so im finally decidng to do smthing to my mini its been sitting there waiting tobe workd on and i got some spare time this wknd so im goin to start with the engine bay
i was thinking of spraying the firewall in black heat resistant engine enamel as then it is the hardest part to get to to clean grease the black will hide this
or i was goin to try find that textured chippproof paint they use to detail the under carriage of show cars
the rest of the engine bay im goin to spray nugget gold the original colour
not sure on engine clour as of yet
anyadvice on this photos of engine bays pre engine installation wld be good
ill try get a current foto up tomoro

cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

The textured paint is called stonegaurd.

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cant give u any advice really, but wen u get around to painting ur engine post some pics up plz i juz wanna see it done

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

yea i will do ill take plenty of photos

the aim is to get the engine bay done by sunday arvo but will see how i go
not ganna do the engine tillits finished

cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

I went the other way
http://universe.websiteactive.com/~ausmini/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28771&highlight=

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

I would paint it a light colour...or the same colour as the car if it is a light colour....you need all the light you can get when working down in the depths and EZY2C indications when trying to see where the oils coming from

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sweet looks good did u use a heat proof enamel on the firwall
i only aske because my fire wall atthe moment is really burnt from the heat of the extractors no sure if thatd just my extractors being so old or is it a common thing
cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

well yeah i just was goin to paint thefirwall black the rest nugget gold which is my car colour then i was thinking of painting the engine red i see someones engine painted red on here in a gold ls and it looked sweet cant remember whos it was though
and not too sure wether im ganna bling up the engine bay ornot yet

cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

Well why not treat the problem....get your extractors coated...jethot etc

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"Show me the Mini!"

My engine bay iis painted with the same enamel as the rest of the car and to overcome the heat problem, I wrapped the exhaust with heat insulation tape which also acts as a noise insulator.

Yeah, I painted mine the same as the car... but now I am painting the car a slightly different colour... bay will stay the same (shouldnt be able to notice)

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I just used automotive enamel - to get the shine out of the can. The paint place packed it in a pressure pack can - $25 the one can did three coats and had a little left over to paint the inside of the new battery box.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Just posted a couple of pics in Gallery.Here's one with soundproof on the firewall and keeps the appearance looking orginal(sort-of)

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thats the one thats a sweet lookin engine bay thats hoiw i was htinking of doing mine
and yeah the vinyl soundproof bit will stay there but below that behind the extractors is where it all burnt mayb that insulator tape will do the trick on the extractors i plan toget new extractors anyway

cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

alright now beofre i go pulling everything out
im plannig to get it all rewired and everything but am not sure wat needs to be left in for the autoelectrician so ill put it out there if theres any auto electricians on here
and also is it better to get it rewired bfore or after the engine goes in

cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS