Cleaned under the hood today and took some pics

[spacy9]

Did some detailing under the hood today - cleaned up all the hand prints from the intake and grounding kit install and removed the general grime. Then thought I'd snap a couple of pictures to show the handy work.

Anyone else take the time to clean under the hood?

[zozoka1212]

Me likey.

When are you planning to come this way. I let you take care of mine too.

[SVTCOBRA]

Very nice!! Yeah, I'm in line behind zozo!

Oh, and yes, I clean all of my engines, but they don't turn out that pretty!

[spacy9]

Me likey.

When are you planning to come this way. I let you take care of mine too.

Very nice!! Yeah, I'm in line behind zozo!

Oh, and yes, I clean all of my engines, but they don't turn out that pretty!

If you guys are providing the beer and I'm ever in Canada or NC it's a deal

[hdbrown2]

Really looks good spacy9. What products did you use to clean under the hood?

Thanks, Hal

[joe603]

+1

Very nice!

[370Z/28]

Looks great.

What is that yellow and orange sticker? Is that something that you could make a temporary black cover for?

Sorry....I told y'all I was anal.

[LuckyLuke]

Did some detailing under the hood today - cleaned up all the hand prints from the intake and grounding kit install and removed the general grime. Then thought I'd snap a couple of pictures to show the handy work.

Anyone else take the time to clean under the hood?

I don't even know how to clean..

[spacy9]

Looks great.

What is that yellow and orange sticker? Is that something that you could make a temporary black cover for?

Sorry....I told y'all I was anal.

Hmm... they do kind of ruin the symmetry, don't they?

[InfinitiZ]

That is fresh.... what products did you use to clean under the hood? I want to do mine too in the near future.

[RichiePoor]

That is one clean engine!! Nice Job!

[370Z/28]

Hmm... they do kind of ruin the symmetry, don't they?

Yeah...and that is a shame too, because other than that it is dam* near perfect!

[SVTCOBRA]

If you guys are providing the beer and I'm ever in Canada or NC it's a deal

Yes, will supply beers!!

[spacy9]

Really looks good spacy9. What products did you use to clean under the hood?

Thanks, Hal

That is fresh.... what products did you use to clean under the hood? I want to do mine too in the near future.

Sorry, I didn't answer sooner. Here is what I did.

1) Washed everything down with a damp rag and car wash soap. This probably took the longest, getting into all of the cracks and around all of the hoses.

2) Went over everything again with just a damp rag - to get all of the soap off.

3) I actually waxed the painted pieces with normal car wax.

4) I used "303 Aerospace Protectant" on the hoses and anything that wasn't black plastic.

5) I used "BLACKFIRE One Step, Plastic Cleaner, Polish & Glaze" for the black plastic pieces.

I loosely followed the directions here:

http://www.properautocare.com/prencl.html

But I didn't spray water directly into the engine, a nice damp rag is good enough for me

[370Z/28]

I met a couple at a car show one time. They had a C4 Corvette. (That is the body style where the whole front cap opens up). Well....he took it to a coin car wash and sprayed the engine with the high pressure wash. He did $2500 damage to the engine. It had to be towed to the dealership.