valve covers

[homermartinez1]

hey guys i was just wondering???You know how you can get different kind of valve covers for like hondas and stuff...Well I have seen different color valve covers for the ca.Can you buy those or do you actually get them painted?If there is a place you can get the valve covers let me know.

[dat_twinkie]

i don't think you can buy those.. most of us just paint them ourselves or go get the painted by a proffesional..

[homermartinez1]

alright thanks man

[rico05]

I've seen single piece magneisum ones for sale ONCE. And they were custom and off of a racecar.

Just paint them. I painted mine "Saftey Pink", with 3 coats of Krylon clear, and they have held up pretty well for over a year now.

[ca18datsun510]

I've seen single piece magneisum ones for sale ONCE. And they were custom and off of a racecar.

Just paint them. I painted mine "Saftey Pink", with 3 coats of Krylon clear, and they have held up pretty well for over a year now.

who the hell bought those? they stil havent posted pics.

[homermartinez1]

thanks i appreciate it

[tyrannix]

I've seen single piece magneisum ones for sale ONCE. And they were custom and off of a racecar.

Just paint them. I painted mine "Saftey Pink", with 3 coats of Krylon clear, and they have held up pretty well for over a year now.

who the hell bought those? they stil havent posted pics.

it was me

im having digital camera issues.

before i pack them up in a bin for the move, ill try and get some pics of them posted up

they are going on my next CA18 build, with some tomei 84mm forgies, and a slew of other goodies

CJ

[float_6969]

Remind me to kick you in the junk if we ever meet. Just because you're a parts whore.

[r34 gtr]

they dont even have breathers in them! they are just blanks! im just complaining because im jealous though..

[float_6969]

"We don't need no stinking breathers Man!"

[homermartinez1]

lol

[r34 gtr]

lol indeed. lollerskates. lolphin. i got tons.

[tyrannix]

Remind me to kick you in the junk if we ever meet. Just because you're a parts whore.

i read it quick and thought "now thats the pot calling the kettl..... oh... he said *parts* whore, not post whore"

we will, i am moving to the midwest to settle, more like north of DFW now instead of oklahoma- wherever i can get paid more (might be oklahoma city tho, then probably live in choctaw area)

they dont even have breathers in them! they are just blanks! im just complaining because im jealous though..

you (I) add them where/if you want them, i am thinking to take a page from the 1jz handbook (been studying it latly) the intake connect to the exhaust cover - but underneath the sparkplug cover - then the rear of the intake going out to the catch can, with the crankcase hose teed into it. then the catch can going to the plenum (the CPC one only has one big hole, so it will be a 3 way between the throttle bypass valve, (for whatever, AC, cold start, whatever) brake booster, and catch can

its nothing definate yet, just ideas to make a functional, simple, sexy engine bay

everything i have now is like a rough draft for a whole car rebuild to happen at a later date.

-CJ