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so here are some before shots of my engine bay, i started this project this fall with the intent to pull the motor, scrape all the undercoating out of the bay, sand, smooth and repaint, and then rebuild the motor.












as you can all see its disgusting under there i was embarrassed to pop the hood.

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day one

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me and my friend andy pulled the engine out and stripped it down to a short block...

upper plenum off


andy wrenching on something







finaly after a year of anticipating




the sludge all over my motor can be attributed to the fact that my valve cover bolts were all finger tight...

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finaly i pull the heads...


and number 6 is burnt up, that would explain the smoking problem i was having


this used to be a spark plug...


but overall the block looks good, still hash marks on the cylinder walls




time for the serious stuff...

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here are some pics of the bay a week after i started









i used gallons of this stuff, brakleen and purple power were the biggest help

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another day

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2 days later


its really funny b/c there were about 5 wires that went to my starter solenoid that ran into the car only to end up under the dash... im guessing some sick neon lighting or something haha





race cars dont need windshield washer fluid reserviors!!!






tinfoil and tape soon...

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the first day using pressure washer, ended up getting alot of undercoating off but i was dumb and didnt pre-soak it in degreaser the previous night, the grease and dirt comes out fine but the undercoating is tough to get under even with full pressure. so i did what i could and put it back in the garage for the night with a heavy coat of purple power on all the tough spots

pics:

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brakleen is the man, 5 cans and pressure washer made a big difference... pics.

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started sanding, im used 40 grit sandpaper and a sanding block. at the end of the first day here is where i was.





worked for a few hours and made some more progress, my girly showed up after work and took a few pictures of me doing my magic.









idk what this is...


end product

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i took off the hood hinges and found alot of rust under them so its good that i did that.

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i did more scraping/sanding on this day and at the end of the night did a little rattle can primer on the passenger side to see how it was gonna come out, im pretty pleased with how it looks, even with spray paint. im not using spray paint to paint the bay, but i had a can of primer and couldnt resist trying it out.

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did abit more scraping and sanding and applied por-15 to the rusted areas in the bay, that stuff works great.







and i think after i sand the por-15 and go over everything with some extra fine paper, ill pretty much be in the position where i ask myself if i want to fill the holes or if i want to just paint it and get it over with...

heres how it looks now.










i transfered all these pictures over from another forum just so you guys can see my progress, this is how it sits right now, i will keep you guys updated and add more pics as i do work.

[thricexptw]

Damn that looks like a lot of work, keep us updated man

[TtopFoxRod50]

Very nice work....I'll be doing that someday....i hope next fall.