Yella Fella

[lotos]

I agree the color match looks spot on.

[dapinky]

Not intended as a critisism, as it's your car and your workmanship is always a pleasure to behold.....

....personally i think the plug wire cover in yellow is a bit much, and a contrast would suit me better....


....pinky ducks for cover appologetically

[Specky]

What's that mod to the intake all about...

and who took that photo.... There's a lovely white one to the right, but I guess it wouldn't fit with the thread thou...

TTFN

[tweetdriver63]

Not intended as a critisism, as it's your car and your workmanship is always a pleasure to behold.....

....personally i think the plug wire cover in yellow is a bit much, and a contrast would suit me better....


....pinky ducks for cover appologetically

I have to agree with Dave. Contrast between the plug cover and cam cover is needed. Personally, I would strip the plug cover and polish it.

[nitroman]

Yellow wires, yellow cover.

I like monochrome color cars from the late '80s too. I think it gives a clean look. Now adding yellow coolant hoses would be too much, especially since they'd be a bright yellow not matching the car. I looked at many cars with black cam covers and decided all that black simply made the engine bay too dark.

[tweetdriver63]

Hey, your car, your money, etc. I still think the contrast would look better, whether polished or black.

[Doc Fizzix]

Note the notch I cut out of the mounting base. You'll be able to tell why I cut this notch when I take pictures in the daylight tomorrow.

Matt

I was really wondering why you cut the notch and now I see why, I guess since the intake is hand made not all the intakes were made the same or else I got one from a different batch, mine does not come close to touching the hose but now I see that yours was to close for comfort.

Also, can you PM me the name of the filter you are using and its part number, I like yours much better

[Doc Fizzix]

Not intended as a critisism, as it's your car and your workmanship is always a pleasure to behold.....

....personally i think the plug wire cover in yellow is a bit much, and a contrast would suit me better....

I agree, but regardless your motor is going to look great

[nitroman]

By the bydee by by, I have the currently bolted-in stock plug cover, so there's no need for me to trash the powder coated one. If I do make a change, I'd get the spare chrome plated, as I've never seen the cover polished to satisfaction.

I got all the bolts for the Precat and shields off today except for two. I left them to soak overnight, as I've snapped two 1/4" extensions trying to get them off! Off to Sears to get ones that don't say "Taiwan" on them. No offence, them is the facts. I can only get a 1/4" socket in the space, so don't bother saying use a bigger drive. The important thing is that the bolt heads are still A1.

can you PM me the name of the filter you are using and its part number, I like yours much better

Al, this must be another 'different batch' thing, as its just the filter that came with it. This one would have been bought roughly 2 years ago. The filter has no markings on it at all, and I had it out of the car and cleaned it thoroughly.

[Monty]

Hey, your car, your money, etc. I still think the contrast would look better, whether polished or black.

Think the Black would look good

Matt, what an excellent colour match on the pipes and Cam cover the engine bay will look superb when finished (as always)

What about doing away with the Boost transducer and fit a new mechanical boost gauge?

[Doc Fizzix]

I think the black spark-plug cover would help accent the cam-belt cover

[nitroman]

I have all three, yellow, black, silver; so I can swap them around and proceed accordingly.

[donsladek]

Nitroman,

Here's a PDF of the e-bay listing from March 2008 for your car.

Cheers!

[nitroman]

Nitroman,

Here's a PDF of the e-bay listing from March 2008 for your car.

Cheers!

Thanks Don. That's good to have.

[lotos]

Matt - any more pics to post of your engine compartment? I'm anxious to see it in all its yellow splendor

[Doug]

maybe you can wear a yellow raincoat and stand next to the car in the pic too

[nitroman]

maybe you can wear a yellow raincoat and stand next to the car in the pic too

Look deeply into the yellow. Deeper. Deeper.

Randy, perchance over the holidays I'll gitter' done.

BTW don't get any carb-cleaner overspray on your headlight brackets as it'll strip what thin, cheap black paint is on them right off. I stripped, painted & clearcoated these two & will put them back on tomorrow.

[nitroman]

By the by; I tried painting those brackets Norfolk Yellow but the color looked too light before clearcoating, and too dark after clearcoating. I have white paint for my other Elan and had no trouble at all getting an exact match. Either yellow is very sensitive to paint thickness or the company didn't match the color correctly.

I'll get to the engine today if my back's up to the task... it's been bothering me lately. The doc's taking his sweet time scheduling me for a foraminotomy.

[lotos]

carb-cleaner

Carbs? Geez, you've really done some serious modding...

[nitroman]

Randy, PM me your email address. I was gonna send you this, as I thought you might want to see the 'bay of a yellow Kia Elan. From the looks of this they continued to offer Norfolk Yellow. Anyone have a color palette for the Kia?