as my engine is out im thinking of having all my polsihed stuff powdercaoted a sensible colour as trying to keep them shiney is a pain in the arse

i dont want them blasted as they are important tanks and bits and bobs, so can ior would i get away with keying them up for the powdercaot to stick?

what about turbo heatshields, would it be wise to have this done and then get some heat insulation to apply on the inside like it has now?

anyone got any ics of engine bays with different coloured tanks etc?

i want it to look clean but look good aswell

or shall i go for something different and have half powdercaot and the rst polished

 

i may be wrong but i dont think you will need to key the surface

 

Don't do the heat shield.

I blasted my tanks.

Good plan.

I'll expand with some pics in a mo!

Si

 

yeah thats fine, just making sure lol

i may follow the norm and go all black lol meansid have to sell my hoses and buy new ones

 

SiB

im not keen on blasting the tanks as i may not get all the stuff out

this is how my bay looked before ripping it apart



as you can about the heatsheild as this wouldnt look rite unless it all matched

 

Black tanks above, looked ok.


Then I did them silver:



Looked better in shiny silver IMHO.

And here's the pile of bits I did:



Made a big mistake doing this - this was "special" high temp stuff - melted/ burnt right off in minutes. Stank. Left a dusty mess on everything in the bay ...............

 

Heat shield will burn. Unless you can insulate it so it's cold to the touch when the turbo is red hot, you don't stand much chance.

I air blasted my tanks, then rinsed a few times over with water to get all the grit out. Just check carefully afterwards and you should be fine. I had no problems in that respect, but was very careful.

Si

 

do all your tanks black Rich, sell your heat shield and buy a carbon one

 

so you think i should just leave them shiney then


my heatshield has some sort of insulation inside it at the mo anyhow and if i was going to get them done then ill re insulate it

 

DaBoy12s

problem is my strut brace wont fit with a std heatshield

that one had to be modded to get to fit and its all spec-r stuff

 

Ask your powder coater geezer for advice.

Mine advice based on experience is the Heat shield won't work... it may, but I doubt it and that would ruin it.

Carbon heat shield is a good idea too!

 

if you had the carbon version of the escos one, it actually sits lower than the struts, see pic below

 

but im thinking of going 2wd manifold anyhow, so my heatshield i carnt ue thinking about it

 

lol just use a 2wd heat shield then, problem solved

What sort of power are you going for as i didn't think the 4x4 manifold became restrictive untill about 450bhp

 

the engine is being specced to around 450-500 i hope

will just have to change the injectors and turbo when i want more power

other than that its staying ongreens and a t35 i may change to greys though

 

you had best start stock piling gearboxes and diffs then mate

 

it will still be on greens for now

until i can get the transmission sorted,
will see if i can get it done at the same time