If you want a cool valve cover, just do what I did and paint your valve cover with black wrinkle paint from Krylon! All it costs is a can of paint and an afternoon for prep work and drying time.
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| Author: | Pierre [ Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Plexiglass valve cover... doable? |
I was about to replace my valvecover gasket, and thought about buying a Clifford aluminum cover but I don't think I want to spend $150 on a valve cover. So I got creative and thought, I bet I could get the local plastic shop to bend me a cover and drill the holes for probably less then $150. Do you think lexan/plexi/etc would hold up to the oil and temperatures? I am not doing this exclusively for having a clear cover to see the valvetrain, I just want a sturdier cover and figured, hey why not a clear cover would be neat if I could get one at the same time. Sure would be unique... |
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| Author: | Slant Cecil [ Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:57 am ] |
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Once oil gets on them from splash, you can't see much. Cecil |
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| Author: | Eric W [ Tue Jul 08, 2003 10:36 am ] |
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If you want a cool valve cover, just do what I did and paint your valve cover with black wrinkle paint from Krylon! All it costs is a can of paint and an afternoon for prep work and drying time.
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| Author: | Pierre [ Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:35 pm ] |
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Hmm... yea forget it I'll just straighten my cover as much as I can when I take it off and spend the money elsewhere. A quick paint touchup might be in order.. the degreaser I used the other day "Oil Eater" brand, full strength as it said on the bottle, seemed to have a bleeching action on the paint, its still on there but almost white where the spray got on the cover. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:49 pm ] |
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At one time Doug had found someone who could make clear valve covers. IIRC, there was not enough interest to make the minimum number required for a production run. 
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