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May 9, 2008 | 12:17 PM

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im feeling lazy, i might tape off my motor bay, and spray the intake manifold black

May 9, 2008 | 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by devin mac

i don't get why people expose the cam gears like that. why would you open up the belt and whatnot and give it all more of a chance to get dirty and fail faster?

The original reason was that some people run adjustable cam gears, and having an access port cut in the VC makes it easy to adjust them without having to pull the VC, such as one might do during a dyno session.

Then folks like urgaynknowit started doing it to look kewl.

Real men have two valve covers- one open, one closed. Prior to a dyno session where they intend to adjust cam timing, they install the open cover. Then after the session, they put the normal cover back on.