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Fefelarue's 3rd gen Honda Prelude

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Post by toadster » Fri May 24, 2013 5:04 pm

LO fefelarue :D

Luvly 3rd Gen 8-)

Just wondering what paint you used on your manifold cover :?:

The paint keeps peeling off mine in places :roll:

Cheers ;)

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Post by fefelarue » Fri May 24, 2013 7:21 pm

Cheers mate :) It's just hammerite, so won't peel off because of the rust. Not sure how long it will stand the heat though, but we'll see..

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Post by simoncider » Fri May 24, 2013 10:31 pm

love this car! good work.

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Post by Edson » Sat May 25, 2013 8:39 am

Hi mate,
Great stunning looking 3rd. Nice to see how much attention you're giving it :)

How about putting them exhaust in a straight line ? Would look much better in my opinion haha

Keep up the good cleaning work mate ! :10:

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Post by fefelarue » Sat May 25, 2013 9:07 am

Cheers buddy :) but nooooo i like it slanted, impreza style ;)

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Post by fefelarue » Wed May 29, 2013 7:38 pm

Okay, got bits from the postman today:

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Here's the engine bay before:

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And after a lot of cuts and burns, I managed to pull this out, the most ridiculous air intake I have ever seen!

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And there's still another friggin resonator box under the inlet manifold which I didn't have time to get to today.

Cut all the bits down and test fitted it all:

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I know it's a silly place to have the filter, but i'm still waiting on a long bit of pipe to bring it down to the front of the bay..

Thanks for looking!

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Post by wurlycorner » Wed May 29, 2013 7:44 pm

That's quite some plumbing on the old system :D

Guess it's a mixture of resonator and collection of both cold and warmed air.

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Post by fefelarue » Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:55 pm

Hello again.

Got a few more bits done today. Progress isn't that fast as it's a daily driver, but it's getting there bit by bit..

First off, I took off the rusty plug carrier bits in the corner:

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And gave them a lick of paint to match the rocker cover:

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Then started the wire tuck with the two ugliest bits first; the throttle cable which goes right over the engine for some reason, and these horrible red wires snaking their way around the bay:

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Relocated the throttle cable up to the top, and after a bit of hassle, ran the wires round the other way and wrapped them in tape:

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Then I swapped this:

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For this:

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And finally got that bit of pipe to move the air filter down right where the air intake is behind the light

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That's all for today :)

Trying to decide what big thing to do next, I'm thinking a flocked rocker cover :D

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Post by wurlycorner » Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:26 am

Nice and neat!

How on earth would you keep a flocked rocker cover clean? :?


Refurbing the wiper arms makes a big difference imho

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Post by fefelarue » Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:34 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Nice and neat!

How on earth would you keep a flocked rocker cover clean? :?


Refurbing the wiper arms makes a big difference imho
Well flock's made of tiny hairs made of plastic, so any degreaser would clean it without discolouring it :)

And yeah, wiper arms is a good point, I need to get round to doing it!

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