So_Cali

That's just gorgeous right there, awesome work man. Any engine cleaning tips you'd like to share would be greatly appreciated

chrisdbassplayer

Thanks everyone for the compliments! you dont know how much I appreciate it! Basically how I cleaned it was by hand with simplegreen, 2 small microfiber towels, and a toothbrush also some chrome polish. I wait for the engine to be completely cooled down and start with a spray bottle of simple green and work my way around takes me about 6-8 hours done over couple days. It's good to walk away from it for a while too because sometimes the light hits it differently and you see areas you might not have seen before. I try to do it outside in natural light as a carshow judge would see it. Once you get the big first major cleaning of the year done the rest of the carshow year its usually just maintenence here and there. I probably will spend about 15 min to a half an hour at most after washing and waxing the car.

The shock tower covers and plenum cover were bought painted from a place called midwest auto gear which unfortuntely is out of business. the shock tower covers have the number 4.0 on them.

Rudolph Hucker

looks good dude..do as i do..clean under the hood EVERY day lol

akdoggie

Thanks for the reply. I knew that Midwest made the plenum cover, as I have one on my 07 and my gf's 06. They were a real biatch to come up with, especially two of them, but I finally did. I had never seen the tower covers with the 4.0 on them and couldn't read the pic very well, so I didn't make it out. Nice addition.