Baking an AU Cake!

[robbo_yobbo]

Am I the only one, or does anyone else have a mrs's that cuts sick when you use the kitchen instead of the garage?

How hot should I be baking before the plenum will warp?

[slo351]

hahaha thats gold!

[FGII-XR6]

remember when it was called hotting up your car? well this is the ultimate in hotting up

[ClassicAU]

I am confused, why is your inlet manifold in the oven??

[EvilChief]

Originally Posted by ClassicAU

I am confused, why is your inlet manifold in the oven??

maybe painting it

[RG]

Originally Posted by ClassicAU

I am confused, why is your inlet manifold in the oven??

Heatsoak testing.

[robbo_yobbo]

I painted it, but I wanted a special effect from the quick drying.

I did it all in blue, let it dry a little, then the tops of the arches were frosted in white fairly thickly, so by putting it in the oven and drying the white rapidly, hopefully it will crack a little and expose the blue underneath and give the appearance of broken frosted ice on the top of my manifold.

Hopefuly the cooler look keeps the air cooler too coz I used heat reducer exhaust paint.

Only problem was the kaos when the other half discovered what I was up to in the kitchen (she thought I was cooking tea - Didnt she get a pleasent surprise!)

PS - Im prety sure the engine bay gets hotter than the oven does with the door open, but just to be on the safe side, does anyone know how much temperature these things will stand - I dont want it warping on me

[Polyal]

HAHA nice work, reminds me of when I use clean towels to clean parts of the car.

[au2sw]

:sm_headba thats classic. love the idea though. cannt say id be trying it though, i know my mrs would scream the house down for just bringing car parts inside : all i can say is your a brave man

[LOWAU]

Maybe use a heat gun istead? You should be able to pick up some cheapies for about $20.

[mcflux]

I'm waiting for someone to turn a HO manifold into a fountain :P

[robbo_yobbo]

Originally Posted by LOWAU

Maybe use a heat gun istead? You should be able to pick up some cheapies for about $20.

heat gun (aka hairdryer!) was takin too long to dry it, + it was cold outside + I couldnt be bothered waitin around

[robbo_yobbo]

ahhhh spewin, I didnt realise that the VCT manifold had a different MAP sensor. I took the manifold off of my spare parts car which is a reguar AU1 so that I could still drive the other one while I was messin around with the painting of it, but then when I went to put it on the VCT motor, I realised the map sensor doesnt plug in. The VCT has a 3 prong plug and the AU1 has a 4 prong.

The position of the holes to screw it in on the 2 manifolds were both different too, so I had to do a bit of butchering (err, I mean 'customising') to get it swapped. Hopefuly theres no vacuum leak in the 'customised' positioning, but it looks good at least.

[Lukeyson]

your an ideas man robbo, an ideas man !!
Love your work

[Peuty]

When do we get to see some pics of the final result?

[robbo_yobbo]

I'll get a pic today. the car its in that will be pictured, is not the car its gonna end up on. Im doing up the engine bay and body of another car, and then Ill just transplant the motor once the engine bay is finished.

[Bucknaked]

How does the Sunday roast taste? Like paint. lol

[robbo_yobbo]

Originally Posted by Peuty

When do we get to see some pics of the final result?

Well heres what the cookbook said it should have looked like, but it didnt end up anything like that!

[robbo_yobbo]

and heres the end result.....

You may be thinking "Why Bother on that engine bay?" but its not staying in that car, its all being transplanted into a freshly painted bright blue one (thats once I get round to painting it!).
Im just using the chassis in the photos as my trial run for ideas, so I get a smooth run on the good one.

- I just looked at the photos, and you cant realy see the effect on the top because of the glare on my phones camera, but by puting it in the oven, the top of the white cracked and exposed the blue underneath, which made it look like breaking ice caps on the top which would have been way to hard to do with an airbrush.

[Peuty]

Hey all that blue actually looks very cool! Well done!

[HLC]

looks cool!