Detailing the engine progress pic
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Detailing the engine progress pic
Still lots to do but now it's getting there. Painted my SLP claw tonight, and a couple of bolts and nuts.
Last edited by JD'S WHITE 93; Nov 9, 2009 at 08:21 PM.
Drifting
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From: woodbury new jersey
thats almost exactly what i was thinking about doing on my white 94 convert. id love to see more pics. maybe some with the whole car with the hood up to see how the fuel rail covers look with the white body?
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Thanks guys, I'll post more pics when it's done, still lots of stuff to do. The claw will go back on in a day or two, and I ordered Samco radiator hoses in white with polished stainless clamps 
With the hood up just looking at the engine from 10 feet it REALLY pops.
With the hood up just looking at the engine from 10 feet it REALLY pops.
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It shouldn't be too hard to keep clean, you can pop the fuel rails off and hit them with the hose, the valve covers are chrome so not alot to do there. I don't drive it much though as it's more of a toy than a car to me anyways. I am debating a chrome alternator as I dunno about the white paint on mine. I might paint the center of the alternator red, the part that is normally black that is. I painted the pulley and the fan flat black so I might paint the center of the alternator black to match. I'll goof with it all winter, keeps me out of trouble.
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Nice work guys! I have an L98 and love the look of the runners and the ridged plenum. I just bought some ridged valve covers to sorta match the plenum top. How did yall clean up everything in the engine bay? Was the motor out when you did it? Which cleaning products did you use? Thomas, it looks like everything has a new coat of paint. Is it or is it that clean? Nice work on your paint JD!! The covers on the LT1 gives you guys alot of options. Let us know how you went about making these show ready finishes.
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Yeah she's real, I've got all the LPE stuff on it too, fender badges, throttlebody plate, license plate frame, windshield decal and valve covers. I had the valve covers chrome plated as LPE offered them in polished aluminum only.
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PPG on the fuel rail covers everything else is rattlecan 
I've found the rattlecan works great providing you clean the parts fifteen times then clean them once more and the most important thing, light coats lots of light coats. Guys mess up with spray cans because they try to hammer the paint on in just a couple of coats. The intake is Duplicolor hi temp engine paint #1653 Red.
I've found the rattlecan works great providing you clean the parts fifteen times then clean them once more and the most important thing, light coats lots of light coats. Guys mess up with spray cans because they try to hammer the paint on in just a couple of coats. The intake is Duplicolor hi temp engine paint #1653 Red.
Drifting
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That truly is a piece of work. Great to see her in the hands of someone going the extra mile to care for her!