Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Keeping it sharp - paint, wax, detailing, etc.
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v6spider
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Your car is a: 4.3L V6 Powered 1972 124 FIAT Spider
Location: Mount Vernon WA

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test fit of my 4.3l v6 in version 2 of my v6 spider.... Working on it as we speak.... I'll post version 1 pics engine bay shots if someone is interested;)
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spiderrey
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Your car is a: 70 124 spider-74x19-03 ranger edge
Location: San Dimas, Ca

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Kevin, you have an extremely nice looking engine bay. Well done.
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kmac33
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Your car is a: 1974 Spider
Location: Lilburn/Stone Mountain Georgia

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Thank you!
Kevin McMullen

1974 Fiat Spider - Restoration Complete! But the mods/refinements continue
1980 Fiat Spider
2013 Subaru WRX
leeputmanjr

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Before:

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This was 2008, after the car had sat untouched since 1977!

During:

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July 2009 - Used, but re-sealed 2000cc engine

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November 2009

After:

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This is September 2011 - Fully rebuilt 2000cc engine

Currently:

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4mm domed pistons, balanced & polished rotating assembly, aluminum main crank pulley, lightened flywheel, Terry T custom mechanical curve dizzy, 40/80 cams w/ adj pullies, oversize SS valves, port & polished head, dual IDF 40's, full Stebro SS exhaust
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boogiedude
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Your car is a: 1978 spider 1800
Location: Honolulu, HI

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leeputmanjr wrote: Currently:

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4mm domed pistons, balanced & polished rotating assembly, aluminum main crank pulley, lightened flywheel, Terry T custom mechanical curve dizzy, 40/80 cams w/ adj pullies, oversize SS valves, port & polished head, dual IDF 40's, full Stebro SS exhaust
Have you dynoed your car? what kind of numbers are you getting out of it?
WYSpider

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Post by WYSpider »

leeputmanjr wrote:Before:
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Death to the Hydra!

Looks like a 1" timing belt from Miller's Mule.
leeputmanjr

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Post by leeputmanjr »

The wider timing belt came from Csaba & Ramzi :)

I have not dyno'd the car (yet). I've got just over 3,000 miles on the new build, and I still need to degree the cams, put in the slightly larger chokes (going up to the recommended 34's from the current 32's), which will require a slight re-jetting & re-balancing. I also have a higher-power coil, and some new Magnacore wires to install.

In the meantime, it runs like a scalded cat! Mileage around town is only 16mpg or so, but out cruising it jumps up to 22mpg.

Very, very difficult to keep my foot out of it! :)
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dantye
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Just a little paint on the under-hood portion of the cowl and side seal areas.

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leeputmanjr

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Post by leeputmanjr »

Dan - that's looking REALLY good!
corujoxx

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Post by corujoxx »

Look at this!!

It´s an Spain Club member´s car. Fiat 124 Abarth Gr IV, full rallye specs.
Dual Weber 50 mm, titanium rods, hi comp. pistons, and original Abarth 16 v head (almost impossible to find). This engine gives arround 190 hp!

The rest of the car is still better, with fibre hood and bonnet, aluminium doors, and independent rear suspension. Simply awesome!!

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Ky2000

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Here's mine. Not to bad, but could stand to have the radiator painted. :)

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manoa matt
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Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Spider 1800
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

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Corujoxx, can you resize those pictures smaller so we can see the entire engine bay? I think they are 48mm IDF's, unless they were bored out to 50mm.
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maytag
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Location: Rocky Mountains....UTAH! (Not Colorado)

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manoa matt wrote:Corujoxx, can you resize those pictures smaller so we can see the entire engine bay? I think they are 48mm IDF's, unless they were bored out to 50mm.
right-click, "view-image". :wink:

that is just bad-a$$!!
I'm no Boy-Racer..... but if I can't take every on-ramp at TWICE the posted limit.... I'm a total failure!
WYSpider

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Bland compared to the rest of yours...

2L + 1800 intake + 4-2-1 exhaust
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2 1/2" lunch box + Miller's Mule 1" spacer
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KidDingo
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Your car is a: 1981 Fiat Spider 2000 FI 5-spd
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Post by KidDingo »

Before & after pics.

Not as nice as others posted here, but I appreciate the aaahs and oohs it gets from the uninitiated. :-)

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