Valve cover color?

[G22DET]

In conjunction with KS Development, we are going to build a track-only car starting next year and hopefully to compete in the SCCA....anyway, so we want to do something cool....like all the Top Secret cars that's all gold in color, we are thinking about painting all our valve covers the same color...the thing is..what color???
so what do you guys think?
Bronze (the color off the bronze TE37 with that ripple finish)?
Gunmetallic gray?
Cherry red (from the 91-94 DET motor)
it's going to be these 3 colors...most likely we'll go with the Bronze color
btw, KSD and Digital Racer are taking orders for carbon fiber valve covers for the SR20, anyone interested? we made some for hondas and they turn out to be around 3.7lbs or so...if anyone has lifted the OEM valve cover, u know that 3.7 is AMAZINGLY light! price is not determined yet though

[b-b00gie]

hmm.. i say red!! call me crazy but its classic DET

ANYHOW...

carbon fiber valve cover....

WHERE AND HOW MUCH?!?!?!? luke, you'd think after talking to you everyday you wouldnt be withholding info from your brother brian over here!! lol...

[G22DET]

yeh, i would go with the cherry red..however, the other guys drives a 1st gen eclipse, a integ type R, RX-7...so they probably wont wanna do it hehe...the only other car that's a nissan is a 180sx but he had to spend $5k for a newer DET motor which comes with the black top.
as for the carbonfiber valve...it's in the planning stage, hopefully sometime next year =)

[b-b00gie]

one thing you may want to concider... the 2000+ g20 valve covers are different than the 99's. i guess because of the roller rockers. i noticed the 99 has a different part number than the 2000+ valve covers.

[G22DET]

oh yeh...u're right...well, i guess u lucked out! hehe cuz we made the CAD design for the 91-99 SR20 already...the thing is, there aren't that many 00+ SRs around so it wouldnt be sound business if we created a mold for that too.

[b-b00gie]

*brian kicks luke where the sun dont shine!!!*

i have a 2000 lol!!!


hmm.. theres 2000/01/02 g20's and the new sentra se-r i'm sure has the same valve cover

[G22DET]

If the QR valve and the newer SR valves are the same (i doubt) then i will try to get those made for sure....but anyhow, it wont be till sometime next year though :o

[b-b00gie]

woopz... sorry i dont pay much attention to sentras!!!!

what the hell is up w/ not having an sr20 anymore?


scratch that lol...

[P10DET]

Originally posted by G22DET
In conjunction with KS Development, we are going to build a track-only car starting next year and hopefully to compete in the SCCA....

Are you talking about SCCA club racing or Solo II?

I'm racing a ITS 91 SE-R in SCCA club racing. :sun: We have a mailing list for ITS racers. It's an invitation only list, but if you start building an ITS car, I can get you an invitation.

Originally posted by G22DET
anyway, so we want to do something cool....like all the Top Secret cars that's all gold in color, we are thinking about painting all our valve covers the same color...the thing is..what color???

I prefer blue. :-) I have one blue valve cover (and also a black one) that is very similar to the blue Nissan uses on its race cars. I also have seen another wrinkle blue that I want to use on the DET.

Originally posted by G22DET
btw, KSD and Digital Racer are taking orders for carbon fiber valve covers for the SR20, anyone interested?

Depending upon the price, I may be *very* interested. Does KSD autoclave their valve covers or no?

George Roffe

[spnx]

Just as long as we're talking about valve covers, I have a couple of related questions

If a VC is polished, will it oxidize again? I suspect that once some roadsalt gets to it, it will start to look skanky again.

And Jason (G-Forces), where did you get your VC done here in TO?

[G-Forces]

At a place in Aurora near my place. I'll try and dig up the number for you.

[P10DET]

Originally posted by spnx
Just as long as we're talking about valve covers, I have a couple of related questions

If a VC is polished, will it oxidize again? I suspect that once some roadsalt gets to it, it will start to look skanky again.

And Jason (G-Forces), where did you get your VC done here in TO?

It will. You could get it powdercoated clear however. Or, you could consider getting it anodized clear.

[spnx]

Heh, hey George! You're everywhere!

Thanks for the answer. Makes me think that if I decide to do anything, I might as well powdercoat it. Either that or just keep my hood shut all the time

BTW, Jordan White is selling polished VCs on the SR20DE message board for $145 US. It probably works out cheaper to just get them coated here, and stick with CDN funds (I would guess).

[P10DET]

Originally posted by spnx
Makes me think that if I decide to do anything, I might as well powdercoat it.
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It probably works out cheaper to just get them coated here, and stick with CDN funds (I would guess).

You can do some nice things with powdercoating.

Have you seen Al Abadilla's (PrimerAl) valve cover? It looks much like the blue VVL valve cover.

[G-Forces]

Originally posted by P10DET
It will. You could get it powdercoated clear however. Or, you could consider getting it anodized clear.

OK I was going to do this (powdercoat clear) with my VC but it had a lot of oxidation on it....that 'white rust' crap from all the salt the put on the road in the winters here. Anyway my VC looked like crap. I wanted to get a nice clear blue tinted coating but when they did it, it looked bad. So I got a nice opaque coating. If you want a clear coat on your VC it needs to be pristine to begin with, or it will take a lot of elbow grease and prep time to make it look good.