In regards to the powdercoating, I had my valve cover, timing cover, and oil
pan (sump for you brits) stripped, cleaned, and powdercoated with an
aluminum ceramic coat (can be polished up like regular aluminum) for the
princely sum of $70.00. Turnaround time was 2 days, they look sharp (I left
them unpolished they are a bit dull compared to chrome) and should provide
good heat dissipation, since this is the exact same coating that is used on
headers. There's a place here in Oklahoma City that does it, of you want
the address and phone, drop me a byte.
Dave Korzun
'69 GT6+
-----Original Message-----
From: Rengrave@aol.com <Rengrave@aol.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 11:28 PM
Subject: ZS carbs & TR6 Rocker Cover
>
>Thanks to everyone for responding to my ZS carb rebuild questions. I have
just
>received the rebuild kit from TRF today and I will be rebuilding the carbs
>this weekend and will hopefully have them back on quickly so I can drive to
>work next week.
>I am also cleaning and painting misc parts under the hood to clean up the
>overall appearance of the engine bay. One item I am painting is the Rocker
>Cover which I had chrome plated 12 years ago. After sitting in storage for
10
>years, it has developed pits of rust which I cannot remove (%@#$!! I should
>have left it original (painted silver). I have also had points taken away
from
>me at a resent car show due to the chrome not being "original" to the car
>@#%!!) :( .
>I have always kept original parts and paint color on my car, so I decided
to
>have the Rocker Cover chrome plating removed by a chrome shop. They dipped
it
>in one bath to remove the chrome and another to remove the nickel, then
they
>bead blasted the whole cover to give me a clean matte surface ready to
accept
>paint.
>My question is:
>Can anyone tell what kind of paint (I know it should be silver and should
>match my air cleaner housing) should be used on the Rocker Cover?
>I have purchased some high heat (1500 F) silver paint but cannot seem to
find
>a high heat primer.
>Do I need to prime when using high heat silver paint ? The can tells me
that
>the paint must be cured in an oven at 600 F or can be cured by running the
>engine at operating temperature for a 30 min. I can't find any mention on
the
>can about priming the surface before painting.
>Has anyone painted their Rocker Cover ? If so, how well did the paint hold
up,
>is it peeling? How about Powder Coatings, do they provide a high heat
coating
>that will last?
>
>Thanks,
>Wayne from Massachusetts
>1973 TR6 Mallard/New Tan
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