Engine detailing

This thread should be titled show us your engine bay lol

Im loving all the pics guys keep em coming

 

Where did you guys get the pipe fitting for the crank breathers on the type 4 engines??

 

me too, theres some cracking looking engines there, dont think mine is goin to look quite as good some how

 

I have thought about powder coating, but dont think it has the shine of paint, and I hate seeing old powder coating that is peeling

 

If I can stop mine type 4 breathing quite so heavily then it'll look quite tidy, just ordered a breather kit so hoping that will ease the oil blowing from my filler tube connection, my breather filter is a little blocked at the moment

 

Cleaned sanded and painted engine bay
degreased engine got all tinware powder coated and sprayed a few bits
from this





to this

 

If it's peeling, it hasn't been done right... They guy I use isn't cheap, but he does a blinding job!! You can scratch it down to the metal, but you can't get it to de-laminate!!

 

My engine...


I'm going through it at the moment (when I have the spare time) just upping the spec on parts to my own in house produced parts...

 

thats a fair point there is a place near me that is expensive but they guarantee it for 14yrs apparently they use architectural rade?

 

Tis true, powder coat shouldn't peel off.

 

Pass... I've not gone into the ins and outs of available powders, but hazarding a guess, it might be a UV stable system...

 

just some paint and a clean up makes a big difference

 

Wow I like the photo above Mini_Bungle did you remove the entire engine to get it looking this good. I want to clean up my engine bay but have never removed the engine in the bus.

Yours looks awesome have you done a thread on this at all.

 

Should the barrels/fins be painted at all??? Surely they need to be bare metal to best get rid of the heat???

 

yes i had to replace the gear box so sorted the engine and engine bay at the same time

 

Went from this to this