After leaving the army I bought a 96 mustang with a V6 3.8L. Since, working on cars has become a personal hobby. Here's my engine after three months of work. I had the longblock rebuilt by a machine shop, and I personally did all the custom detailing. It has a cold air intake system, a bigger throttle body, shorty headers, dual exhausts, and the ECU has been tuned with a SCT flash tuning device. I've also upgraded the suspension with high performance struts and shocks, and installed a kenwood dvd/cd entertainment system with infinity speakers. Let me know what you V6ers think of it so far.

 

Looks cleannn man, very nice.

 

Very clean, very nice.

Im interested in seeing how you have your DVD player set up.

 

wow, just wow. i spent a can of engine degreaser 3 teeth brushes and 5 hours of life, and it's still not that clean.

 

I used a pressure washer with 1500 psi. The water pressure knocked say... 75% of the grease and dirt off. If there was anything left over, I took a Skil rotary tool or a dremel with a steel brush to it. Next I would prime parts, spray three base coats of whatever color, then spray three coats of clear coat to give it a nice shine. I went over vinyl and plastic parts with "Back to Black" or a spray that acts as a finish. Then I used some type of engine shine (which is also a degreaser).

However, the engine was also disassembled so I could work with each part individually.

 

Should have done a split port swap for all that work.

 

I wish I did, but by the time I learned I could do a split port swap, it was already too late.

 

Wow that is a clean motor, i took a power washer to mine and it still not that clean. Plus i'm about to enter the Army.

 

That's pretty clean, just be happy you still have good paint, I cleaned mine so well for shows/meets I started taking the paint off lmao.

 

that's a good idea with a wire brush. i should brush my compressor and alternator b/c the dust and dirt is so deep in the rough surface that it's just impossible to get it out with a teeth brush.