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 Aug 16, 2004 - 11:56 AM
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hey all, workin on painting my valve cover with this "anodized look" paint...did some sanding and dremeling to get the casting flash off and stuff...looks decent so far, think i may do another couple coats...what do ya think?
  heres a pic of the paint i used...  
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Aug 16, 2004 - 12:11 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 10, '03 From South Central Los Angeles Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
looks good. But yeah, you do need more coats.
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Aug 16, 2004 - 1:06 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '04 From illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
And how much HP is this going to get ya?
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Aug 16, 2004 - 1:10 PM
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Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
ohh dude,..its gotta be worth AT LEAST 25...hehe i have the engine jsut sitting on the stand,...so i figured, why not..just did another coat, its starting to look more solid now
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Aug 16, 2004 - 1:39 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '04 From Rhode Island Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
dammit pressure, where and when will u stop, ur car is already one of the best looking ones lol... well actully pls dont stop...
 that might be something ill end up doing
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Aug 16, 2004 - 3:01 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 6, '03 From hudson ,iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
did you the ground coat first cause that well help alot and it will look beeter cause i used the green and it makes a huge difference , pluse the ground coat had sparkle to that shows threw in the sun
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Aug 16, 2004 - 4:08 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
yea the groundcoat is what NEEDS to go on first cause its like primer the paint might come off without it......and you might wanna check and make sure that the heat range doesn't exceed what metalcast can go up to cause i know the vavle cover can exceed at least 150F
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Aug 16, 2004 - 4:22 PM
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Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
nope no base coat cuz it was bare metal....heres another pic, i did a couple more coats, looks ALOT better now!!
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Aug 16, 2004 - 4:35 PM
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you raped my poor super clean engine!!!!!
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Aug 16, 2004 - 4:44 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 27, '02 From Derry,NH USA Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
Nice job.. I painted mine blue as well,but,with high heat paint..
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Aug 16, 2004 - 5:01 PM
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nice Manny. Where did you get that idea ?
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Aug 16, 2004 - 6:34 PM
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Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
hahaha lagos sorry man, had to do it..ill have to take some pics of the engine on the stand..you'll like those
bat: hehe i been wanting to do that for awhile, you just nudged it along..
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Aug 16, 2004 - 6:43 PM
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You should tie it up with some rope; put a candy apple in it's intake manifold and take pictures of yourself whipping it. That'd be hot err |
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Aug 16, 2004 - 7:54 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 6, '03 From hudson ,iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
it will hold the heat i used the green with the base coat on mine
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Aug 16, 2004 - 8:22 PM
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Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
yea just read the can its heat resistant to 500 degrees..hmmm..
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