show your ...engine

[Stevehose]

Here's a couple I took today:

 

[Stan]

from a cosmetic standpoint, I powder coated the air box and (with coaching from HBChris) had all the grey parts tumbled and clear coated. The valve cover was painted with a wrinkle finish then the high points were polished. Vintage Sports refreshed the engine bay and HBChris helped me with placement of all under hood stickers

 

[Stan]

nice steve! but that expansion tank it too blingy - paint is satin black

 

[Stevehose]

Yeah when I had it repaired I thought it too nice to paint so I just keep it au natureal with some wax, I do catch some heat for it occasionally

nice steve! but that expansion tank it too blingy - paint is satin black

 

[zinz]

Wing nuts on the Weber jet covers aren't lined up... that's a deduct.

...amazing...it makes my engine bay look downright amateurish...

I really need to step up my game and repaint the engine bay

Ed

 

[Stevehose]

Wing nuts on the Weber jet covers aren't lined up... that's a deduct.

Do I get points for trying? How about the filter screws...

 

[zinz]

Wow... Filter screws and clamps all 100%

Very nice.

It is a disease... I polished the oil cap one evening on the bench. Polish marks all in one direction? I installed it and they were 90 degrees to the line of the valve cover.... I re did it.

Ed

 

[2800csm5]

My two 70 E9's' Red with 3.5 10.5.1 compression and Blue with s38 engine Both very very fast.

 

[lafngrvy]

Here's the engine bay of my car from 1976:

And here it is today:

 

[aearch]

nice setup

 

[Dohn]

Still learning about this one, but here's a look...

3.5l from an '87 735
New Getrag 5-speed
Battery under back seat
Air filter from 5-series
Cartridge-type oil filter from 6-series
Yes, M oil cap has to go...

 

[deQuincey]

Here's the engine bay of my car from 1976:

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And here it is today:

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this is a nice engine
congratulations

 

[aearch]

type of strut?
that looks like a 74

 

[readie]

does this count....

 

[G]

 

[Bmachine]

Here's the engine bay of my car from 1976:

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They removed the hood by taking out the pin in the hood hinge! Clever. No alignment probs when re-installing anymore.

 

[zinz]

They removed the hood by taking out the pin in the hood hinge! Clever. No alignment probs when re-installing anymore.

That's damned clever! I like that idea!

Ed

 

[Stan]

type of strut?
that looks like a 74

Ireland Engineering. I have one in my coupe

 

[Markos]

They removed the hood by taking out the pin in the hood hinge! Clever. No alignment probs when re-installing anymore.

Note to self, keep my spare hinges.

 

[bluecoupe30!]

what I have learned.... keep spare EVERYTHING, broken, tarnished, bent, ugly. You will eventually wish you had never chucked it!