finally cleaned up my engine bay and got tips(pics)

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

well as many stated i uesed some purple power on my engine and it made a massive difference. but i forgot to take off my intake plate that i spent alot of time on
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the tails
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riceslayer302 · Nov 23, 2008

looking good

Beasty306GT · Nov 23, 2008

Looks good man...i see u got some straight tips there....what did u end up doing??

stykthyn · Nov 23, 2008

do you have any pics of the bumper from a different angle? can you get one from the side or a 3/4 shot from the rear?

Mr. Rustypwnz · Nov 23, 2008

Yeah it looks good, cept my engine looks better..

85_SS_302_Coupe · Nov 23, 2008

OK now that it's clean, here's what you do...

Go buy the cheapest can of tire shine FOAM you can find....probably armorall or something like that...it doesn't have to be expensive, it just has to be the foamy kind. Take it and cover your whole damn engine bay with it....the WHOLE engine...everything (use your head of course when hitting electrical connections etc). Then go have a few beers or whatever it is you like to do (i like to crack open a Mt. Dew and play some Battlefield 2). About 1/2 hour later or so go back, and your engine will look like a professional detailer scrubbed it with a tooth brush. You may need to take a clean cloth and wipe a few smooth surfaces down, but for the most part you won't believe how it turns out.

(disclaimer: this works for me and has worked for many years. My parents used to work at a high end detail shop when i was a kid, and this was the initial detailing that was done on most engines...you do so at your own risk, but like i said it's worked awesome for me)

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
OK now that it's clean, here's what you do...

Then go have a few beers or whatever it is you like to do.....

yo dude i'm 17. haha

but yea of course your engine bay looks better... i've had mine for two weeks

but ok this is the list over the next week.

1. take off fan cover and paint it

2. clean up hoses(the purple power turned alot of them white???)

3. shorten +battery cable

4. new spark plug wires(autozone? or better recommendations???)

5. tire shine the engine bay????

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

stykthyn said:
do you have any pics of the bumper from a different angle? can you get one from the side or a 3/4 shot from the rear?

ill get some tomorrow. dark out

SickSix said:
Looks good man...i see u got some straight tips there....what did u end up doing??

got just the saw-off, screw-on tips from o'rielly's. i figured just getting those until January when i get those super 44's and maybe a bassani catback

riceslayer302 said:
looking good

yo thanks man

MY 85 GT · Nov 23, 2008

I use simple green works great and I agree 100% the armorall is the key to making it look brand new..

Your engine bay is cleaner then mine...lol i will do mine after the winter...Also the tips look way better......

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

oh and i gotta add a sixth

6. clean the pipes back to the mufflers they are so rusted and if look hard the tail pipe ends are only bout 8 inches long and you can see the pipes from the side and they look ugly

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

from this pic you can tell they're the cheepy ones

ACSPONY · Nov 23, 2008

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
OK now that it's clean, here's what you do...

Go buy the cheapest can of tire shine FOAM you can find....probably armorall or something like that...it doesn't have to be expensive, it just has to be the foamy kind. Take it and cover your whole damn engine bay with it....the WHOLE engine...everything (use your head of course when hitting electrical connections etc). Then go have a few beers or whatever it is you like to do (i like to crack open a Mt. Dew and play some Battlefield 2). About 1/2 hour later or so go back, and your engine will look like a professional detailer scrubbed it with a tooth brush. You may need to take a clean cloth and wipe a few smooth surfaces down, but for the most part you won't believe how it turns out.

Yep! Works like a charm

85_SS_302_Coupe · Nov 23, 2008

I'm tellin ya....the tire shine sounds far fetched but give it a try. What's it gonna hurt if it doesn't work?

The cars we worked on when i was a kid weren't budget Mustangs, they were Ferrari/Porsche/Jag/Masserati etc. We worked in down town Lexington KY and only dealth with high end cars. Anyone remember an old Bengals place kicker named Jim Breach? We detailed his 911...it had 28k gold plated beauty rings on the rims...

Stableboy · Nov 23, 2008

isn't 24 carat gold pure? 28 must be uber pure

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
I'm tellin ya....the tire shine sounds far fetched but give it a try. What's it gonna hurt if it doesn't work?

ill def try it. i wasnt putting it down i'd just never heard of the WHOLE engine bay

martyd · Nov 23, 2008

I will confirm the tire shine foam, actually went and got 2 cans of it today.......autozone cheap-o brand. $2.99 a can

1990_LX · Nov 23, 2008

looks good I'm going to try the tire foam thing...my engine bay can't possibly look any worse then it does.lol

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

1990_LX said:
looks good I'm going to try the tire foam thing...my engine bay can't possibly look any worse then it does.lol

true that its a 2.3

martyd · Nov 23, 2008

red93gthb said:
true that its a 2.3

low blow

red93gthb · Nov 23, 2008

haha i know

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