Engine Bay Thread
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10-29-2016, 07:37 AM
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01-07-2017, 05:08 PM
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This picture was posted today in the Show off your Sedans thread, and I'm quoting it for member credit. Some guy in Japan named Robbie.
This bay is busy, no doubt, but it's undeniably pretty, too. Lots of great ideas here. Two things that jump out at me as something I want to explore:
1. Look at the CF wrap on the S-shaped plastic separators at the back of the bay, in front of the battery and the brakes. $10 for a 24"x12" sheet... easy enough to play with. Or you could ship those components off for hydro-dipping. That's got possibilities, too.
2. Look at the hose clamps on the intake couplers... they're beautiful. Did a little research, and found them here: ALUMINUM HOSE CLAMPS
...for only $7.50 a piece.
This bay is busy, no doubt, but it's undeniably pretty, too. Lots of great ideas here. Two things that jump out at me as something I want to explore:
1. Look at the CF wrap on the S-shaped plastic separators at the back of the bay, in front of the battery and the brakes. $10 for a 24"x12" sheet... easy enough to play with. Or you could ship those components off for hydro-dipping. That's got possibilities, too.
2. Look at the hose clamps on the intake couplers... they're beautiful. Did a little research, and found them here: ALUMINUM HOSE CLAMPS
...for only $7.50 a piece.
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01-07-2017, 08:13 PM
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This picture was posted today in the Show off your Sedans thread, and I'm quoting it for member credit. Some guy in Japan named Robbie.
This bay is busy, no doubt, but it's undeniably pretty, too. Lots of great ideas here. Two things that jump out at me as something I want to explore:
1. Look at the CF wrap on the S-shaped plastic separators at the back of the bay, in front of the battery and the brakes. $10 for a 24"x12" sheet... easy enough to play with. Or you could ship those components off for hydro-dipping. That's got possibilities, too.
2. Look at the hose clamps on the intake couplers... they're beautiful. Did a little research, and found them here: ALUMINUM HOSE CLAMPS
...for only $7.50 a piece.
This bay is busy, no doubt, but it's undeniably pretty, too. Lots of great ideas here. Two things that jump out at me as something I want to explore:
1. Look at the CF wrap on the S-shaped plastic separators at the back of the bay, in front of the battery and the brakes. $10 for a 24"x12" sheet... easy enough to play with. Or you could ship those components off for hydro-dipping. That's got possibilities, too.
2. Look at the hose clamps on the intake couplers... they're beautiful. Did a little research, and found them here: ALUMINUM HOSE CLAMPS
...for only $7.50 a piece.
01-07-2017, 09:54 PM
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70mm converts to 2.75".
01-07-2017, 10:46 PM
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2. Look at the hose clamps on the intake couplers... they're beautiful. Did a little research, and found them here: ALUMINUM HOSE CLAMPS
...for only $7.50 a piece.
...for only $7.50 a piece.
Prolock Hose Clamps .com - home
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Presto (01-26-2017)
02-01-2017, 04:29 PM
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I just received two of these, to test the water. Ordered them in black, at 2.75" size. They're quite nice looking. Just as appealing as the photo.
However, these do *NOT* fit around the neck of the R2C filters.
They're too big, and the width of the band is 3mm too big to fit inside the groove anyway. So they won't work here... unless I get out the razor blade and enlarge the grove on the neck. That's possible. I need to think about that. Still need to remove one of the mid-pipes and see if they work at the throttle bodies, but I suspect 2.75" is too big there, too, in which case I may try the 2.5".
Kind of annoying, but this **** happens. I talked to P2M just now, and they said they're getting a ton of confusing calls regarding diameter. Not unsurprising, considering the narrow tolerance in the design.
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I was wrong. 2.75" works just fine up at the throttle body.
However, these do *NOT* fit around the neck of the R2C filters.
They're too big, and the width of the band is 3mm too big to fit inside the groove anyway. So they won't work here... unless I get out the razor blade and enlarge the grove on the neck. That's possible. I need to think about that. Still need to remove one of the mid-pipes and see if they work at the throttle bodies, but I suspect 2.75" is too big there, too, in which case I may try the 2.5".Kind of annoying, but this **** happens. I talked to P2M just now, and they said they're getting a ton of confusing calls regarding diameter. Not unsurprising, considering the narrow tolerance in the design.
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I was wrong. 2.75" works just fine up at the throttle body.
Last edited by Rochester; 02-01-2017 at 07:37 PM.
02-01-2017, 06:30 PM
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I just received two of these, to test the water. Ordered them in black, at 2.75" size. They're quite nice looking. Just as appealing as the photo.
However, these do *NOT* fit around the neck of the R2C filters. They're too big, and the width of the band is 3mm too big to fit inside the groove anyway. So they won't work here... unless I get out the razor blade and enlarge the grove on the neck. That's possible. I need to think about that.
Still need to remove one of the mid-pipes and see if they work at the throttle bodies, but I suspect 2.75" is too big there, too, in which case I may try the 2.5".
Kind of annoying, but this **** happens. I talked to P2M just now, and they said they're getting a ton of confusing calls regarding diameter. Not unsurprising, considering the narrow tolerance in the design.
[edit]
2.75" works just fine up at the throttle body.
However, these do *NOT* fit around the neck of the R2C filters.
They're too big, and the width of the band is 3mm too big to fit inside the groove anyway. So they won't work here... unless I get out the razor blade and enlarge the grove on the neck. That's possible. I need to think about that.Still need to remove one of the mid-pipes and see if they work at the throttle bodies, but I suspect 2.75" is too big there, too, in which case I may try the 2.5".
Kind of annoying, but this **** happens. I talked to P2M just now, and they said they're getting a ton of confusing calls regarding diameter. Not unsurprising, considering the narrow tolerance in the design.
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2.75" works just fine up at the throttle body.
02-01-2017, 07:18 PM
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And I'm guessing 2.5" at the neck for the R2C filters, but I won't know until I try it. And either way, you will have to get out the xacto-knife and widen the channel in the rubber by 2mm or 3mm.
And yes, I agree, they do look good. However, after I put my FSTB back on, they all but disappear and you have to really look around things in order to appreciate them.
You know what I'm thinking? Going black at the TB's, and getting the filter clamps in red. A little ring of red after the filters, in the shadows of the heat shield. It could look good, IDK
What do you think, Z?
02-01-2017, 09:04 PM
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Yes and no. 2.75" at the TB... yes.
And I'm guessing 2.5" at the neck for the R2C filters, but I won't know until I try it. And either way, you will have to get out the xacto-knife and widen the channel in the rubber by 2mm or 3mm.
And yes, I agree, they do look good. However, after I put my FSTB back on, they all but disappear and you have to really look around things in order to appreciate them.
You know what I'm thinking? Going black at the TB's, and getting the filter clamps in red. A little ring of red after the filters, in the shadows of the heat shield. It could look good, IDK What do you think, Z?
And I'm guessing 2.5" at the neck for the R2C filters, but I won't know until I try it. And either way, you will have to get out the xacto-knife and widen the channel in the rubber by 2mm or 3mm.
And yes, I agree, they do look good. However, after I put my FSTB back on, they all but disappear and you have to really look around things in order to appreciate them.
You know what I'm thinking? Going black at the TB's, and getting the filter clamps in red. A little ring of red after the filters, in the shadows of the heat shield. It could look good, IDK
What do you think, Z?
02-02-2017, 06:25 AM
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Black, red, gold, blue, purple and pink. Seriously... pink
But I emailed P2M about amber anyway, just to see if that could happen.
Last edited by Rochester; 02-02-2017 at 06:33 AM.
