CandlestickPark's 2005 Sedan Engine Bay Progression Thread

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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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CandlestickPark's 2005 Sedan Engine Bay Progression Thread

I figured I'd start a thread in the Sedan section to share with everyone pics of my engine bay progression. After seeing pics and then checking them out in person at local meets I was inspired by many coupes and a certain FX to transform my bay and rep for the sedans.

HUGE thanks to (in no particular order) caskyline, rookie, RareJDM/Stage4Performance, AutoExplosion, OH6 G35, SxExCx, SouthBayGSedan, zackt69, bigc, martyg35, dahkyne, damineg35, k67p67, RedSkylineGT, speedraver, ShanesG, OCG35, g35papa, ttrank, Gdup35Sedan, and Calvin for the inspiration, guidance, advice, answers to all my questions, countless hours of labor, troubleshooting, polishing, cleaning etc. Couldn't have done of this transformation without you guys!

My first mods!! Stillen intake, z-tube and Z engine cover (d'oh did I really mix Nissan and Infiniti emblems....haha, I was clueless back then)


Polished upper plenum, grounding kit, polished z tube, JDM battery cover


RareJDM main wire harness cover, NRG Polished Strut Bar and Hood dampers



Polished Throttle Body, Venair silicone hoses, Pi-Thon caps/hose locks, Nismo oil/radiator caps



JWT Pop Charger


ARC Oil Catch Can with custom RareJDM bracket and braided hoses, silicone couplers for intake tube, polished AC Lines and Pi-Thon AC Caps


Fujita intake with blue Amsoil filter, polished timing cover swap, polished VTC housings (not visible in picture, covered by harness cover)



UTR Titanium Radiator Cooling Plate


Painted and smoothed battery covers



Full wire tuck, polished lower plenum, MD spacer, pulley bracket, NRG STB brackets, painted valve covers, 100+ polished nuts/bolts, relocated VIN plate, various earl's fittings and hoses, etc., etc.









More to come, still a work in progress but almost done

9/5/2009 Update

Recent additions:

SxExCx Moroso PS Tank

FuRookie Intake








9/28/2009 Update

Not the best pic but here are my latest additions (will get some better pics up soon). Big thanks to Randy, Darren, Marty Chris, Zack and Dave for all their help!

Modified ARC Nismo Edition overflow bottle / Coolant Reservoir (polished)
Swapped out Pi-Thon hose locks for Earl's fittings on Coolant hoses
Chrome Coolant pipe (passenger side)
Polished T-Bolt clamps for intake



12/24/2009 Update

Better pics of latest changes. Removed fuel line bracket (that was located on the passenger side).







May 2010 Update
ARC radiator cooling plate
 

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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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Wow. I can't believe how stock your bay was when I took that pic! O.O

Eh, it looks aiight now. Kinda impractical if you ask me...that 'ish will blind you!






 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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one of the cleanest and sickest engine bays ive ever seen even without any FI
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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i wish my engine bay looked like yours!
very sick indeed
great work
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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Damn, i wish i could just like click a button and have my engine bay look like that. Looks awesome man. I am sure a lot of sweat and time went into it. It PAID OFF!
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Calvin
Wow. I can't believe how stock your bay was when I took that pic! O.O

Eh, it looks aiight now. Kinda impractical if you ask me...that 'ish will blind you!






Haha thanks Cal. Yeah when you took that pic I had just wiped down the engine cover, z tube and intake and I remember thinking how clean everything looked.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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You can eat off of that engine bay lol

It really is a work of art Marcus. Seriously perfect.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:02 AM
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The other crazy thing is how quick all this happened!

My hat is off to you Sir!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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Very clean man!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:05 AM
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Looks suhweet. I love your crazy polished engine.

Question though, what do you do if you ever sell the car?? lol
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by G35papa
You can eat off of that engine bay lol

It really is a work of art Marcus. Seriously perfect.
Thanks Chris, appreciate the compliment! I was hoping you would have been able to check it out at HIN, but I guess we'll wait for the Sedan meet in Sept.
 
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nice bay Marcus! SICK
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by SxExCx
The other crazy thing is how quick all this happened!

My hat is off to you Sir!
Yeah I bought my polished upper plenum from you 10.5 months ago and never looked back. Thanks again Sean.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:09 AM
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MMmmm chrome......Someone needs to make a write up for a wire tuck explaing the best route to hide wires
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Wannabe6MT
Looks suhweet. I love your crazy polished engine.

Question though, what do you do if you ever sell the car?? lol
Thanks Janik. If I sell the car, hmmmmm....there will be a ton of polished engine bay parts in the Marketplace. Everything is pretty easy to take off and swap for stock parts (except for the timing cover). Then of course I'd have to reverse the wire tuck, ahhhh that's blasphemous why did I type that out....haha.
 
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