
50 Engine Compartment Detailing Tips Part 1
It’s a rare time when a writer gets to discuss something in the first person. And this is one of those rare times. You see, my little green 1070 Chevrolet Nova has been seen by a large number of folks right here on RacingJunk.com and also on my personal You Tube channel Lone Wolf Hot Rods. For those who haven’t seen it, the car is just a simple street (and maybe street-strip) car. It has been put together with an eye toward ease of maintenance. There are no real tricks to it, but I certainly field a lot (and I mean a lot!) of questions on how I did things, especially detail items within the engine compartment.
Before getting into the nuts and bolts of the equation, let’s just rewind for a second: Decades upon decades ago when I first started building cars from the ground-up I thought the best way to detail an engine compartment was to rattle can it black and chrome plate a bunch of pieces. Then I’d wrap all of the wiring with that split loom plastic wrap stuff and call it “detailed and done”. Since then, let’s just say my tastes (along with the respective processes I use) have evolved a wee bit. In the following slide show(s), I’ll show you how I detail my street strip builds today (and feel free to copy some or all of the ideas).
One of my personal guiding principles is to keep the car simple. Simple cars are easier to detail. They’re easier to build. They’re easier to detail plus they’re easier to maintain. And from a mechanical point of view, they’re more reliable because there’s less to go wrong!
With that out of the way:Click Here to Begin Slideshow
Before getting into the nuts and bolts of the equation, let’s just rewind for a second: Decades upon decades ago when I first started building cars from the ground-up I thought the best way to detail an engine compartment was to rattle can it black and chrome plate a bunch of pieces. Then I’d wrap all of the wiring with that split loom plastic wrap stuff and call it “detailed and done”. Since then, let’s just say my tastes (along with the respective processes I use) have evolved a wee bit. In the following slide show(s), I’ll show you how I detail my street strip builds today (and feel free to copy some or all of the ideas).
One of my personal guiding principles is to keep the car simple. Simple cars are easier to detail. They’re easier to build. They’re easier to detail plus they’re easier to maintain. And from a mechanical point of view, they’re more reliable because there’s less to go wrong!
With that out of the way:Click Here to Begin Slideshow
Wayne,
Looks very clean. Looks like new.
Ted from Michigan
Where is the slide show ?