Something to remember about those nice billet caps. I lost my brake cap after replacing my pads with hawks. I made the mistake of going to a friends house to do work on my car. Big mistake. Long story short, my brake reservoir cap couldn't be located.

Ordered one of those nice billet caps and when it arrived it had no gasket. Contacted the distributor and informed them about the "complete" system they advertise.

They told me that most folks just use the gasket from their original plastic cap. I had to manufacture one myself. fyi....

 

Beautiful engine pics!!!

 

why did you leave the original prop rod on if you got the hood struts???

other than that it looks great!

 

Thanks native05gt. I installed the polished stainless steel prop rod until I feel comfortable that the aftermarket gas struts are 100%. So far they work perfectly, much to my suprise!

 

Here's a little detail I thought would be nice. I bought these thumb nuts from McMaster Carr for a couple of bucks each:



They go here:



They screw on the studs the intake condum slides onto and look like this when installed:





A close up:

 

looks nice, have the same billett caps, radiator cover, bmr strut, cai w\tuneon mine
also added the red powdercoated valvecovers steeda makes blue valvecovers to match your stripes for the finishing touch

 

The thumb nuts I used are part number 96445A360 Metric 18-8 SST Round Knureled Thumb Nut M5 X 0.8mm. Here is the link to the McMaster Carr site. Plug in the part number and it will take you to the item:

http://www.mcmaster.com/