k-jet bay pics

has anyone got any pics of 8v k-jet engine bays that have been tidied in any way,just had a good tidy & paint,semi/fully smoothed,anything really,just looking for something to inspire me for my own bay.

my effort

stock, but cleaned up…

Not as clean as Richie's but here an old one of mine.

A picture from walts rivage engine bay - very clean.

how can you get your engine nice and clean without taking it out ? these pics are really nice engines

richievr said

stock, but cleaned up…

Stock but cleaned up FTW….


cant go far wrong with that tidy up…

the last 2 pics look like it's just out the showroom 8O  red one is real clean also.

what is the best way to go about cleaning up the bay as mine looks like it's never been touched and i'm ashamed to open the bonnet? :redfaced:

when i did mine i removed all the easily stripped bits from the bay( rad,air filter box,battery,headlights,etc) then just got in there with gunk degreaser and some brushes and scrubbed away. i had all the rusty bits powder coatedblack again and replaced the hose clips and all gaskets.
i got a bit carried away(as usual) but the end result is well worth it i think.

Here's mine before



And almost ready to go back in

Hey that looks really really good... very impressive. What paint did you use?

Bought it all the from www.frost.co.uk

It's all Eastwoods paint. Underhood black and Aluma blast and all rated at 300 degrees

Also bought the Aluma clean to clean the aluminium and ALOT of Pre Paint Prep to get rid of all the oil and grease  

these pics all look great. definitely want to have a go at mine at some point now

get yourself some black washer hose off a mk3 golf, looks way better than the old yellowy stuff
works well as hard vacuum hose too

D4VEB said

Here's mine before



And almost ready to go back in

does anyone know how easy it is to get the brake servo set up out of the bay?? (the big black disc and the bar)

Its the only bit of mine which looks grubby and really want to get it out and get it pwder coated black.

cheers people…

cheΩ

it unbolts from behind the dash, its not dificult

rubjonny said

it unbolts from behind the dash, its not dificult

 thanks for that… so does the dash have to come out too?

lakesk8 said

rubjonny said

it unbolts from behind the dash, its not dificult

 thanks for that… so does the dash have to come out too?

No…

If you look under the dash in the passenger side footwell you will see 3 nuts. Undo them and you are half way there. Next you need to go under the bonnet and undo the 2 nuts that hold the opposite end to the bulk head and disconnect the push rod at that end aswell  

D4VEB said

lakesk8 said

rubjonny said

it unbolts from behind the dash, its not dificult

 thanks for that… so does the dash have to come out too?

No…

If you look under the dash in the passenger side footwell you will see 3 nuts. Undo them and you are half way there. Next you need to go under the bonnet and undo the 2 nuts that hold the opposite end to the bulk head and disconnect the push rod at that end aswell  

god job somehow now i feel a little bit more confident thanks people