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DISCUSSION => Exterior => Topic started by: M42boy on August 01, 2006, 08:26:45 PM

Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: M42boy on August 01, 2006, 08:26:45 PM
I noticed that most early M cars had red radiator fans...  So, as homage to the early M cars, I decided to paint my rad fan red with some really cool Rustoleum Plastic coat paint when I replaced the fan clutch.  

Is my radiator fan sexy or what???  :cool:

(http://www.s-cars.org/postnuke/modules/gallery/albums/danh/IMG_5487.sized.jpg)
Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: Febi Guibo on August 01, 2006, 08:28:42 PM
you.... have a very snazzy engine bay!!
Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: Eurospec on August 01, 2006, 08:57:10 PM
You're engine bay is purty, wish I could say the same.
Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: stevohill on August 02, 2006, 01:09:50 PM
giggity giggity goo! I'm gonna have to get around to a full engine bay cleaning sometime, but when it's not 110+ outside:mad:
Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: M42boy on August 03, 2006, 10:33:46 AM
Quote from: Febi Guibo
you.... have a very snazzy engine bay!!

Ah, it's a 20 footer.  Looks good from a distance.  I just spray bombed the whole engine bay when I had the motor out.  Not the best paintjob in the world, but I had rust in there I was trying to get rid of.  

In retrospect, I wish I'd have paid someone who's good at laying paint and had a real spray gun to come in and put on a few coats after I did the prep work...   I was doing it on the cheap though.  

Thanks for the compliments though!!!  :D

To complete my homage to the early M-cars, I'm going to eventually have the valve cover and intake manifold powder coated in black wrinkle coat.  That's for another time down the road, however.  :rolleyes:
Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: D. Clay on August 03, 2006, 02:13:00 PM
Quote from: M42boy
Ah, it's a 20 footer.  Looks good from a distance.
In stock car racing it's a 50 footer!
Title: M Powered radiator fan
Post by: Berlin on August 19, 2006, 12:32:11 AM
that looks gangster, im stealing the idea lol...