Coloured Cam Covers - not crackle black !!

[Curly]

I was having some ceramic coating re-done on the Coupe's headers after knocking out a few dents and strengthening up a couple of welded joints, so I took along some spare cam covers to be coated as well. One pair I had coated yellow to match the Coupe's engine bay, another pair I wanted done in a very deep metalic purple to match SPYDUH's paint.
Unfortunately the purple turned out metalic blue, which wasn't at all what I wanted, but they admitted they had a problem with that colour and gave them to me at no cost.
I'm not too sure if I like the colour-coded look with the yellow, but I'll leave it for now and see if it grows on me. I might be better off swapping the yellow ones for the blues, but unfortunately I can't swap the other way because the throttle cable mounting points on the blues isn't on the yellows.
THEN AGAIN - I could always buy a can of black crackle paint

The block of wood behind the exhaust cam on the Coupe is there to hold the engine in place whilst the clutch and gearbox are revamped.

[mbouse]

my mother always said that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery.

[mdrburchette]

I'm afraid I agree with you Curly. If the yellow was the same color used on the body it might look right but an offset color would look better.

[So Cal Mark]

you could add a yellow t belt cover, then plate the carbs too and blind anyone that peeks under the hood on a sunny day

[mbouse]

black crackle does not reflect sunlight nearly as bad. in fact, it reflects zero sunlight, as it naturally has no reflective surfaces.

[manoa matt]

Curly,

How do your brake boosters hold up over the exhaust manifold,...heat shield? Are your cars right or left hand drive?

[Curly]

Curly,

How do your brake boosters hold up over the exhaust manifold,...heat shield? Are your cars right or left hand drive?

Here's some pictures from the other side of the engine which show the power booster and exhausts. Both cars are RHD, the Coupe came that way, as they were exported from Italy to Australia in reasonable numbers. SPYDUH is an ex-Californian resident that I converted to RHD.




I used to lag the header pipes with asbestos tape and had a fabricated heat-shield on the Coupe to keep the heat away from the booster and master cylinder, but I was an early convert to ceramic coating and have now done away with the heat-shield as well. The reduction in under-bonnet temperatures is noticeable even without a laser thermometer.
SPYDUH uses an early 4 into 2 cast manifold that I've played around with and opened up a bit to get a better flow. It too is ceramic coated inside and out as is the standard heat-shield which I retained for appearances more than anything else.

[vwdmc16]

whats wrong with Wrinkle Red?? it was hard to find some in red

[mbouse]

clint...where did you find crackle red? several requests were posted on this forum a while back, and we could not find a source.

[vwdmc16]

Tognotti's here in sacramento just happened to have some instock last time i went, i bought all they had, $8 a can

[miragesmack]

Is that the same red Ferrari uses? I think what they use looks pretty good, but they also have polished accents which dress it up a bit.

[vwdmc16]

close enough to the same red, not sure if it will last a really long time, ill let you guys know

[mbouse]

your cam covers shouldn't get so hot that the crackle paint won't hold up.

and yeah, that looks really close to the Ferrari red. and yeah, the Ferrari generally have some bare polished aluminum showing.

[SpiderHead]

I'm loving the blue!

I might take my covers down to Australia, and ask for purple too!



-Jack