I got a new engine cover in the mail today





It will look better once I paint the cam towers and intake manifold.

nice looking cover. i'm hoping i'll be done polishing mine tonight.

Im happy with it. good luck to you with the polishing.

looks great man. i cant help but wonder just what is 'LD9' on that thing though



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z yaaaa wrote:looks great man. i cant help but wonder just what is 'LD9' on that thing though

i was thinking the same exact thing.
looks good!

Zs Z wrote:Im happy with it. good luck to you with the polishing.

thank you. it's coming out nicely, still have to run through the higher grits tonite and hit it with a nice aluminum polish. but compared to what it looked like orignally it should make the bay pop.

is that a painted cover or powdercoat?

Jon D wrote:

z yaaaa wrote:looks great man. i cant help but wonder just what is 'LD9' on that thing though

i was thinking the same exact thing.
looks good!

Thanks! Haha in that particular engine the entire bottom end and the unported remainder of the head casting is stock LD9. The engine that is being built to live under this cover is a different story lol :p

Wow, very nice sir!!! I likie!! How did you get that done???

I must confess...I cheated and paid for it to be done. It was $30 and $5 core charge if I don't return my old one. He said he sprays the bottom color then hand paints the black parts and covers with several coats of clear.

Smoothie cam towers FTW!

30?! @!#$ thats not bad at all... wade paid like $250 to get his done up in his stock color and polished ribs etc...

great deal if you ask me!



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Looks good. I would re-do the fuel rail and fuel lines. That was the first thing I saw when I looked at the pic










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WHITECAVY wrote:Looks good. I would re-do the fuel rail and fuel lines. That was the first thing I saw when I looked at the pic

Exaclty what I was thinking. Iv seen those style intake mani's at the yard but never seen anybody on here running one. Did you notice any changes in how she ran? It looks interesting thats for sure.


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I agree, my engine bay is in need of a good clean up. Those two items are most definitely on my list of to-dos.

As for the intake manifold it feels good. The engine pulls hard right to 6000rpm. At about 6200 the engine completely falls on its face. I have it matched up with some low lift higher duration cams so midrange is where i want to be anyways. Plus it looks cool