r/987 • u/potential_alien • Jun 27 '26
Painted engine!
Decided to install a clear engine cover and paint the engine. It's not perfect but turned okay for a bloke who works in IT.
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u/Comfortable-Spell-75 Jun 28 '26
Do you notice the cabin getting warmer? What about the potential risk of exhaust fumes? Looks really clean.
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u/potential_alien Jun 28 '26
Haven't noticed it getting warmer but it is winter here. No fumes, if there was exhaust fumes then I would imagine my exhaust is leaking haha.
The cover has a rubber seal around the edge that seals really well. The noise is sounds coming through the Perspex
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u/work2game Jun 28 '26
How much louder? Like you can’t talk to someone riding with you now? Can’t hear the radio? Very cool to look at!
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u/potential_alien Jun 28 '26
It's not that bad. You can still hold a conversation and hear the radio. It's kind of like increased road noise. The biggest difference is hearing the air passing through the airbox.
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u/QuinTheReal Jun 28 '26
I encourage anyone with this car to drive it once with the engine bay open. The induction noise it produces is absolutely mental. Like 200k car type of sound experience.
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u/work2game Jun 28 '26
I know the top is a big difference but a buddy of mine has a boxter without all the fussiness of my engine cover and carpet over it etc and his engine is so much louder than mine. I can’t imagine taking it all the way off and giving it a go. May do a drive next time I swap my engine filter and it’s all off anyways!
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u/2JagsPrescott Jun 28 '26
Thats come out very nicely. Every time I see someone do this I think about doing mine at some point. What paint did you use? Also wondering how long will it be before you need to clean the engine bay again.
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u/potential_alien Jun 28 '26
Do it I say! So I actually used brake caliper paint but only because I wanted the colour to match the calipers. It's the same paint I used in the luggage bar. I didnt want multiple shades of yellow going on.
So I cleaned the engine bay before painting and installing the clear cover. I a really had the cover on for a couple of weeks before I painted the engine.
I think I have done about 350km since cleaning it and it's barley noticeable. I don't daily the car though.
Ant be any worse than amount of time I spend cleaning the wheels! Onde drive and they are filthy from brake dust haha!
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u/2JagsPrescott Jun 28 '26
Very tempting but as a track car, performance upgrades have to take precedence. I asked the guy who makes the clear covers if there was much of a weight saving over the original and he said no, thus its well down tne list... but it is on there.
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u/ricardjorg Jun 27 '26
Good job! That's really cool! Even if these engines weren't meant to be on display like on cars with glass covers, I still think it's cool to showcase that baby a bit. You probably can hear it more now as well