cleaned up engine bay

[christyper]

painted the inlet manifold and cleaned up the engine bay a few weeks ago,
hope to have samco hoses in the next month
some pictures

before,

stripped down,

after,

 

[ker99]

class lad, i love the carbon

 

[DUFFMAN]

some difference, welldone man

 

[dohcturbo]

nice, did you lacquer the whole bay

 

[Scooby Stew]

Sweet job

 

[Rob Spec C]

Super job mate, some difference

 

[colmbarr1988]

well done lad looks the mutts nuts

 

[christyper]

thanks for the replys lads!

nice, did you lacquer the whole bay

no lad i power washed it before i stripped it down and then just polished everything when i was putting it back together

 

[swampdonkey]

how hard is it to remove the inlet manifold for a novice? id luv to do mine

 

[christyper]

how hard is it to remove the inlet manifold for a novice? id luv to do mine

not really hard just very time consuming!
i put masking tape on everything i took off and wrote down on the tape where abouts it all went back
and took loads of pictures off every thing i stripped so i would'nt forget where anything went!

 

[keith555]

Great work man really is some differance.

 

[Rob Spec C]

Is there a certain torque that the inlet manifold has to be tightened down to?

 

[Kielyb4]

Nice Job

 

[JAMIE-TYPERV6]

Nice job fella... lot of patience involved!!

 

[mac mac]

yeah major difference, in a good way , looks class !!

 

[Wrx ian]

its great to get the bay looking good,, i think its the best part of any car its like opening up a surprise when your showing people and if it looks crap then people are a bit disappointed...

Great Job! keep it like that.

 

[AndyC]

Looks great. Very nice job and a nice clean looking type R.

 

[christyper]

thanks lads

Is there a certain torque that the inlet manifold has to be tightened down to?

no i didnt torque the inlet manifold, i was told that i didnt need to.
should i have?
and if so does any one know what it is?

 

[northdublin]

nice job, look really smart and makes a difference. took all the bits out of my bay last year and cleaned everything down to the nuts and bolts, time consuming but worth it if you have the time.

 

[DUFFMAN]

thanks lads

Is there a certain torque that the inlet manifold has to be tightened down to?

no i didnt torque the inlet manifold, i was told that i didnt need to.
should i have?
and if so does any one know what it is?

it should tightened to 25 n.m

every bolt connected to a subaru block or head will have a torque setting as its a alloy block, you can ring threads easy enough