drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
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I wouldnt bother with the manifold, i dont like that bit. Im guessing a polished heat shield would look a lot better. I def want balck and red to carry on the general theme of my car, but not sure how yet. Red engine with black spark plug cover is too much red for my liking. MattB already has it the other way round, so it might be nice to be different, although im sure he wont mind too much if i get mine like his 
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mossy
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Registered: 22nd Jan 04
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do u have to use heat resistant paint to do the plastic cover thingy over the engine? 
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drunkenfool
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i would guess so yeah. Im sending mine off to get it professionally powder coated though.
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mossy
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so im guessin this powder coating is heat resistant....i thought powder coating was just another method of painting, only a bit tougher?
also whats best thing to do about exhaust manifold coz mine is hideous....bit like urs
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drunkenfool
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ive given the engine a bit of a clean since then, but havent taken any pix. (Pix were taken the day i picked the car up with the new engine) I think what i am gonna do is get the heat shield polished, and try to hide the manifold. I cant afford a new manifold for a while anyway, so need to do something about it! My mate has built a kit car with C20XE engine, and he told me he is getting his powder coated which is what gave me the idea. I dont know what the process itself actually involves though, but im asuming its heatproof as that is what is generally done to the engines. 
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mossy
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drunkenfool
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got a stainless heat shield, 4-1 manifold that i sprayed silver (proper heat resistant paint) but now had the car resprayed blue. Just bought a rocker cover off ebay, so will be getting this done soon. Im thinking i might get the spark plug cover done the same colour as the car, and the rocker cover done maybe silver again. Any other ideas?
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Claire Richardson
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Thats mine at the mo. I'm keeping the top red but chroming the spark plug cover (found a metal one with the opel logo on )
I've been advised against having the whole top chromed because it will get VERY hot and eventually discolour.
Powder coating is a better option than painting because it is a more heavy duty covering. You may be limited to colour chioce but I'm not too sure on that. If you're just going for black then that wont be a problem.
I've also got the Bailey polished header tank fitted now which makes a big difference to the look of the bay
Claire
[Edited on 18-08-2004 by Claire Richardson]
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drunkenfool
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Love your car claire!
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bradfincham
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
What has been done to this one? (link too in case img doesnt work from fotki!)
http://images4.fotki.com/v45/photos/4/48802/492196/P4190041-vi.jpg
Thats been cromed with a airbrushed plug cover. I really like the original theme of red and silver but all freshly painted etc.
I do like mine though:
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
i feel i must ban you from having black, with a red plug cover
its exactly what i have
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Meat-Pie-SRI
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
Anyone got any pix of colour coded redtop engines? Im thinking of getting mine done black with a red spark plug cover, and the "Vauxhall DOHC 16v" bit done in silver. What do you reckon?
I have mine done like this
The black is done in matt black too, didn't like the glossy shine
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GSi Holland
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Registered: 27th May 02
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This is mine.....
Just powder coated with red and blue.
Shaved the print of Opel and DOHC 16V....
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