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

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby v6spider » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:32 am

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

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby spiderrey » Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:23 pm

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

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby kmac33 » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:20 pm

Thank you!
Kevin McMullen

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

leeputmanjr

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby leeputmanjr » Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:44 pm

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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Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby boogiedude » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:18 pm

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?

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WYSpider
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Your car is a: 1980 Spider 2000

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby WYSpider » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:48 am

leeputmanjr wrote:Before:
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Death to the Hydra!

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

leeputmanjr

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby leeputmanjr » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:23 pm

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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Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby dantye » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:33 am

Just a little paint on the under-hood portion of the cowl and side seal areas.

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leeputmanjr

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby leeputmanjr » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:52 pm

Dan - that's looking REALLY good!

corujoxx

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby corujoxx » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:02 am

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

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby Ky2000 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:31 pm

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

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby manoa matt » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:59 pm

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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Your car is a: 1976 124 spider
Location: Rocky Mountains....UTAH! (Not Colorado)

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby maytag » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:31 am

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!

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WYSpider
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Your car is a: 1980 Spider 2000

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby WYSpider » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:53 pm

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

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby KidDingo » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:50 pm

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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