I'm in the middle of shaving my engine bay but cant believe how long its taking. I never would have started it if I knew it was this big of a job.

I'm starting to think i'm doing things the really long way round.

So, for you guys that have done an engine bay shave, how long did it take you from the first bit of sanding to the last coat of paint?

 

Too damn long.

 

I agree

 

Got a rough idea? 10 hours? 1000 hours?

 

i think i have a good 30-40hrs in my engine bay shaving

 

There are several levels of "shave", time how long it takes you to finish one hole and then count what you have left, should give you an idea, not everybody works at the same speed.

 

End product looks good but it is a biatch though. I would pay someone to do it next time.

 

Ive got about a 100 hours + in mine. I have yet to do my brake lines, fuel lines, or wiring harness.

ALOT of welding. all seams were welded on both sides.

 

wow

 

thats a clean engine bay.

 

wow that looks sick Redneck, let me tell you all that hard work paid off

 

The majority of the ones that are memorable have taken close to 100 or more hours from what I have seen. Now that is doing everything right and not cutting corners. You could probably get by with less sanding of filler if you used a high build primer to help even out the bay and then the blocking of the primer would finish it off. Or you could just use POR15 and call it a day after the prep.

 

POR15 doesnt do well on filler..lol best on bare metal. my friend learned the hard way it flaked off very easy. i used some filler sanded most of it off then i shot it with a coat of epoxy. then 2 coats of Slick sand and it was easy to work with. messed up and hit it with another coat of slicksand. and now final sand with some 400 Grit then im ready for primer. i wouldnt be suprised if i have 150+ hours when im all done

 

I think you have mistaken what i meant. I was getting ready to edit as well. What I meant was use por 15 after Prep and call it a day.

 

Very nice looking bay

Wow 100 hours at 40 dollar an hour shop rates makes that a 4000 dollar job wow.

 

2 Years got me this far (was about a month or so after this picture was taken and i was finished). If i have to turn all the work into hours i would say its about 250 hour easy.

 

thats a nice manifold! very clean engine bay as well. i like the collector on the mani. any reason for having it like that?

 

Thanks. As for the manifold it is a Nuekin VVrace manifold. Im not sure if he still makes them or not but i liked it. Made good power and descent spool time on a SC6152. Only thing i didnt like about it was that it sat the turbo low. Soon to be for sale for a new design with bigger turbo.

 

Cheers guys, and redkneckricer thats looking awesome!

I probably have about 50 hours into mine but no where near yet.

 

3 months a few hours a night.... and counting.....

 

not really that long.. just about 10 hours from the first weld to the finished product.


Shot with Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT at 2007-07-19

 

That looks incredible.I didnt even shave or tuck the engine bay in my s2000.Just tore it apart for a color change and it still took forever.All that prep work takes time.

 

here we go again with the quotes...

 

you guys know what size wire you are using? i started this got all the prep work done and then just put more holes in then i started with. I dont mean to thread jack, and if i am then dont answer, i just thought this was kinda on topic lol

 

I didnt understand that last post at all?