Post pictures of your DIY style valve covers
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About the turbo; it's a T3/T4 oil cooled ebay cheap one. I'm dying to see what it'll do with my rebuilt engine. I used to complain about seeing boost at around 4,200 rpms.
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Thanks viper. I didn't have to remove the motor to do the reroute but; if I were you, I'd wait for the BEGI spacer to come out and if you're going to paint the valve cover, do both things at the same time. You'll need the 1.6 water neck.
About the turbo; it's a T3/T4 oil cooled ebay cheap one. I'm dying to see what it'll do with my rebuilt engine. I used to complain about seeing boost at around 4,200 rpms.
About the turbo; it's a T3/T4 oil cooled ebay cheap one. I'm dying to see what it'll do with my rebuilt engine. I used to complain about seeing boost at around 4,200 rpms.
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Your hoses look like mine. Slide that clamp up onto the nipple for god sakes I bet I can go out to mine right now and find a few that arent in place like they should be. Cover looks good though. What kind of paint is that? Glossy for what I assume is a spray can. Any prep work?
#108
You can find them on ebay for pretty cheap all the time.
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 MIATA VALVE COVER CHROME BOLTS:eBay Motors (item 280339684290 end time Jun-27-09 12:43:47 PDT)
#109
The ones in the auction you posted don't look like the ones in all the pics these guys are posting.
Mine look like this: never mind the circles in the pic, not my pic. Just regular bolts. No round nipple on top. I like nipples!!
http://markspizz.net/blog/wp-content...0172-large.jpg
Mine look like this: never mind the circles in the pic, not my pic. Just regular bolts. No round nipple on top. I like nipples!!
http://markspizz.net/blog/wp-content...0172-large.jpg
#115
If I weren't going to polish my lettering, I'd shave them... they're annoying and making my sanding take twice as long. Going tonight and buying automotive stripper instead of all this sanding crap.
QUESTION:
Anyone think it'll be okay to bake the valve cover on the lowest temp in the oven WITH THE SEAL still installed? My seal is pretty hard for what I assume is silicone; work hardened no doubt. If I try to remove it I bet it'll break into 50 pieces.
That's my favorite, and my goal. I couldn't find Duplicolor wrinkle anywhere so I got VHT instead. Hope it turns out!
QUESTION:
Anyone think it'll be okay to bake the valve cover on the lowest temp in the oven WITH THE SEAL still installed? My seal is pretty hard for what I assume is silicone; work hardened no doubt. If I try to remove it I bet it'll break into 50 pieces.
That's my favorite, and my goal. I couldn't find Duplicolor wrinkle anywhere so I got VHT instead. Hope it turns out!
#120
Hmm...
Curious, does anyone have a close up of a 2001+ or an MSM valve cover? Im curious if it would fit on a 99 with a toyota COPs setup.
2001+ has COPs systems stock, as well as the MSM's, but the MSM's didnt have VVT. According to FM, MSM valve covers wont fit on a 94-2000 because of the spark plugs are different (i.e. COPs), and they wont fit on 2001+ because they dont have accommodating areas for VVT. May it not work for 94-2000 because spark plug hole size? Anyone care to measure the valve cover's plug diameter?
Curious, does anyone have a close up of a 2001+ or an MSM valve cover? Im curious if it would fit on a 99 with a toyota COPs setup.
2001+ has COPs systems stock, as well as the MSM's, but the MSM's didnt have VVT. According to FM, MSM valve covers wont fit on a 94-2000 because of the spark plugs are different (i.e. COPs), and they wont fit on 2001+ because they dont have accommodating areas for VVT. May it not work for 94-2000 because spark plug hole size? Anyone care to measure the valve cover's plug diameter?