Guys,

Have any of you refurbished a cam cover for a Cosworth before? If you have could you give me some advice, I will be doing mine soon but I have never done anything like that before.

Cheers

Pye

 

I've done a few, mate of mine does powder coating so 25 quid for that then 30 quid machining. This is the last one I had done

 

That looks nice, I thought about doing mine crackled black.

 

powdercoats the way to go.

 

That does look good Jeff, has it been lacquered as well?

 

no mate straight from the oven.

 

looks well nice that jeff..

 

Agreed, it may well be the way forward.

 

jeff your coating looks much much better than mine

 

powdercoating all the way, im getting my rocker cover / header tank/ power steering tank and strut brace done in black and ive got the spec r breather system in black aswel...

i think gloss black is the best colour to do it, but its upto you what you want

 

my powder coated one. was alto cheaper & easyer to not have the letters done (also looks a bit different



and the one i recently did for my other cossy. only cost Ł7 to do & that was for the wrinkle black paint. sanded the silver with 320 grit wet n dry then just painted the letters with a small brush

 

heres mine i did a few years ago. did 7 layers with a gloss rattle can, cant remember what make it was and then hand brushed in the letters in the blue and red then carfully rubbed down the metal around the lettering.

 

Si i got my cover blasted back to bare metal, etch primed and painted with this wrinkle paint

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PJ1-BLACK-WRINKLE-TEXTURE-COATING-HIGH-TEMP-PAINT-DASH-/390237248880?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item5adbf 3dd70

After that was done i got e top machined down - any machine shop should be able to do this

But here's mine

 

to save paying for a machine shop to machine the top of the cam cover down use one of these and do it yourself,you can also get them to fit into a grinder which i found to be easier,although i do like the machining affect on your brammer.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100mm-Drill-Ab...item20ace68f0b

 

I do like the blue Ford badge and the red lettering, but I also think Chris's looks a little understated which I like a lot. Although I'm not sure if that was the look you were going for lol. I think I may have to do a mixture of both to be honest.

Cheers for the inspiration guys.

 

Stipped mine down to bare metal then spay painted blue and lacquered.

 

Powdercoat all the way. Here's mine...





Cheers, Chris

 

Powdercoating atw! Lasts way longer then painted with a rattle can...

 

How are people Re facing the bare metal part? Are most people getting them machined or just blocking them back with sandpaper

 

Machined looks way nicer, but you can also sand it down.