Valve cover thread

[]2eDeYe]

 

 

 

My buddies powder coated a few valve covers for Frank to drag to Canby.

 

 

 

The coolest one they have done so far. :cool:

 

[VintageRice]

Mine

 

 

 

[jalen]

Thats awesome^

ill be sure to bump this thread every now and then.

[]2eDeYe]

Love the lace :cool:

[screamer510]

What do you all think would pop on a grey engine in a blood red engine bay? Looking past my regular half-assed polished L series cover.

[710Hippy]

BUMP!

[converted_to_datsun]

My valve cover painted with high temp paint with ceramic cause it's hard and glossy

 

[]2eDeYe]

Looks good :D

[graveltrapp]

Not the most flattering shot and not done in this photo. It is the classic black wrinkle finish. I plan to sand off the edge of the fins and paint white around the Datsun logo.

I have to either get a new cap or try seating one of the Datsun wheel center cap stickers into it.

 

[red13]

[JoeCool]

Just spent a few hours today cleaning, sanding, polishing, and painting the center black on mine all by hand. Not quite the chrome like luster I hoped for, but it has a brushed aluminum look and looks good to me! Definitely looks better than the stained and dingy before. (Sorry about the blurriness, I guess my hands were shaky from all the work!)

 

 

 

Just out of curiosity, how did some of you get the shiny chrome look anyway?

[MicroMachinery]

Gotta wet sand it down in stages(180-1500) until you end up with a very smooth surface. After that, you go after it with polishing compound until you have a mirror finish. Some people use a polishing ball/wheel for this..

I used to work for a complete troll that told me that it's better to do it by hand. Spent 40 hours polishing it(not even exaggerating..) and ended up with a finish I wasn't all that pleased with. Wish I would've just used a polisher to begin with.

[datson4life]

I have a few

[bonvo]

here is my valve cover collection 

 

my daily 

 

 

the 620

 

 

the 610 i need to repolish it 

 

 

and my chevy 

[JoeCool]

hmm... that looks like a FORD blue on that Chevy!    :P

[bonvo]

because it is i hate chevy orange 

[floyd17]

Mine is color-match to the body paint

Uhh what is that valve cover off of?

[Radim]

Nothing fancy color wise, but I did drill three holes into a perfectly fine finned 1600 valve cover to fit the Nismo Oil Spray Bar.

[mrbigtanker]

Nothing fancy color wise, but I did drill three holes into a perfectly fine finned 1600 valve cover to fit the Nismo Oil Spray Bar.

 

I guess you added more leak points, good job.

[Suplexilicious]

Nothing fancy color wise, but I did drill three holes into a perfectly fine finned 1600 valve cover to fit the Nismo Oil Spray Bar.

 

I'd hate to piss you off with that horn setup.   :thumbup:

[thedatsun]

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[KELMO]

That valve cover looks like it could cost more than my grey 1200 is worth.