Painted valve covers and coils...surprise inside
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Glen Burnie, MD
Painted valve covers and coils...surprise inside trying to get a dyno out here is like asking Texas to be cold in the summer!!! but soon i will get one, but in the meantime, i decided to paint my valve covers and my coils. now let me tell you one thing, i am so glad i did. not only did they come out amazing, it reveled a potential probelm that could have ended my motors life!!!!! one of my rockers gave up on life and another one was loose. oddly they were both on the intake side, even though my exhaust side has higher lift and more duration...
enjoy the pics
here is a picture of the rocker still on there, with the missing cap that holds the needle bearings on
here is the rocker removed, right side
left side, busted side!!!
now good thing i had some spares! i ordered 2 extra rockers when i did my heads and cam, just incase any were bad so i would not be set back any days. good thing i did. all this means that my cam is to bad *** for my rockers, guess it is time to upgrade to some Yella Terra Ultra lights!!!!!
anyway, now to the eye candy. off to the coils and valve covers enjoy!!!
i will add some pics with them on the car after i finish painting the other side. cant wait to see them, always thought the MSD blaster coils looked awesome, now you can get the reliability of the stock ones, and the look of MSD, all for about $8 of material!!!!!!!!!!!
enjoy the pics
here is a picture of the rocker still on there, with the missing cap that holds the needle bearings on
here is the rocker removed, right side
left side, busted side!!!
now good thing i had some spares! i ordered 2 extra rockers when i did my heads and cam, just incase any were bad so i would not be set back any days. good thing i did. all this means that my cam is to bad *** for my rockers, guess it is time to upgrade to some Yella Terra Ultra lights!!!!!
anyway, now to the eye candy. off to the coils and valve covers enjoy!!!
i will add some pics with them on the car after i finish painting the other side. cant wait to see them, always thought the MSD blaster coils looked awesome, now you can get the reliability of the stock ones, and the look of MSD, all for about $8 of material!!!!!!!!!!!
Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Glen Burnie, MD
ok here is some more pictures. got the valve covers re-installed and painted, tell me what you think!
comment if you like! still need to clean up the rest of the engine bay, like move the TCS unit and do the wire mod, then it is time to touch up the strut towers, when i remove my shocks to replace them with some new Bilsteins!
comment if you like! still need to clean up the rest of the engine bay, like move the TCS unit and do the wire mod, then it is time to touch up the strut towers, when i remove my shocks to replace them with some new Bilsteins!
Lookin' good! I would suggest the trunion upgrade kit from Comp to cure your rocker ailments. I'd be ppretty concerned about where the rest of the rocker needles are floating in the engine though. Just something to consider.
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Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,453
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From: Glen Burnie, MD
har har. i am not that good at painting to even consider attaching the intake. just a simple clean prep and spray for the coils and valve covers. the needles were in the head, and i pulled them out. started to get a sqeak a few days ago, so think it happened then, haven't fired up the motor yet, will do today. but i think i will just go with better rollers, as i have the money for them.
