Engine bay pics before & Semi After

[Gamble97]

This is just the general idea, I'm still moving and changing things around so far.
Here is the before:

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Here is the after:

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So as you can see I'm trying to clean up the engine bay a little bit. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Like I said though, I'm not done, I need to put a tbolt clamp on the tb, maybe change that elbow, get longer spark plug wires so the cover fits and some other minor stuff.
I put on the new fpr, tial, powdercoated fuel rail, valve cover, did a wire tuck, spray painted all the a/c lines black, some brackets and other misc things. Removed the emissions sensors, installed fp intake, magnus smim, 1g n/t tb, put vacuum line over the intake cover. And a bunch of other little things.

Please give me your opinons on how it looks so far. And what you think I should do with the fp intake. I was thinking about having it powdercoated black or to match the valve cover.

 

[Flash]

Color isn't my personal choice, but it doesn't look bad, there is a theme.
-The coolant overflow can is just chilling there. Fix that by finding it a better place to mount it instead of chilling there.
-The oil cap looks cheesy cause it probably came off eBay. Fix it by getting a new OEM one or get something name brand.
-Get some new reservior caps from the dealership. They cost like $8 each, and make everything look so nice.
-Spark plug cover is just chilling there. Fix it by removing it, just because you have it doesn't mean it has to be used.
-Wiper cowl, fix that by either Mother's Back to Black or buy a new one from the dealer for like $30.
-Lot's of dirt. Just spend the day cleaning like a drug addicted OCD person.
-Aluminum pieces look very abused. Take care of them with some metal polish.

Another thing, if you are going to coat stuff with either spray paint or powder coat, make sure it has the same finish. I can tell the brake fluid reservoir bracket has been spray painted. From my experience, spray doesn't look that great and goes to crap quickly. Powder coat parts instead of spray painting so all parts have the gloss and not a mix of gloss and egg shell finishes. Did you spray paint the tranny too?
Powder coating really isn't that expensive, so use that to your advantage. But don't go too crazy with the purple.

 

[Crazyjoker77]

im suprised no ones jumped on you yet for venting that forge BOV with the stock mas...

 

[Burnett03]

im suprised no ones jumped on you yet for venting that forge BOV with the stock mas...

I don't see a forge BOV. I do however see a Tial bov.

 

[Gamble97]

Color isn't my personal choice, but it doesn't look bad, there is a theme.
-The coolant overflow can is just chilling there. Fix that by finding it a better place to mount it instead of chilling there.
-The oil cap looks cheesy cause it probably came off eBay. Fix it by getting a new OEM one or get something name brand.
-Get some new reservior caps from the dealership. They cost like $8 each, and make everything look so nice.
-Spark plug cover is just chilling there. Fix it by removing it, just because you have it doesn't mean it has to be used.
-Wiper cowl, fix that by either Mother's Back to Black or buy a new one from the dealer for like $30.
-Lot's of dirt. Just spend the day cleaning like a drug addicted OCD person.
-Aluminum pieces look very abused. Take care of them with some metal polish.

Another thing, if you are going to coat stuff with either spray paint or powder coat, make sure it has the same finish. I can tell the brake fluid reservoir bracket has been spray painted. From my experience, spray doesn't look that great and goes to crap quickly. Powder coat parts instead of spray painting so all parts have the gloss and not a mix of gloss and egg shell finishes. Did you spray paint the tranny too?
Powder coating really isn't that expensive, so use that to your advantage. But don't go too crazy with the purple.

Yah the overflow and spark plug cover are just there for the time being. You know, I never paid any attention to the wiper cowl, but now maybe I will change it out for anew one.
Thanks

im suprised no ones jumped on you yet for venting that forge BOV with the stock mas...

It's not a forge bov it's a tial.
And the car runs great with it.

 

[Flash]

Yah the overflow and spark plug cover are just there for the time being. You know, I never paid any attention to the wiper cowl, but now maybe I will change it out for anew one.
Thanks

I just ordered mine about 15 minutes ago. They love me.

Adjust your heat shield too. That is driving me nuts. Break out your level.

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Look how nice this dime part cost. One of the cheapest things you can buy for your car, and it looks so nice.

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[Gamble97]

OOO I like it. I'll order a cap.
I hate that stupid heatshield. All I really worked on was the intake side of the car, I haven't gotten to the exhaust yet. The heatsheild was straight and tight as could be until I drove it. I may seriously just take it off and leave it off. That and it's a bi*** to install.


Any idea on the part number for the brake fluid cap?

 

[TjPhillips36]

Mb895999

 

[Flash]

MB895999. I just remembered I got a new oil dip stick too a while back, super cheap too.

 

[kmoore]

Grant pretty much hit everything on the head.

What I'd like to add though, is if you could, kind of tuck all those wires on the firewall down a little lower out of the way.

Also, a little bit of armor all on all those black hoses goes a long way.

And I don't know, but that long 90* coupler from you TB to the UICP is really bugging me. It's just too long. Unless of course that you actually need it to be that long, maybe shorten it up some...

 

[Gamble97]

Yah that coupler is bothering me too, but my uicp isn't long enough. So I really don't have any other options. I mean maybe I can trim off 2 inches at the most.