People ask me all the time at shows how much I've spent on my bay. I refuse to even sit down to try and add it all up...LOL.

I blame you Sean and your stack of shiny plenums in your garage. If I hadn't looked at them when we went to pick that cooler up from your garage....

 

^ahhh, the beginning of the end! Bwaaaahahahaha!

That was a pretty fun day though; many great friendships began there.

 

well if i haven't seen so many pictures of marcus's engine bay i would have never thought about doing my engine bay .. now look at me i just ordered 3 main things and about to sell my brand new intake just so i can get a full polished one .. thanks to vivek on that and talking to into it hahaha

 

Yep, I just tucked the headlight harneses (ones that go over the fender wells). For sure can add up quick and get pricey but all the bling looks so good

I sold off a few pieces (SxExCx quality work) and did up some OEM pieces mixed with some aftermarket ones and shiny bolts/nuts..paint...blah blah.

 

^^ chris your a bad influence on me as well !! haha ..

 

how many bolts are on that timing cover. Looks like quite the task?

 

^ a bazillion. There are like 8 different size bolts too so it depends on what you are looking to do.

 

I see. Is it simply a cover that I can pull off and pop the polished one on or is it more difficult than that.

 

^ some would argue that its easier to just polish it by hand than try to swap one out!

 

i agreee ... i have seen a few pictures that only the top half is done nice but the lower part isn't done at all . it still looks ok i guess

 

How would a person go about polishing one? Is it hard

 

http://my350z.com/forum/7610123-post52.html

 

If you are up to it I would suggest polishing the Timing Cover yourself. There aren't many folks that know how to do a swap properly and it will cost you more than you pay for a polished timing cover for the labor on the swap.

Its not a project you can tackle in one weekend but if you are patient it will come out very nice. bigc polished his by hand and you can't even tell he polished it while it was on the car. Came out excellent.

 

im thinking about trying it out ...make it a weekend job for a few weeks ... will see cause im about to order the catch cans and PS this weeknd lol

blue magic or mothers ???

 

Totally like how you are thinking - I'm the same way. Don't show my car but seem to have a lot of bling. I just like it.

You can do a bunch of simple things immediately like getting rid of OEM harness brackets and the plastic zip ties. There is a wire harness cover (Rare JDM) common for the top of the timing cover that cleans up the look.

Here's one site I have used a few times. The wire harness cover is listed in here.
http://www.z1auto.com/submodel.asp?m...50z&cat=engine

I like seeing polished plenums and timing covers but ceramic coatings or engine enamel can look just as nice IMO. Paint the plastic reservoirs and just these few things go a really long way.

Silver engine enamel:


Silver ceramic coating:


I got the polished Throttle Body in the photo above from SxExCx - he does good work.