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[Exec]

My friend (alfa 156 gta owner) looked under my hood, and told me, that the look of the opel's v6 engine is awful...
And if you know how alfa's v6 egnine looks, you've got to say, he is right :/

Well, i decided to do something about it, to make my engine look better

I've polished the first thing, that you can see after opening the hood - i don't know the exact english name for it - you call it the intake collector?

Here are some picts:


The first thing was to remove the paint



Then i had to make the surface flat and plain - it took me few hours!



it was few hours of hard work











really hard work...



The last thing was polishing with special polishing paste and polishing felt mounted on the drill



Satisfied with the final effect i have polished the EGR too



Now the collector is fully 'first stage' polished - so it's shiny, but its not like a mirror yet...

Below you can find pictures of the collector mounted on the engine.


[size=10]Note: my english isn't perfect, if i make any mistakes or you can't undrestand me, tell me about it, please  [/size]

[The Red Baron]

thats going to look great when its finished, you have given me an idea now. good job mate.  

[serek]

looks good also seen other job in progres what that HG?

[jimmas]

That is deffo looking good mate  

[Exec]

also seen other job in progres what that HG?

yeah, here u can find more about it:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3123416/3

[cem_devecioglu]

You started a very hard work..Will be nice when you finish..

[Exec]

new pics,
this is how it looks under the hood:

[Mr Skrunts]

A heck of a lot of work involved there but looking at the results looks a worth while job.

[Mr Skrunts]

BTW, I think the name of the "collector" as you call it is a Plenum.  

[Exec]

BTW, I think the name of the "collector" as you call it is a Plenum.  

ok, this is the intake plenum, right? thanks - i don't know the exact english names for parts, so i will need your help sometimes

[BrunOmegaV6]

very nice!  

[Gubz]

Very nice, just wondering what is the name of the polishing paste and polishing felt you used?

[nick v6]

another member has done the same sort of thing
steverubberduck75

have alook at his as he has put blue hoseson the engine bay as well

alot of hard work but well worth it and looks really good

[Dishevelled Den]

All the work was well worth it Exec, the end result is great

Your English is good by the way

[924boy]

another member has done the same sort of thing
steverubberduck75

have alook at his as he has put blue hoses on the engine bay as well

alot of hard work but well worth it and looks really good

any ideas where he got them, and do they do them in red?