here are some pics of my del sol hoping to have it in primer in a fiew days then get the engine in for mock up and running my break lines building my turbo manifold and dp and charge piping then rip it all back out to paint it. wires for headlights are ran through the frame along with the brakelines wish me luck

 

Nice man, I have always considered doing something simular to that to have a very smooth look inside my engine bay also, only thing is, it would be a nightmare getting it clean for all the bondo and fiberglass.
-James

 

i used stripese and little 1 inch sanding disks its a long process i have a month invested now probally near 100 hours

 

wow, alot more time than I would have wanted to spend lol, I probably would have cheaped out and rented a sand blaster at homedepot for a day.
-James

 

the stripping isint that bad its all the welding grinding and sanding that kills you and i hate bodywork but it will be worth it when people wonder how it runs

 

i did something along those lines to an old car of mine a year or two back, painted the bay everything was nice, and i almost threw up when i put the motor back in big gash on the framerail lol. be careful! haha, looks great though i'm doing the exact same thing to my coupe right now can't wait to see the finished product!

 

That's awesome! Good job, can't wait to see when it's finished.

 

That's looking awesome cstay! kudos for doing such a good job. Just out of curiosity are you using that ramhorn manifold you posted a pic of before, the one you made?

 

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Just out of curiosity, what settings are you using on your Lincoln and what size wire?

 

wow oooo

 

im going to make a top mount but im wating om my gt35r so i can mock can build it and make sure it dosent hit aneything
im using 35 wire and the setting depends on where i am some times its all the way up at J 5.5 somtimes im at like C 3.5 depends on the thickness and what im welding

 

just to let you know, you shoudl have something on your windsheild when your welding.... the sparks will pit the glass or somewthing......i have seen it before

-Matt

 

im replacing it it was nasty aneyways so i figured why repaint the whole car and have a nasty winshield

 

looks good so far, i'm interested to see how it turns out. keep us updated!

 

Can you explain a little how you did it?
I think the first is to weld all the holes - and then? Have you took tin and then fibreglass - or just fibreglass?

How have do you want to solve the problem with rust behind the welds, where you can´t add a corrosions protection fluid?

A lot of people here in Germany clean there engine bays and it mostly looks great.
Respect for that work!

Kevin

 

looking good...i might try that on mine

 

basically weld all of the bolt holes shut and for the holes that are to big just cut a piec and weld it in grind it down and put fiberglass over it. im not the best at bodywork hopefully it comes out looking good.

and as for jessie this is where i got my insperation to do it to my car keep a look out for a sick *** hatch in the AZ area

 

when you say fiberglass... are you talking about the everglass putty stuff? or did you lay down a peice of clith with resin? id be worry about the clotch/resin combo cracking under torsion/flexing.

im debating doing this to mine, just get a cheap mig and some everglass and goto town

 

hell yea

 

Pass. side work looks really nice so far, keep it up.

 

Cracking of the fibreglass caused by torsion/vibration is what I´m a little worried about.

How are your experiences in this case?

 

i reeally like how u shaved that hole on the passenger side, the one where intake n stuff go thru. That looks great!!!

 

love it! first time i've seen it on a del sol...but you need an EG front end!

 

that's going to look very clean when you're done!

 

i should have it in primer this weekend with the engine in for mockup so i can start building my manifold and piping