tuck, and more... Options

[Coomer]

Thanks Romas...I'll look for that stuff today and see what I can find.

Also,
I'm wondering if anyone knows what these lines in red are for.

[WannabeGT4]

I'm pretty sure those are the lines for the charcoal canister.

[playr158]

this might help




edit: looks like wannabe was right, charcoal canister

This post has been edited by playr158: Mar 14, 2007 - 2:48 PM

[Coomer]

Thanks guys.

Today I got the holes filled and began doing some bodywork to flatten everything out. I couldn't find that two-part filler, plus I'm broke, so I just used my USC body filler.

Sadly, my finger began separating from my fingernail after just half an hour of trying to sand out filler on some of the complex curves of the firewall, so I didn't get a lot done. Then I forgot the camera at home, so no pictures tonight, but I'll get some online hopefully this weekend.

[Coomer]

Today was very productive...I got the engine bay all smoothed out, and did some work to the G20 to fix a bunch of stuff. I also wore holes in my fingers, which isn't so good, because I may be going out on a date tomorrow.



Gotta use protection...if you're ever doing bodywork, you need a good respirator.



The whole bay, mostly smooth.



It may not look smooth, but it is...once it's all one color it'll look much better.



More of those filled holes...here you can kind of see that those filled areas are nice and smooth.



Where the battery once sat...now nice and smooth.



And to mix it up, a shot of the G20. I can't stand this car's stupid problems...you fix something, and it causes more things to go wrong. Both of my SR20DE powered cars have sucked as far as hesitation and idling goes...you push in the clutch, hit the brakes, and the RPMs drop way down (sometimes stalling the car,) then shoot back up...sooooo annoying. Also, sometimes the car hesitates, sometimes it hesitates and jerks violently, sometimes it drives perfectly...at completely random times. And I'm not about to buy a new MAF sensor ($$$) which is what I suspect the problem is on the G20. Anyway, enough ranting...hopefully soon I'll have the Celica done and I can get rid of the G20.

[95CelicaST]

What happened to the B13?

[Coomer]

What happened to the B13?

I sold it to get a four door. Then I came across the G20, with the original owner and records for everything, for the same price I sold the SE-R for, so I jumped on that deal.

[95CelicaST]

Lucky. I always wanted a G20, but when I was searching for a car before I got the Celi I could only find Autos, and I didn't want to have to do an auto-manual conversion. Sorry it's giving you issues. No help from sr20forum?

[doGGy]

Just another hint Chris - if you want to make sure everything is smooth and there are no sanding marks / dings / imperfections - use a Control layer Just take black or red ratle can (nitro paint) and spray over the sandible area a little mist of the paint. After this - start sanding - paint will stay in all the inperfections and it will be 10X easyer to see where and how much you need to sand I ussualy use this method all over the sanding jobs, even then sanding the last layer with 1000 grit - its really good to see how everything is turning out.

[celicaST]

And to think I was freaking out after drilling a couple holes to fit skirts.hahaha
You're a madman, I can't wait to see this thing finished.: )

qft. i know if my engine bay looked like that, i would be a little overwhelmed. good stuff chris, its going to look awesome

[OOBE]

Just another hint Chris - if you want to make sure everything is smooth and there are no sanding marks / dings / imperfections - use a Control layer Just take black or red ratle can (nitro paint) and spray over the sandible area a little mist of the paint. After this - start sanding - paint will stay in all the inperfections and it will be 10X easyer to see where and how much you need to sand I ussualy use this method all over the sanding jobs, even then sanding the last layer with 1000 grit - its really good to see how everything is turning out.

LOL I did that when I painted my motorcycle fairings and it works like a charm. The prep work was perfect, and so the paintjob. That is a great technique. It was my first time doing bodywork and painting and it came out perfect in every way.

[Coomer]

Thanks for the tips guys.

I haven't been very productive the last few days...I've been at home, but I've just been going through some hard times and haven't had the motivation to put a lot of work into the car.

But I did get some stuff done. I painted the block and installed the alternator and timing belt covers. I also cleaned the tranny off so it's clean.



There's the tranny...nice and clean.



And the motor, all painted and kind of cleaned up.



There's the backside of the motor...I didn't bother cleaning much of it up because it will never be seen once it's in the car.

Tomorrow I get my wisdom teeth taken out, so I'll be out of commission for a few days. Hopefully soon I'll get the bay painted and continue working though.

[Coomer]

Today was a very good day...I woke up at five with no pain from my wisdom teeth being pulled yesterday, so I headed to Yakima to get some work done.

I first fabricated a battery tray for the front of my car. It'll hold the battery in the area where the windshield washer fluid reservoir used to sit. I have no photos though, as I removed the battery and then proceeded to the John Deere dealer to get some paint for the bay.

Once I was back, I finished up sanding the bay and masked off garage.



I didn't want yellow overspray on the workbench, motor, rest of the car, etc. Once masking was done, I wiped everything clean and shot some Duplicolor rattle can primer sealer.



Looking much better in primer already. I then proceeded to sand down the underside of the hood.



Not a fun job at all, but there it is all sanded down.

Then it was time for paint.



There's the hood, all painted. It needs some wetsanding and buffing, but otherwise looks good.







And there is the bay, all one color and looking good. I'm very happy with how the paint turned out. I'm going to let it all dry for a few days and then proceed to putting it back together.

[celicaST]

wow youve been keeping busy, that looks much better than before. but i still think thats a lot of yellow

[Coomer]

Thanks...I agree that it's a lot of yellow, but I think it'll look good once it's done.

I've got a couple questions.

1. Can I mount my brake booster upside down? I like the placement of the brake booster line fitting more when it's inverted.

2. For my brake booster line, can I run a soft line all the way to the intake manifold? I don't want to run the hard line across the firewall.

[x_itchy_b_x]

Coomer that is amazing looking! big round of applause for tackling that, looks superb!

[playr158]

soft line should be fine its just vaccum line... as for upside down hrmm i'm not sure..


what are you using/how are you painting btw?

[Coomer]

Coomer that is amazing looking! big round of applause for tackling that, looks superb!

Thanks...too bad it won't be fast like your build though.

soft line should be fine its just vaccum line... as for upside down hrmm i'm not sure..


what are you using/how are you painting btw?

I'm using the John Deere paint again. 10 parts paint to 1.5 parts thinner, and 10 parts paint to 1 part synthetic enamel hardener. I painted using my eBay special HVLP gravity feed spray gun.

[playr158]

ok, i need to eventually do what your doing and don't really understand

very inspirational you are

[doGGy]

Thanks...I agree that it's a lot of yellow, but I think it'll look good once it's done.

I've got a couple questions.

1. Can I mount my brake booster upside down? I like the placement of the brake booster line fitting more when it's inverted.

2. For my brake booster line, can I run a soft line all the way to the intake manifold? I don't want to run the hard line across the firewall.

1. No.
2. Yes - get the hidrolic line witch can hold good pressure - and you will be set I did this way on my LHD conversion.