Pics, Painted My Valve Covers, Polished The Timing Cover And Hide The Wire Harness
04-02-2008, 07:26 PM
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nice job....really prettys up the engine.
I just changed some of my coolant/heater pipes just so I could get rid of the ungle crossover hose that runs across the front of the engine. You may want to do that too. It's a ***** of an install though (with the engine still in the car.) Might not be so bad on your car. My car has twin turbos and piping in the way of the coolant/heater pipes.
I just changed some of my coolant/heater pipes just so I could get rid of the ungle crossover hose that runs across the front of the engine. You may want to do that too. It's a ***** of an install though (with the engine still in the car.) Might not be so bad on your car. My car has twin turbos and piping in the way of the coolant/heater pipes.
04-02-2008, 09:07 PM
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the harness just snakes around the plenum, and all the wires just come out from there including the coil pack wires. this isn't my photo but i just made a drawing to show u what i mean
oh and i used high temp engine paint for the valve covers and lower intake manifold.
oh and i used high temp engine paint for the valve covers and lower intake manifold.
04-03-2008, 08:13 PM
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pretty straight forward but alot of stuff gets in the way.
remove the strut bar, intake manifolds, spark plug coil packs and then just misc items and wires that get in the way. i personally recommend using black rtv silicone instead of the gray (leaks less and more tacky and made for oil specifically) and have a friend there to hold all the stuff out of the way when your trying to put the valve cover back on, makes things alot easier that way.
remove the strut bar, intake manifolds, spark plug coil packs and then just misc items and wires that get in the way. i personally recommend using black rtv silicone instead of the gray (leaks less and more tacky and made for oil specifically) and have a friend there to hold all the stuff out of the way when your trying to put the valve cover back on, makes things alot easier that way.
04-04-2008, 01:24 PM
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I changed and painted my valve covers with the motor in the car. getting them off is the realtively easy part. Getting the covers back on and keeping the gaskets in place is the hard part.
It takes some patience, but it is not a terrible job to do.
It takes some patience, but it is not a terrible job to do.
04-04-2008, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by QuadCam
I changed and painted my valve covers with the motor in the car. getting them off is the realtively easy part. Getting the covers back on and keeping the gaskets in place is the hard part.
It takes some patience, but it is not a terrible job to do.
It takes some patience, but it is not a terrible job to do.
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