Engine Detailing Thread

[Sarge]

 Mmmmm, magneto...

"You touch the red pole while I give 'er a spin..." 

[danny gabbard]

The whole skin of the fan shroud was made from scratch and the ends of engine tins

[Rennsurfer]

The whole skin of the fan shroud was made from scratch and the ends of engine tins

NICE! That engine turned so good. I love the black IDAs, too.

[Jon]

A LOT of pretty faces here! Frenchys engine just rock my boat! But it lacks the Magneto 
I'm amazed by the small dimensions on peoples breather tubes, smaller than stock in some cases... not for high rev'ing applications I guess.

Has anyone done modifications to the engines mo make them easier to work on? Not necessarily visible... show your tricks

[LuftsickTero]

Since the topic didn't say nice detailing nor killer engines I can probably post picture of mine, which at the moment looks like shit  I have to sort it for next summer as I need to remove it from the Oval anyway to get the gearbox overhauled. The car is 53 year old original paint one so at least the engine isn't prettier than the car it's in 

I got ill-fitting repro tinware, visible especially around the dipstick. The fact that it's an Oval and I live in city and have to park it outside doesn't help; if it's raining, and it sometimes does in Finland, the water runs straight into engine bay as the drainage was introduced in 1958(?). The Cabriolet lid adds to the looks but lets even more crap into engine bay.



I am using the Lumenition ignition with the 009 so there is more wiring than I would like to have. Besides cleaning, re-organizing the wires, new breather box, black dizzy cap & pulleys are on the list too.

[Rocket Ron]

here my new powder coated tin ware in the car 

[Rune]

My little runaround.. Daily driven.

[Diederick/DVK]

very cool rune! very oldschool
how about some specs in the engine thread?

[Rasser]

Here is my new type 4 engine:

[Dez]

heres mine. nice details i think

WOW!! If I can get mine looking half as good I'll be chuffed

[Frenchy Dehoux]

    Great thread discussion when I did the engine and the engine compartment on the Ghia I was 25 years old and if I had to do this engine again I would of had done the connectors with shrink tubing and soldered the ends as well at the time in 1975 no one was really into this type of anal detailing I learned it from Shaky Jake my mentor into the hobby I owe it all to him. If you want to see more engine detailing you can see my latest project my 1932 Hot Rod on our website ( Frenchysrides.com ) As soon as the 32 is done I will be posting pictures of it.

  Good discussion
  Thanks
  Frenchy

[Lee.C]

   Great thread discussion when I did the engine and the engine compartment on the Ghia I was 25 years old and if I had to do this engine again I would of had done the connectors with shrink tubing and soldered the ends as well at the time in 1975 no one was really into this type of anal detailing I learned it from Shaky Jake my mentor into the hobby I owe it all to him. If you want to see more engine detailing you can see my latest project my 1932 Hot Rod on our website ( Frenchysrides.com ) As soon as the 32 is done I will be posting pictures of it.

  Good discussion
  Thanks
  Frenchy

Agreed dude cool thread, I have always admired your work, I learned ALOT about "detailing" when I worked at a Ferrari restoration place a few years back now, the kind of suff we had to do was just ridiculas! How about lining up ALL the bolt heads on a 1950's V12 Testarossa motor 

[Frenchy Dehoux]

    I am sure a lot of people think that I maybe to anal for a lot of thing I do but anybody can have a nice car with nice paint job and interior but the most important is to have some detail which will make the car more appealing and have more taste my 2 cents. Also you can not always have all of the head bolts facing the same way especially if the torque specs is telling you where it stops you cannot go any further. As can be seen on my V12 Lincoln motor in my 32 Ford

    Thanks
   Frenchy ( Doc Detail )

[Lee.C]

    I am sure a lot of people think that I maybe to anal for a lot of thing I do but anybody can have a nice car with nice paint job and interior but the most important is to have some detail which will make the car more appealing and have more taste my 2 cents. Also you can not always have all of the head bolts facing the same way especially if the torque specs is telling you where it stops you cannot go any further. As can be seen on my V12 Lincoln motor in my 32 Ford

    Thanks
   Frenchy ( Doc Detail )

Yeah I know exactly what you mean, There are Soooooooo many cars out there these days it takes that "Little somthin" to make you take a second look  Aslo I know what you mean about torque setting etc, I'm mainly talking about rocker cover bolts, ancilaries etc - Not the important stuff 

[Rennsurfer]

Rasser, that engine is perfection.

[bluestar]

black , black and black !! and generator thats all for me...

[Hotrodvw]

Here's my 2007cc.  I kinda like the contrast.

[larry mck]

Here is my engine. I really wanted a clean look with minimal wires and hoses.

[Stephan S]

We need to ask Gene Berg Enterprises to manufacture their linkages without the cutout for the coil bracket...

[Hotrodvw]

Paint it to match, and it's not as noticeable.

[bilboa2]

Great shots. I am glad this post is happening as my old 2332 is know a 2442 with a thing fans shroud, ditching the berg linkage to custom made empi style. no berg breather,fuel lines behind shroud, new improved computronix coil set up and . Car is at gab-fab north(nevada) making a rear removeable apron. Lucky to have danny as new neighbor, Talented...New Pics soon. bill

[Jim Ratto]

Here is my engine. I really wanted a clean look with minimal wires and hoses.

NICE!

Great shots. I am glad this post is happening as my old 2332 is know a 2442 with a thing fans shroud, ditching the berg linkage to custom made empi style. no berg breather,fuel lines behind shroud, new improved computronix coil set up and . Car is at gab-fab north(nevada) making a rear removeable apron. Lucky to have danny as new neighbor, Talented...New Pics soon. bill

you TOO NICE !

[Sam K]

I had the engine out of my bug a couple weeks ago to lower the compression and fix a couple oil leaks, so I decided to powdercoat the tin and replace all the hardware with allen head bolts. Now I am much happier with the look of the engine.

[Zach Gomulka]

How did I miss this thread!? Probably because my motor is a greasy mess! It's hard to keep a daily driver hospital clean... well at least for me it is.

Love this motor. If I ever ran type 4 power, it would have to look like this. 36hp style shroud, 356/912 breather... It all looks like it should be there, no afterthoughts. Well done.

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Great shots. I am glad this post is happening as my old 2332 is know a 2442 with a thing fans shroud, ditching the berg linkage to custom made empi style. no berg breather,fuel lines behind shroud, new improved computronix coil set up and . Car is at gab-fab north(nevada) making a rear removeable apron. Lucky to have danny as new neighbor, Talented...New Pics soon. bill

Bill,
The license plate lights in the pre-heater hose holes for "trouble lights" is a great idea !
:-)
Richard

[67worshipper]

Here is my engine. I really wanted a clean look with minimal wires and hoses.

i love the cleanness mick have you thought about changing the crank pulley? something black or dark grey perhaps.

[FDK/mrpedrini]

Here's mine... 1600cc, home ported heads, Kad's, Bosch 019..... 2017cc is in da works...

[fahrvergnugen]

Here's mine.
How it was and how it is
1.2Ltr type1 +/- 30bhp.
2Ltr. type4 +/- 120bhp.

Paul.

[Rasser]

Thanks for the comments DKK Fred and Zach.

Took a couple more pictures today:

[Diederick/DVK]

dude, the cleanliness of your car is amazing.
put some miles on it, burn some rubber, you're making me feel ill. i'll never have a car as clean as yours 
all kidding aside, amazing detailing. and you're running that thin oil cooler again (right?). is that the second oil cooler, or do the hoses run to that one in a loop. nice!