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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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painted my valve cover!!!

Well since my car is still not running right I decided to paint my valve cover. I'll post pics as soon as I'm done with it.



I have t/s my fuel issue down to the thermostat connections on the front of the engine. I'll have to buy some new bosche injector plugs to redo the wiring to see if that fixes my problem.
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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interesting..... lol. this would have been way better if you had pictures now haha.
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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This Thread Is Useless Without Pics!
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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haha%^^^^ well put
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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I Know I Know I Know!!!! The Paint Has To Dry Before I Finish... And It Was Dark Outside And Did Not Want To Bring It In All Smelly Like...

So Should I Pollish The Lettering Or Leave It The Same Color As The Valve Cover? The Color Is Grabber Green (lime Green)
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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Ohhh! Polish!
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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yeah.. thats what i did when i painted my Z32 calipers. scrapped the paint off were it said nissan made i shiny. looks much better. dont leave teh letter painted... oh no oh no
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 07:04 AM
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i did oposite on my valve cover, made the lines and nissan yellow, the rest is silver, but it would look good with the shiney and the green.
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Now with pics

As promised. It is not quite done yet still have work to do on the letters to make them shine.





Old Dec 20, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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Now panint that intake. Head. and Block Already. Damn!
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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That sick, very nice.....you should dremmel off them mounting points for the injector fan....thats what i'm going to do..
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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looks great! And if you grind down the holes like WreckJ30 suggested, you have to weld up the holes that it leaves, I did that and it looks much better.
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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Time to break out the TIG!

I agree on grinding off the fan mount points.
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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hehe, or if you can't tig, you can leave them screws in and grind them off to..dam, i'm sharing all my secrets..lol.
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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You could JB-Weld the holes instead of TIGing them closed. You're going to paint it anyway... no one will know...
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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True and it's not a high load or high heat area anyway.
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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im putting the fan back on to cool the injector gallery, and wire it up to switched, so that way cool fuel means fast car
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:23 AM
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the fan is just not my style. I got a way I am going to cool my gas before they ever get to the injector's.
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 11:29 PM
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i know how to do that fub..redneck style..lol..cut a hole in a coffee can, but it around your gas tank neck...but ice in the cup and walla, colder gas...old racers trick..
Old Dec 22, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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thats nice man i painted mine royal blue urs looks good u should clean up sum of them lines n hoses
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