My fresh clean engine bay.....

Finally the weather was nice enough to clean my engine bay (good ol simply green)

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awesome. looks good man
see u got one of those motomaster 72 betteries too eh? ;) hehe

also, where'd u get that simple green? and how did u use it? i wanna do my engine bay lol

simple green is available at any auto store, but i prefer Castrol Super Clean to it.

Check out www.1fastrex.com

There's a "detailing" section that tells how to use Simple Green to clean the engine bay. I've followed those instructions with great results. The first time you do it takes a long time, but every time after only takes a little while if you keep up on it.

The only think I did different was to use a wire brush to loosen up all the caked-on grit when I did it the first time.

Originally posted by ci5ic
Check out www.1fastrex.com

There's a "detailing" section that tells how to use Simple Green to clean the engine bay. I've followed those instructions with great results. The first time you do it takes a long time, but every time after only takes a little while if you keep up on it.

The only think I did different was to use a wire brush to loosen up all the caked-on grit when I did it the first time.

awesome!
thanx man thats a great link, now if i only had some simple green here lol, damn stores r closed easter sunday.... who woulda thought? :rolleyes: lol

dude you are like the only person ive seen have the intake piece that goes across the engine bay....i took mine out when i 1st got it i didnt see the point of it really

i still got that piece on my car, its supposed to bring air in from the front of the car i'm guessing

yea i know what it does but theres a rubber piece under the hood and it looks like it would block off alot of that air so i said what the hell and it gave it a deeper sound than before so i stuck with it

that intake piece is the factory cold air intake.

damn your car looks nice man. looks almost stock brand new :)

good job.

Originally posted by civicHBsi91
yea i know what it does but theres a rubber piece under the hood and it looks like it would block off alot of that air so i said what the hell and it gave it a deeper sound than before so i stuck with it

so u just took off the piece goin across there and it made a deeper sound?? or something else too?

so u just took off the piece goin across there and it made a deeper sound?? yea especially in 4th and it sounded like it had intake when i took it to get emissions the guy had a smile on his face i was like ahh your a dork, plus when i had some headwork done it made it sound diff especially in upper rpms it sounded like a beast! but it hasent ran in acouple months....waiting on a z6

that intake piece is the factory cold air intake duh! :bloated:

awesome man, i'll hafta try that unless i get my homemade CAI done first lol :D

Sweet i need to clean my whole car...



gunnmen01

i'll hafta try that unless i get my homemade CAI done first lol dude its so easy its not even funny you undo like 2 bolts and you just slide it out its so freakin easy

for a ghetto short ram, just replace your factory filter with a K&N drop in replacemetn and cut the bottom of the airbox off so it gets loads of flow.

Originally posted by civicHBsi91
dude its so easy its not even funny you undo like 2 bolts and you just slide it out its so freakin easy

lol yea i know, i had mine all off when i had my head off lol

a pop exploded in my rex b4 i bought it.....


gunnmen01

a pop exploded in my rex b4 i bought it..... lol you drunk or something?

Dude that tube isn't a cold air intake, it's right near the header, cold air near the header? I think not. It serves no real purpose, I mean how much air can it get when its behind the closed hood.

Dude that tube isn't a cold air intake, it's right near the header, cold air near the header? I think not. It serves no real purpose, I mean how much air can it get when its behind the closed hood. i knew i wasent stupid :D must be a md thing

maybe its like boost? get some hot dense air mixed in with the colder air and give u a tiny bit more power?

Ok, lets just settle on that the stock intake is gay unless its ghetto rigged with a k&n drop in like 91civicdxdude said.

Thanks for the nice comments. I say its good from a far and far from good. I'm almost out of debt for the zc and have big plans for paint/body work (will be done next spring). WW kit, ZC carbon fiber hood, new windsheild and all window trim.

1fastrex.com is exactly were i got the how to from. I followed the exact steps they used and it worked great (except for that whole armor all stuff it didn't really help). oh ya, it takes tons of time. I don't think mine was cleaned ever so I prolly spent a good 5-6 hours over two day cleaning it and I still have tons of junk in the real hard to reach spots.

And yes I know i am the only one with the 'snorkle' but hey everyone that looks at it asks what the hell it is:)

Originally posted by 88CRX
And yes I know i am the only one with the 'snorkle' but hey everyone that looks at it asks what the hell it is:)

lol ur not the only one with it!
i still got mine hehe

look at the routing of the tube. it comes from the intake, down by the resonator, and then up. it is supposed to get fresh air from the crack in the hood and around the bumper trim piece.

dont ask me why they didnt route it differnt, i didnt design the cars. but thats what its supposed to be.

Cutting the bottom off my airbox was the first thing I did! :)

Originally posted by 1PhatCX


lol ur not the only one with it!
i still got mine hehe

i still have mine...its just not on the car :D its sitting in my closet.

Originally posted by 88CiViC_DX


i still have mine...its just not on the car :D its sitting in my closet.

so true, i reckon its just to take up space... so that the engine bay doesnt look as empty up front!!

I've cleaned and painted up my engine bay and fitted a new custom intake.., i'll post pics asap

Originally posted by 88CiViC_DX
i still have mine...its just not on the car :D its sitting in my closet.

right now i'm thinking of going out and taking mine off and tossin it in the back seat with the rest of my junk :D havent decided yet tho

I kept my full stock intake cause my ebay generic short ram isnt carb numbered. Soon my stock header will join it, cause the new one im getting isnt carb numbered either. My buddy can get the carb stickers from aem for free so he said hed hook me up :D

just took my "snorkle" off today, it does sound a little louder! its pretty kewl but i'm keepin it for emissions purposes

I took out the snorkle, the rubber joint, and the resonator box, got a little more pull at the top end from it, plus it sounds nice. i also took out the metal piece inside the DPFI box, now the thing sounds real rough at idle hehe.

i doubt it will make you fail emissions if you have it off

I dunno, depends on where i go cuz they could be pricks too
oh well, just incase :)

I had to fix my radiator this weekend so I had to take that piece off to get the radiator out, and I just left it off.....I also took the heat shield off my exhaust manifold cause it was so rusted only 1 of the bolts was actually holding it on.

Originally posted by mightytexn
I also took the heat shield off my exhaust manifold cause it was so rusted only 1 of the bolts was actually holding it on.

I did that to my car this weekend too, the one on the front was fine but i took it off ne ways when i did the head job, then the back on started rattling cuz 2 bolts were broken, annoying as hell, got off the other bolt and pulled it out hehe, now it looks better and sounds better (cuz no more rattles hehe)

Originally posted by 1PhatCX


I did that to my car this weekend too, the one on the front was fine but i took it off ne ways when i did the head job, then the back on started rattling cuz 2 bolts were broken, annoying as hell, got off the other bolt and pulled it out hehe, now it looks better and sounds better (cuz no more rattles hehe)
I gave up trying to get the back one off after I beat the shit out of my knuckles on the radiator when my wrench kept slipping off.....one of the bolts was rusted on and I couldnt get a good angle to get much power to get it off.....when I get a new header eventually its all comin off so I'm not worried about it