Bruised and Beautiful

[Jay Wrix]

figured id post a couple pics of my 92 Broke out the camera today for the first time in months

She has 138k, and still runs like a champ! awaiting a set of teal doors mine are halfway rotted, thank you michigan., a little bit of body work on the rear fendorwell, and a small ding fixed in the fender and a Respray! coming in the spring!

I need a couple of other parts for it, Im highly considering a 5 speed swap, or a 4.44 auto, but Id much rather have the forementioned. =)











Interior is still pretty good, I love the factory spot for my ice scraper!

[B 4 You]

What type of paint did you use to paint the engine cover red? I've been debating doing that to mine, but don't know if there's a certain type of paint to use since that area tends to be on the warm side.

[Jay Wrix]

It was left over brake caliper paint that I had layin around from autovalue, I actually bought it for painting a briggs race motor, then realized i could do my car, haha, heres another of the red top take the front cover off, and the rear, mask it off and paint.

also, in my experience with briggs motors, ive never been able to cook the paint off them, white would discolor, but otherwise it was normally okay.


I think it made it alot better, completes the look in my opinion adds a little pop

[Blacky]

I like the industrial strength hood prop.

[XxMattrimxX]

ZOMG! I did not know they had automatic seat belts! And here I was complaining about my non auto ones being designed for a tiny Japanese man LoL! I take it all back now and will live happily with them forever over my bicep.

[david_12121]

you need more red paint under the hood...basically any black plastic...
and nice hood prop! i use a pair of locking pliers to hold it up...much more conventional

all the SVXi need to be black...looks great

[Chuckls]

Less red the better

[Tim]

Thats one mean hood prop

[SURTEESS]

does you car over heat - that is quite a pressure head of coolant inside that pipe ha! ha!

[BoxerFanatic]

If I had a nice SVX, with a tuned-up engine, I would do the 'ferrari-like' or STI-like treatment on the engine. But a little darker red color than shown above, that is less tomato-colored.

Red center cover and TB cover, much like shown above. Maybe with the ridges striped in aluminum silver. If I really wanted to go overboard... a red powder coated alternator case, to extend the red all the way to the front of the engine.

The intake manifolds degreased and painted/powdercoated in cast-aluminum silver (for brightness and uniformity), with the ridges striped with red. Probably phenolic-spacer installed to keep the temperature in check for engine performance (less intake air heat soak from the manifold conducting heat up from the heads) and thermal protection for the finish.

Valve covers painted or powder coated red, with the ridges machined back to silver.

Maybe the timing covers and belt cover painted in a metallic medium gray or silver, perhaps, with a red anodized aluminum crank pulley. Red timing covers might be ok, but might be a bit too much.

If I ever build a modified Fiero chassis, or other mid-engined kit car, with a boxer engine transplant, I want to use an EG33, and I would probably finish it like that. A tuned EG33 backed by a 2010+ Legacy GT cable-shifted 6MT, converted to lateral output only, with the center diff removed, and capped off, and an LSD in the 'front' diff position. Maybe with twin turbos and intercoolers, laid out similarly to the 288 GTO. 330 Berlinetta Boxer, or 330BB, with Giugiaro styling, like a mix between Merak, Bora, and DeLorean DMC12.