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Old 12-06-2009, 01:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Smoothing an Engine Bay (PICS)


Found this on another forum

Figured I'd start a thread for people to see how to go about smoothing an engine bay...as well as for people to offer suggestions/advice on how to go about wiring and such.

The pics are of my build so far...
Started when i blew the sychros for 2nd and 3rd in my tranny messin around with a 96 ss camaro.
Decided to pull the motor and tranny, got the tranny fully rebuilt, stripped the motor down and just rebuilt the stock 302, bottom end is done, just waitin on cash to put the top end together.
after some suggestions from some guys on the forum and some research the top end combo will be
canfield 195 heads
prewitt racing polished spyder intake
custom grind cam by jay at camshaft innovations
probably some crane 1.7's
an anderson power pipe
a bbk 75 mm throttle body (open for suggestions though guys)

as far as this thread is concerned though just wanted to post a bunch of pics i have- kinda a step by step to smoothing your engine bay.

heres the car


stock engine bay


motor all stripped down


bottom end together


welded up passenger side


drivers side


mar-glass initial coat




rage bondo all sanded down ready to head to paint


trailered to paint...should have her back in a few weeks


let me know what u guys think...any experience/tips/advice when i go to hide the wires would be great
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Old 12-06-2009, 01:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 12-06-2009, 03:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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dang that looks really clean. looks like a lot of hard work though. Are those panels welded in on the bottom of each side of the engine bay?
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Old 12-07-2009, 11:13 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Yea those frame rails are boxed in. I'm sure that took awhile but if you are taking your engine out anyways it looks like a good idea to do
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Old 12-21-2009, 10:59 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I know what my next winter project is. Nice work brotha.
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Old 12-24-2009, 11:44 AM   #6 (permalink)
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very nice i like the clean look myself... iam A.D.D. so i couldnt do it lol
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Old 01-09-2010, 01:49 PM   #7 (permalink)
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looks like a lot of work but worth it in the end
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Old 01-16-2010, 09:37 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I never really understood why there were so many little random holes in the engine bay. Thats a lot of welding, grinding, and body filler
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very nice i like the clean look myself... iam A.D.D. so i couldnt do it lol
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Old 01-16-2010, 09:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Looking good!
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