under the hood apperance mod...

[lastexit99]

Thought I'd share a few pics of a little appearance mod I did.

Standard starting point...see that coolant crossover pipe needs cleaned up...yikes

got the covers off, cleaned up & painted...

Got the lettering added...

install...

close up...can't really see the passenger side one so no pic.

I'm pretty happy with it, other than I wish the color more closely matched the sparkplug wires...both the paint I used and the spark plug wires are supposed to be "Ford Engine Blue"...opinions?

 

[Murder Snake]

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[98$vt]

Looks nice, not too over the top. Are those stickers you used?

 

[iveihman]

I have been wanting to do the same thing! did u have to take anything else out like the strut tower bar to get to those or not?

 

[lastexit99]

I used stickers from a sign shop. I am watching them to see how they stand the heat, if they don't I am going to use a stencil and paint them on.

As far as things to remove...nothing other than the air inlet tube on the passenger side of the motor. Easiest way I found to do it was take the air filter out, take the mass air meter and housing away (without unhooking it) and pull it away from the rubber hose that covers the passenger side valve cover. Then remove the hose under the shock tower brace. It is a tight squeeze but is not hard at all.

 

[nckissfan]

looks clean, nice job. I'm not feeling the blue, though.

 

[Cobra_Kid]

Nice! I'm so going to do that!

 

[1BD9D7]

Not bad, I always wanted to do something to make those plastic covers a little better looking - ended up doing COP swap so they are gone now...along with several other things

 

[Noreast]

I love it. Where did you get the stickers from??

 

[robb15033]

I have that same blue paint. I bought some SVT stickers for above tachometer, the guy gave me extra for free. I may contact him for something similar. I will look for the guys website and post in case it's helpful.
HERE:
[email protected]
http://www.bobwhitedecals.com/

 

[Lzr96Snake]

Looks really good!

 

[Tiko433]

Dam something else I want to do.......so the list grows..... I like um !

 

[cobraman1024]

The plug wire cover mod isn't for me...........that's why I did the COP conversion.

The coolant crossover tube on the other hand, that's "easy".......I bought a spare and had it powdercoated gloss black, then installed it next time I changed out the coolant and thermostat.

 

[lastexit99]

This winter when the car goes into the garage I'm going to fix that up. Probably do exactly what you talked about. I thought about painting the crossover tube blue to match the sparkplug wires and covers.

 

[1BD9D7]

The plug wire cover mod isn't for me...........that's why I did the COP conversion.

The coolant crossover tube on the other hand, that's "easy".......I bought a spare and had it powdercoated gloss black, then installed it next time I changed out the coolant and thermostat.

That COP conversion looks awesome on n/a cars it cleans it up so well ( also egr and sai delete help I have not done them yet ).

If mine did not have the vortech it would look a little cleaner lol, thinking about painting it black if it comes out this winter

 

[cobraman1024]

That COP conversion looks awesome on n/a cars it cleans it up so well ( also egr and sai delete help I have not done them yet ).

If mine did not have the vortech it would look a little cleaner lol, thinking about painting it black if it comes out this winter

I've got a second upper intake hat with the EGR port completely removed that I'm using for my new engine build. I still have to figure out something to do with the empty vacuum port that sticks out next to the IAC.

 

[svtmando]

Not bad, I always wanted to do something to make those plastic covers a little better looking - ended up doing COP swap so they are gone now...along with several other things

whats a cop swap man ??? prolly sound stupid lol

 

[na svt]

I thought about painting the crossover tube blue to match the sparkplug wires and covers.

don't.

 

[lastexit99]

Probably won't but the thought crossed my mind

 

[na svt]

whats a cop swap man ??? prolly sound stupid lol

The COP swap removes coil packs and plug wires and replaces them with the coil-on-plug setup of the 99 and later 4vs. It's done purely for aesthetics as they provide no performance benefit. In fact, because they are not designed to be fired everytime everytime stroke (batch fire) like the stock ignition system, they are actually an performance "de-mod."