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I intend to replace all vacuum, coolant and miscellaneous hoses by silicone ones, which are available in multiple colors. I also want to have just one extra color under the hood, besides the black powder coated, polished and chromed parts. Because I'm going to spray-paint a few parts as well, the color of the paint needs to match the color of the silicone hoses. So I chose to go with a blue color scheme under the hood, because this color can also be seen in the pearl black paint that will be on the car.
This is the housing of the resistor for the fuel injectors. I sanded and scotched the bracket, and finished it with clear coat paint. The housing itself was painted blue with a Nissan color; color-code BS7.
I won this strut tower bar from Gladman Performance on Ebay. It's custom made by a member of the PreludePower forums. The welding looks great, as do the laser-cut flanges. I'm going to chrome the bar itself, and paint the brackets in BS7.
The cover of the fuse box was quite scratched. So I first sanded it thoroughly, then primered it. After a day of hardening, I mildly sanded it again then spray-painted it. After the paint had dried enough in a 60 degrees Celsius oven, I put on the new sticker I ordered at the Honda dealer. Finally, I put clear coat paint over the cover with the sticker on it.
The throttle body (left), fast idle module (top) and the fuel pressure regulator (bottom) have been scotched, degreased and painted. I put these in the 60 degrees oven as well to ensure proper hardening of the paint.
Here's the result of days of sanding, polishing and painting; the intake plenum fully assembled with the painted parts on. The electronic air control module on the front was polished as well.
In the front there's the stock intake plenum, in the back there's the one I modified. Can you see the differences?
I cleaned the gearbox using a messing brush on my drill, and degreased it with thinner. Afterwards I spray-painted it with an industrial aluminium coating. The result is pictured beside.
All hoses, fluid reservoirs, connectors, bolts, clamps etc. have to look like new again.
Here, the engine bay is fully assembled, except for the radiator and ABS modulator. I will install these once the engine is in.
Here you see the abs motor, accumulator and pressure hoses after cleaning. The accumulator has been sanded and spray-painted with an industrial coating.
These are the cleaned abs modulator, reserve tank and brake lines. The brake four way joint has been polished as well.
The cleaned starter with blue painted yoke assy.
Cleaned and painted alternator with blue painted pulley.
The engine back in and ready to run.
The clutch slave cylinder is made out of metal and almost always rusted. So I used a metal brush to get off all the rust.
This is the result of two layers of black coating and one layer of clear coat.
Custom ground wire kit.
During my holiday in Cyprus I bought this Greddy oil catch tank. This way I saved a lot of money due to shipping and import duties
This is the place where the oil catch tank will be mounted. First I need to make a custom bracket to mount the tank to the chassis. I won't use the hoses which came with the kit. The hoses will be replaced by Samco ones.
In Cyprus I also bought an A'PEXi air intake. According to some tests of several different intakes, this filter is one of the best air filters.
There are two different versions available, the black one and the limited silver version. I bought the silver version even this one is more expensive than the black version. Besides the looks, these black and silver verions have the same specs.
The Samco silicone hoses for the air intake, vacuum connections and the oil catch tank.
My custom made aluminum adapter for the A'PEXi air intake.
