DIY, Ceramic Painted Intake, and Valve Covers
9/18/07, 04:25 PM
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DIY, Ceramic Painted Intake, and Valve Covers
Well as my first post I'll show you a DIY i did within a day
Over this past weekend I was stuck at inlaws so I took some Plastic Primer and Metal primer and went to town... Then used 1200* Duplicolor Ceramic paint over top, 10 coats
I think it turned out well, and will go well with the blue sylicone connectors in the turbo kit. BTW I have turbohorsepowers twin turbo kit sitting in my living room as we speek. I have an appointment with Frank @ PSI Motorsports in PA for a tuning session Oct 13th.
I got the Idea from this car
http://www.turbohorsepower.com/front2.jpg
It took about 3 hours to take everything off. pretty easy taking it apart. I took the main harness off the computer to allow better access to the passenger side, I also took the bolt holding the dipstick out so it could be held out of the way. 1-10 about a 5 in difficulty. Intake was fairly simple as well to take off, just take your time.
The valve covers I sanded down with 800 emry cloth. Then cleaned with parts/brake cleaner and dryed. I used metal primer for the valve covers.
The intake is plastic. You can either get Krylon Plastic Primer, or just get a White Krylon Plastic paint and spray it. It bonds specifically to plastic. Clean it first with a Paint thinner or Brake cleaner. This makes a perfect bond.
Over this past weekend I was stuck at inlaws so I took some Plastic Primer and Metal primer and went to town... Then used 1200* Duplicolor Ceramic paint over top, 10 coats
I think it turned out well, and will go well with the blue sylicone connectors in the turbo kit. BTW I have turbohorsepowers twin turbo kit sitting in my living room as we speek. I have an appointment with Frank @ PSI Motorsports in PA for a tuning session Oct 13th.I got the Idea from this car
http://www.turbohorsepower.com/front2.jpg
It took about 3 hours to take everything off. pretty easy taking it apart. I took the main harness off the computer to allow better access to the passenger side, I also took the bolt holding the dipstick out so it could be held out of the way. 1-10 about a 5 in difficulty. Intake was fairly simple as well to take off, just take your time.
The valve covers I sanded down with 800 emry cloth. Then cleaned with parts/brake cleaner and dryed. I used metal primer for the valve covers.
The intake is plastic. You can either get Krylon Plastic Primer, or just get a White Krylon Plastic paint and spray it. It bonds specifically to plastic. Clean it first with a Paint thinner or Brake cleaner. This makes a perfect bond.
I like. Give us an update when you get the turbos on!
9/18/07, 04:58 PM
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Pretty nice, but not quite as cool, or in this case hot, as this:
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=71079
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=71079
9/18/07, 08:46 PM
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I never thought of painting the intake itself, until I saw the airbrushing. But yours has made me realize it could be real easy to paint myself. It'd probably look great in red under my intake cover. I'm a bit worried about pulling my valve covers, though.
9/19/07, 06:03 AM
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9/19/07, 06:06 AM
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And whats better is that you can get powder coating results, from a little hard work.
300-400 valve covers that are powder coated or 3 cans of ceramic paint for $18.
Will
300-400 valve covers that are powder coated or 3 cans of ceramic paint for $18.
Will
9/19/07, 12:53 PM
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