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    Author Topic: Yea or Na! Part 2  (Read 1828 times)

    nivvy

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    Yea or Na! Part 2
    « on: December 31, 2007 - 03:55:10 PM »
    Well I stripped off all the paint and resanded down the valve covers and semi polished them..... I think they came out great....

    Like better than the orange paint I had on before??? They have a brushed look to them... hard to tell in pic....

    That 16" Aircleaner for my dominator is huge looking  :bigsmile:

    Cant wait to put on the ceramic 2" TTI's  :bigsmile:

    The yellow tubing is gonna go as well...

    Yea or Na!!!

    Also what aluminum polish do you recommend... I just used some stuff I had around ???
    « Last Edit: December 31, 2007 - 04:07:15 PM by StRoKer »
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    Offline common 27

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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #1 on: December 31, 2007 - 04:23:17 PM »
       I vote keep them unpainted!!!  I was a little concerned when you said they leak because I just bought some for my engine build. I've polished some aluminum with a cotton buffing wheel and compound I got at a hardware store.It has 4 different grades depending on what your polishing. One thing someone stated was to be careful about them getting hot,I think they have to be hot to actually polish.Being a thin material on your covers you might want to sand them with  ultra fine sandpaper Nice looking engine
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #2 on: December 31, 2007 - 04:28:17 PM »
    The only problem with aluminum is you will always be polishing it. I found chrome valve covers to be of much less maintenance.


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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007 - 04:28:49 PM »
    They were way off when i took them to he machine shop but now they are prfect..... they are 440 source ones... the aluminum is so soft on the rail anwhen tightening them down hey made indents and maybe it thrugh them out a litte more.... had to pay 90+ bucks to get them flat but I canttrash my new $900 TTi headers..........
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #4 on: December 31, 2007 - 04:38:56 PM »
       I've found it easy to keep polished with a polish made by the Wax Shop for aluminum.It works great for Weld wheels too.But it is polishing.They stay nice for quite a while. My new covers are made by Procomp Motorsport and have about a 1/4 inch thick bottom rail. Whats the story on ypur present headers?
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007 - 05:02:07 PM »
    Headers are in excelltn shap were 330 new.... could use a recoat of 1600* heat paint but no rust... I run power steering and have no clearance issues on my 906's or edelbrocks... 1 3/4 primarys...

    my rails on the valve covers were 3/8 billett.... becareful on yours

    i like the race look of the brushed aluminum as to chrome....  :2cents:
    « Last Edit: December 31, 2007 - 05:05:22 PM by StRoKer »
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #6 on: December 31, 2007 - 05:15:02 PM »
    I like the aluminum race look also,I`m going with those style covers on my Barracuda.  :2thumbs:
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #7 on: December 31, 2007 - 05:18:31 PM »
    I think that looks great!!  Nice job!   :2thumbs:
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #8 on: December 31, 2007 - 05:26:08 PM »
    Looks good!  :cooldancing:
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #9 on: December 31, 2007 - 07:12:28 PM »
    I like them not painted!
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #10 on: December 31, 2007 - 07:13:21 PM »
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    Much better...  :thumbsup:
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #11 on: December 31, 2007 - 07:15:03 PM »
    It took alot of work to bring them back after the machin shop scratched them up.......... oh well I took a little more weight out of the car  :burnout:
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #12 on: December 31, 2007 - 07:19:33 PM »
    They look a lot better without the paint.
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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #13 on: December 31, 2007 - 08:37:55 PM »
    Quote from: 426HEMI on December 31, 2007 - 07:19:33 PM
    They look a lot better without the paint.

     :iagree:

    Much better.

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    Re: Yea or Na! Part 2
    « Reply #14 on: December 31, 2007 - 09:09:25 PM »
    Clear coat em like they are.....    :cheers:   
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