Engine bay all smoothed and painted
06-16-2007, 01:29 AM
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Engine bay all smoothed and painted
Heres some pics of it all done, got about 35 hours in 5 days, lots of welding and sanding,I got no finger nails left. I'll get some pics when the motors done, it will be sick got hotchkis c/c plats, some powedercoating done plus a bunch of other ****.
06-16-2007, 01:39 AM
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RE: Engine bay all smoothed and painted
oh yeah gt-40x heads with 1.6 roller rockers, new lifters and push rods, gt-40 intake powercoated black with ported lower, bbk 70mm throttle body and spacer powercoated chrome, msd 6a, 24 pound injectors with pro prod fuel rails, all new vacuum lines-silicone, arp head bolts, c/c plates, frrp aluminumradiator with mac chrome hoses, bbk polished ceramic headers, taylor battery box with relocate kit, bbk cold air intake, i'm sure theres more, been buying stuff for 6 months, should look good
06-16-2007, 02:10 AM
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RE: Engine bay all smoothed and painted
Awesome job man. [sm=smiley20.gif]Simply awesome. I wish I had a welder and knew how to use it. I would have done the same thing. Mine now looks like crap compared to yours.[sm=boohoo.gif]Well, not crap, but at least a step or two below.
06-16-2007, 02:19 AM
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RE: Engine bay all smoothed and painted
nice job buddy, ive been in mine all week fabricating and welding in my 10 point cage and im real pissed about the welds because i had to use my mig gun instead of the tig rig due to being out of argon and pressed for time so i mig welded it. took me 3 days because i had no help and did it all by myself. the worst part was trying to level the cage hold it and tack it all at once but i got it done. it was hell trying to lay out the holes in the flloor to connect to subframe connectors by myself also. i think i would rather take an *** woopin before doing one alone in the hot summer sun again.
06-16-2007, 02:32 AM
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RE: Engine bay all smoothed and painted
Hey Iceman, I used to live in Denham Springs. I lived there back in 2003. I got activated and was sent to Ft. Hood, Tx. I had a 1998 Mustang GT that I converted to look like a Saleen. I'm not sure how long you lived there, but maybe I might have seen you or something. This was my car before I sold it.
This pic was taken at Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge on Airline highway right beside the Yamaha delearship. I was the parts manager there before I got activated.
This pic was taken at Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge on Airline highway right beside the Yamaha delearship. I was the parts manager there before I got activated.
06-16-2007, 02:41 AM
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RE: Engine bay all smoothed and painted
it looks very familiar. ive lived here since 1976 which was when i was born. how long ago you live here and where did you live. i live on arnold rd. which is hwy 1025. i might know some of your pals or something. my buddy don gatheright was activated from here and went to fort hood but hes back now. hes not been the same since iraq.
06-16-2007, 02:56 AM
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RE: Engine bay all smoothed and painted
I moved there from Mississippi in 2001. I was there for a job. I took the parts position at Mercedes Benz which was called Audubon Ford/Mercedes on Sherwood. I lived in a trailer park on Florida Ave. I think that's right. It was about 3 miles from the motorcycle shop. It's been so long that I can't remember the street names. I do know that it was right off Range Rd.
