yeah, i would go with a black carb lid
yeah, i would go with a black carb lid
Rattle canned my air cleaner with chrome paint. Its pretty shiny actually. Painted black the huile cap as well lol
Still need to wash the whole engine bay, repaint the grey patch where the rust hole was welded, replace any old looking bolts/hose clips with shiny new ones, clean/repaint metal piece under the carb and get that cool looking spark plug cable clips and it should be done!
That looks incredible. Amazing job Hazwan
what a show car!
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1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
Damn dude, that looks good! I wish my 1g engine looked that good! Silver paint looks great!!
Thats effin nice man. That red-orange looks like it could be a Hugger Orange 'Pearl'. I like that chrome paint too. I've used it before, even though I knew it wouldn't be 'chrome'. It kinda looks like platinum when it dries.
My EK1 will never look this good lol!
Nice work.
Now that's a reminder I must paint my air-cleaner too...But I've already gone silver on my cam cover (outlining the "HONDA" in black for contrast).
Shame we missed out on the cool alloy cam-cover of the 76-78 EF-EG -which I assume won't fit EK-EL.
And MUST do something about my leaky oil cap seal like you did too.
Last edited by 79cord; 05-13-2008 at 02:25 PM.
The other thing I'd like to do in my engine bay, is take that big-ass wiring harness that runs along the top of the firewall, and tuck it into the cowl area. Seems like it would be easy enough to do.
Regarding hiding firewall wiring I thought about that too.
But I ended up taking the Idea a few steps further & pulling that entire left side engine bay wiring loom back into the cabin before drilling a hole in the firewall to route it inside the left chassis rail & out at the frt end by the bumper mount (for lighting) and at an existing hole by the alternator for that connection. Required a bit of bashing [with screwdriver] at an internal reinforcement towards the frt of the chassis rail though.
But from the sounds of the recent threads about burnt alternator wiring I possibly should have upgraded that first !
Not so easy now.
Last edited by 79cord; 05-13-2008 at 03:02 PM.
Thanks guys. I'd love to tuck my wirings, but then the engine bay is already cluttered with A/C stuffs so it won't make any noticeable difference. I've tucked my alarm siren though
And yeah no more leaks, yay!
Hey John, remember that factory chrome valve cover on that Canadian 1g car with the EK1 and the weird backwards mounted alternator? Did you have a picture of that somewhere? It was from when we went to that scrapyard in Salmo.
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1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
That makes me sadall thos were crushed ?
I'd kill for a hatch
Yeah all gone.
You know what I just noticed? That alternator is mounted where Hazwan's A/C pump is mounted. Probably the same bracketry.
Yeah appears to be the exact same bracket. And the A/C compressor is mounted down below, where my alternator goes. Why would they do that?
Speaking of brackets, I need to get non-PS alternator bracket, they look funny without PS pump attached.
Last edited by Hazwan; 05-13-2008 at 10:03 PM.
That's the normal Air-con layout, at least on all I've ever seen.
Though obviously Hazwan's is an exception to that.
I thought it made sense because AC compressor was heavier & would be less affected by possible water splashing... & alternator might be more likely to need service access.
Whole A/C idea definately complicates working on the engine though.
Last edited by 79cord; 05-13-2008 at 11:20 PM.
Looks stunning in a picture, too. You should be fine without the paint coating cracking due to heat. I doubt the valve cover gets much over 180 degrees F; regular paint should adhere just fine even at that temp. Looks tight meng.Custom mixed with leftover red and orange pearl paint. Absolutely stunning in person!
Lets hope it will last with all the heat in the engine bay
That was the best JY slide show Ive ever seen. Wait a minute. Thats the only JY slide show Ive ever seen. It sucks they crushed em'. A few of them looked as if they would have made a good project car.
Remeber boys and girls Coupes rule, Hatchies drule, and 4 doors are for mothers..........
Not only that, but it was the best junk yard I've ever seen period.
Nice valve cover. Was that automotive based paint.....or out of a regular spray can?
I am doing my oil pan, distributor cap and timing belt cover tomorrow in a bright metallic blue in a Acryllic Enamel. I will post pics when done.
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Its automotive paint leftovers from the last paintjob.
Please do post pics!
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