ajricker

Cam covers and intakes have been blasted and washed. I'm getting ready to prime and paint them. Should I paint the engine side of the cam covers or leave them bare?

Mrmerlin

most leave them bare,
why not consider powder coating these parts,
Note out side only

ajricker

Already painted one. Kinda like the looks.

atb

I painted mine high temp white, must admit it looks pretty cool when I pull them off and its all clean under there.

ajricker

cam covers back on

MFranke

Looks great!

ajricker

Thanks.

Randy V

Paint the covers to match the intake.

Keep it close to the factory original colour!

ajricker

Intakes and oil filler

ajricker

try this again

Tony

Like the new AVATAR Adam!


on topic...paint is fine as long as you have good prep. Power coat is the way to go though and will hide imperfections in he castings better

17prospective buyer

So will plain old VHT wrinkle paint. Bake it properly and it's as durable as PC.

ajricker

media blast, washed, wiped down with acetone,self etching primer and high temp engine paint. Finished off with an hour bake. We'll see if it holds up.

Mrmerlin

The parts do look very good, thanks for posting pictures.

If you have media blasted the intake parts you must wash them atleast 3 times with hot water and simple green or some other kind of grease cutting liquid ,
then blow dry with compressed air,
too many complaints of failed engines due to media materials being ingested.

ajricker

Thanks Stan, Had them media blasted with plastic bead. Then washed with Purple Power in a tub with hot water. I used a toilet brush to scrub the insides. Then used the hose to spray them out real good. I would have blown them out with air but a compressor is the one thing I don't have