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George, what's that gold colored counterbalanced do-dad on the top of the intake horn? I don't recall ever having such a device before.

Stupid question, can you safely steam clean an engine (while in the car of course). I am worried about damaging paint, injectors etc.. what do you think?

That is a one way flapper - it only opens when air is being drawn in. The same thing is used on Oil bath filters from early beetles 1200 & 1300cc engines I believe.

Yep

steam is fine, the heavy pressure washer is not so fine, steam will do a good job without a lot of pressure, just cover the intake and distributor injectors will not be hurt

Sorry, that engine in the first post is not beautiful. It's clean, but NOT pretty.

This is pretty....

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the 4 with FI does nothing for me.

It’s not a Porsche but the Mirage with the BRM engine qualifies for engine porn. It’s always a show stopper when Russo fires it up. 12k redline.

That Type IV would look better if the dipstick was zinc plated gold, like they were new.

For "aural stimulation" the Matra V12 is hard to beat.

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Thank you very much. Didn't mean to high jack this thread, but that engine looked so nice that it motivated me.

cheers! and happy labor day!

i agree, a freshly cleaned oe repainted motor and tin look super!

Nice! One day, when I get my engine back together, mine might look like that.

Thanks for posting.

Konrad

mostly stock, I also have a newly repowder coated stock 2.0 air box coming from bruce stone, all new vac lines from George and AA(stock) so this will really look nice when done.

I agree. I too prefer the 3.2.

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Are we now sharing engine pics?

your engine is bigger than my engine!