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I would like to cut this Carbon Fiber cover to show the catch can that will sit under it. Anybody know if you can cut a section out of this and make it look good again or is this a bad idea?
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imo, don't cut the Carbon Fiber...
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What will happen? Can't I make the edge I cut look good again?
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By the way Sultin, I love the looks of your engine. Where is a good place to get all the Carbon Fiber covers? How much did you pay?
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not sure if you've ever worked with carbon before but it's very difficult to keep a clean edge after modification. This is the main reason I didn't buy the oil catch canister since I'd have to mod my IPT Carbon Fiber pieces or it wouldn't show - If you feel adventurous and have experience with Carbon Fiber, then by all means try it and post the results...
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By the way Sultin, I love the looks of your engine. Where is a good place to get all the Carbon Fiber covers? How much did you pay? thanks bro - I got the whole set from IPT when they were first released for $720
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Thanks. Hell no I'm not going to try it until one of the experts on here says it can be done. Even then, I'll have my shop do it. I was thinking of sticking a small rubber trim around the edge after it is cut. Not sure how that would look though.
I had my plastic engine cover chromed, had a custom intake manifold made and chromed, now it's about to come out of the shop with the turbo kit installed. I think it would look good to finish it off with some Carbon Fiber covers now, but if everybody says "Don't cut Carbon Fiber", I'll just cut the plastic cover and paint it red again. How do you think that would look?
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why cant you mount the catch can somewhere else in the engine bay??
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imo, don't cut the Carbon Fiber... ditto...might mess up the threading
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qbanprepster21, I don't think there is another place to mount it. All the pipes for the turbo are going on the other side, plus I have polished the entire surface of the engine and don't want to cover all that up with a big cover. I would just take it off, but that side of the engine bay doesn't look good with all the wires and things on that side. I think a smaller cover over there would look best.
Thanks Virgilson, I'll keep trying to find a way around that.
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heres a little idea... Maybe cut the stock plastic how you would like it to show the catch can and then get it wrapped in Carbon Fiber?
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eric... it can be done differently...here is a pic of c2gas's engine bay with the oil catch can mounted near the turbo inlet pipe...
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^^^ is that intake manifold wrapped in Carbon Fiber?
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yea if you cut it it might splinter around the edges
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i dont know how that caronb fiber is as compared to the stuff i use. i cut my own carobn fiber fomr a large sheet to amek my heat sheld and rear licenseplate backing. for my suff as long as you had a sharp pair of scizors and cut small amoutns at a time it turend out well. also i used my girlfreinds nail file to smooth out the dges. i suggest to liek the top corner or osmehting just a small cut to see how it works. thats really the onyl way you will be able to do it. i dint have a problem with splintering as much as the clearcoat cracking on certain parts, i think they were cooked ot long. goodluck bor, if you need ot see my examples look int eh profile.
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Thanks. Hell no I'm not going to try it until one of the experts on here says it can be done. Even then, I'll have my shop do it. I was thinking of sticking a small rubber trim around the edge after it is cut. Not sure how that would look though.
I had my plastic engine cover chromed, had a custom intake manifold made and chromed, now it's about to come out of the shop with the turbo kit installed. I think it would look good to finish it off with some Carbon Fiber covers now, but if everybody says "Don't cut Carbon Fiber", I'll just cut the plastic cover and paint it red again. How do you think that would look? Those things are so expensive I do not know if I would do that. I was thinking about the same thing in the future since it wont fit over the s/c. If the edges dont get frayed too much you could do something like this but I dunno
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Thanks TimO, that is a good idea. Never thought of that.
Steve, that's also a good idea, but that's right where the BOV is going. Not sure if I could fit it there next to the BOV. What do you think? Thanks for the picture of c2gas' engine. I always wondered what his looked like.
Sultan, I was just about to ask the same thing. How in the heck did he do that intake manifold?
Thanks JBing, couldn't I hold it together with some kind of glue and a small rubber trim?
Thanks ragingpaseo.
Thanks hombredelassrtass, also a good idea. I have seen your work. Remember? We had a long conversation about it? Wrapping the end caps on my wing.
Thank you SLVCELI, but I was talking about the side cover.
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check out goldcelica's engine bay. he placed his oil catch tank on the lower right of the engine bay.
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Thanks VoodooGTS, but that's where my pipes and BOV are going. Plus I have spent hundreds of hours polishing the serface of my engine and I really want to show that off by making the side cover smaller. You have been into car shows a lot longer than I have, think the judges will appreciate a polished engine or will it not be worth any points unless it's an actuall mod?
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^^^ is that intake manifold wrapped in Carbon Fiber? YEs...and yes, I've pm'ed him about it...I knew you would hit the floor when I posted that...pm and I'll tell you what he told me
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ERic...I've got an idea...why don't you move your batery to the trunk and get the wiring extensions from summit racing or something...they have kits to relocate the battery, and you would have all that extra room for bling factor in your engine...Also, if you are doing all of this for shows, have you considered getting a clear hood for shows???? I saw a celica at the Nopi nationals this last year, that had its engine done wild, and he had a clear hood over it so everyone could see it, but the stuff in the air wouldn't get to it while it sat out all day
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^^^ is that intake manifold wrapped in Carbon Fiber? YEs...and yes, I've pm'ed him about it...I knew you would hit the floor when I posted that...pm and I'll tell you what he told me pm sent bro -
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you can cut it... i would use a drill and one of those circular cutting attachments that go on.
... then just like you said... split some rubber tubing and put it around the edges... if you do it right it wont splinter... it would be just like installing a hoodpin...
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ise a dremel, may be easier to handle and mroe exact.
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whatever you do just be careful, dont want to screw that up
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Thanks VoodooGTS, but that's where my pipes and BOV are going. Plus I have spent hundreds of hours polishing the serface of my engine and I really want to show that off by making the side cover smaller. You have been into car shows a lot longer than I have, think the judges will appreciate a polished engine or will it not be worth any points unless it's an actuall mod? off course, it will give you major points for having things polished. i mean look at ryans car, that guy is winning shows left and right. his engine bay is polished to the maxxx
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Thanks Steve, I have already removed my battery from under the hood and put 2 red top batteries in the trunk to handle the 7000 watt sound system. There will be one on each side of the 2 NX bottles, surounded by molded fiberglass. The filter for the turbo will go in the place of the battery. I have seen the Celica you mentioned. I thought about it, but desided I liked the BRS hood better and went with that. Good idea though.
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Thanks spaztikid, I will keep that in mind. Have you ever tried to cut Carbon Fiber before?
Thanks hombredelassrtas, kind of hard to read your post sometimes, but I know what you mean.
Thanks xcivickillerx, I will. No, I definitely don't want to mess this up. That shit is expensive.
Thanks VoodooGTS. Ryans car is one of the cars that made me want to start fixing up my Celica. If there is ever a top ten section on this site, I think he would be on top. How is your show record? I bet it's pretty damn good too.
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lol no problem. I hope i helped in some way. I know my typing is always bad I just tell everyone i am typing in code. U need ot be smart enough to figure it out
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Yes, you are a big help and I appreciate that. Thanks.
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post some pics whenever you get this venture done
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