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505zoom
11-02-2007, 05:07 PM
Finally got around to this long overdue project. Long story short, my engine cover got roasted and started to look like crap. Fixed it with a tube of bondo, a crap-ton of sanding, and some 1200*F engine spraypaint. Turned out pretty good, could have gotten it a tiny bit smoother, but I was sick of sanding it at 2AM and threw the paint on, haha.

On to the pics.

The culprit:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover1.JPG

Roughed up for some bondo:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover2.JPG

Bondo'd and ready for sanding:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover3.JPG

Sanded, masked, and ready for paint:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover4.JPG

Finished product:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover5.JPG

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover6.JPG

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover7.JPG

http://www.msprotege.com/members/119/novengcover8.JPG

Thanks for lookin'.
2.0t03speed
11-02-2007, 05:10 PM
very nice
sanblaster
11-02-2007, 05:13 PM
Yeah, looks very nice.
NCZ13
11-02-2007, 05:19 PM
looks saweet
505zoom
11-02-2007, 05:23 PM
Thanks guys, anything is better than how it was. :)
zoom 79gc
11-02-2007, 05:32 PM
Nice job on the cover looks really clean !
Pirana
11-02-2007, 05:33 PM
Man, it does look very nice...good job!!
crashkelly
11-02-2007, 05:40 PM
very quality, i hope my cf hood doesnt get roasted like that in a couple years though!
505zoom
11-02-2007, 05:57 PM
Man, it does look very nice...good job!!

Pirana props are the best props! (first)


very quality, i hope my cf hood doesnt get roasted like that in a couple years though!

The passenger side vent on mine is starting to discolor a little, and it has some minor cracking on the underside. :(
Rush
11-02-2007, 06:48 PM
.. The really sad thing is that, since it's Friday, my brain is so shot that I only looked at the very first picture .. and was gonna say, "Uh Rich, WTF, you didn't do anything!"

(freak)

But now that I've recovered from my (temporary) stupidity -- yay, pretty! :D

EDIT: I just now noticed your horn placement and almost peed myself laughing, hahahahahha!
505zoom
11-02-2007, 07:04 PM
.. The really sad thing is that, since it's Friday, my brain is so shot that I only looked at the very first picture .. and was gonna say, "Uh Rich, WTF, you didn't do anything!"

(freak)

But now that I've recovered from my (temporary) stupidity -- yay, pretty! :D

<3


EDIT: I just now noticed your horn placement and almost peed myself laughing, hahahahahha!

Haha, you don't remember that?... been there forever now. Gives it mass macho sound shooting out of the hood vent. ;)
Rush
11-02-2007, 07:08 PM
Haha, you don't remember that?... been there forever now. Gives it mass macho sound shooting out of the hood vent. ;)
And I think I've told you that if you were REALLY brave, you'd be like me -- you'd mount it directly next to the vent in your hood, but pointing backwards, RIGHT AT YOU. So that whenever you honk your horn, you blast YOURSELF out! Wheefun!

Oh, and make sure your windows are rolled down, too. That makes it even bettAr.
505zoom
11-02-2007, 07:32 PM
lol, oh yeah that's right.
CTt3P5
11-02-2007, 07:41 PM
Nice job! I like that look better than the original!
1moreMPH
11-06-2007, 12:02 AM
why on earth IS your horn up there? lolz. That new paint job though looks really really good. i actually like it better than just straight CF, it has more class and 'snaz' i think.
kamon8404
11-06-2007, 01:24 AM
Yeah very nice job, once again doing things with class and being custom at the same time. Love it. Oh, and patiently awaiting the 300 whp stock block. I don't know how the hell you are going to pull that inless you have some parts in your closet that we don't know about and haven't seen. :)
jeg0024
11-06-2007, 01:28 AM
Looks a lot better:)
fr0st
11-06-2007, 09:02 AM
i gotta ask,

what manifold is this???
kamon8404
11-06-2007, 09:08 AM
i gotta ask,

what manifold is this???

MAM made it ..
mazda03maniac
11-09-2007, 02:59 AM
good job on the engine cover. looks sweet and still looks like it supposed to be that way. i might just have to steal your idea one of these days lol j/k. but once again mad props dude
Blackrose
11-09-2007, 03:08 AM
Its the MAM equal length tubular manifold. It is the howtness. Car is looking good Rich.

I shall be close behind you for the 300whp on stock moto.
505zoom
11-10-2007, 04:43 AM
Its the MAM equal length tubular manifold....

The manifold on my car was the very first after the original prototyping. It was the closest out of all of them to being perfect equal length. Definitely a highlight on the crowded list of rare parts that I have accumulated. :)
Atx Rockstar
11-15-2007, 10:25 PM
awsome, deff worth the time you put in. did a very nice job!!