djtimo Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Just thought id post up a little project I have been doing. While I have the motor Im building in bits it seamed a good idea to make it look a little more exotic! I fancied the ferrari wrinkle matt red because of its OEM exotic look. I have been reading up on ferrari owners forums on the colour to use because some people repaint there cam covers/plenums after the years just to smarten them up a little. There recommendation was VHT wrinkle matt red No.204. this is very very close to the OEM colour. The covers I degreased, washed and dried. Then I primed it and let it dry for 24 hours. A few coats of VHT paint, 1 hour and 90 C in the oven one side it done! Heres some pic's. Im just letting the cover cool before I take some final pic's! Ill take some with my DSLR as all of the above are just crappy Iphone pic's! Hope you like! Just a few more pic's. I think on my next cover ill use a little less paint as I have some runs on this one but once there on it will be very difficult to see them! Quote
nurrish Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Aaaaaaaaaaaand this is why your taking forever Quote
Beavis Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Will have to get my brother to get this done on his 355 Quote
Ian Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Looks awesome Tim. Now stop messing around & get on with the TT Quote
sketch Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 reminds me more of a civic rocker cover than a ferrai, looks good and yeah you used a tad too much paint there Quote
rtbiscuit Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 well done on the job, but must admit i'm not a fan of the wrinkle finish. i like the gloss smooth look. didin't know ferrari used a wrinkle look, bu then i've never been close enough to a ferrari engine bay to see look forward to seeing them on the car. sounds silly but i don't remember seeing the cam covers in my engine bay, been so long since i've been in there. anyone fancy sticking up a pic of then engine bay with big arrows on pointing them out Quote
rtbiscuit Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 lol i thought they were pretty well hidden, nice attention to detail. i'm not going to be dismantling my engine to do it as i'm too lazy Quote
Chris`I Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Looks good, be interested to see them when its all back together, they are quite hidden from view it looks like. Moved to modifications section Quote
djtimo Posted December 23, 2009 Author Posted December 23, 2009 The motor will look like this when the cam covers are fitted. Here's a F430 motor for comparison! I have powder coated timing covers and upper/lower plenum and polished cam inspection covers so the motor will look nice when built! Quote
Chris`I Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Will look good for sure. Maybe a Kinetix SSV to show it off (just speak to Alex about welding it up first ) Quote
Stew Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Why am I think Cosworth Plenum with the wrinkle red cam covers...... Mmmmmmmm nice! Quote
M13KYF Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 does all the food cooked in the oven now taste of paint Quote
daveyboy10 Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 Wow this looks awesome!!!! Fantastic job! Its a shame its difficult to see in the engine bay. Quote
uzthedentist Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 nice looks a lot like the honda ones Quote
johnny rosso Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 Just thought id post up a little project I have been doing. While I have the motor Im building in bits it seamed a good idea to make it look a little more exotic! I fancied the ferrari wrinkle matt red because of its OEM exotic look. I have been reading up on ferrari owners forums on the colour to use because some people repaint there cam covers/plenums after the years just to smarten them up a little. I think on my next cover ill use a little less paint as I have some runs on this one but once there on it will be very difficult to see them! I ran a few varied Ferraris over the years, your finish is very very similar to the 348, 355 & even 360 cam covers, although the 430 is different, top tip for future cleaning of the crinkle, WD40, spray on, leave start engine and let the heat vapourise off, gives the red crinkle depth of colour with minimal effort and no damage. Quote
IanS16 Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 Tim, I saw your engine at abbey and it does look absolutely spanking, the only thing I didn't really understand was the red cam covers as these are hidden after the engine is in the car are they not? I love the polished covers and black painted front though Quote
Ian Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 Tim, I saw your engine at abbey and it does look absolutely spanking, the only thing I didn't really understand was the red cam covers as these are hidden after the engine is in the car are they not? I love the polished covers and black painted front though You can just about make them out with the stock plenum, they are pretty visible with the cosworth though Quote
djtimo Posted April 4, 2010 Author Posted April 4, 2010 I know there not very visible but attention to detail makes they motor look more complete! The front timing cover and polished bits are just motor bling. I cant help myself from doing bits to the motor while its all in bits in the garage! Quote
Valveman Posted April 6, 2010 Posted April 6, 2010 Nice job! All that's missing is the extra 2 cylinders. Quote
djtimo Posted April 6, 2010 Author Posted April 6, 2010 Nice job! All that's missing is the extra 2 cylinders. Dont you mean two turbo's Quote
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