Whilst the chassis is away ...

[DJR 7]

Well the chassis has been shot blasted and its not fared as well as first thought. Lots of holes in the main rails.

Needless to say its going to take a little longer to repair. So, whilst i have some time on my hands I'm titivating the odd bit here and there, I've finished one cam cover, just the other to do .... what do you think?

[greenhulk]

very nice indeed, have you thought about doing the plenum the same? I done my 2.8 plenum block similar & got one of those nice shiny badges too

Edited by greenhulk on Wednesday 26th October 16:51

[DJR 7]

I'm hoping to do the plenum too, I'm having a number of bits replated , just working my way through
The many parts I seem to have!

[magpies]

looks very nice - I'm sure the finished article will be very good

[v8s4me]

Looks very impressive. How did you do it?

[DJR 7]

Joe,
They were powder coated but I decided I wanted the ribs in alloy.
I initially used wet and dry to sand the powder coating off the ribs .... I underestimated how resilient the powder coating is!
I ended up using 120 grit sand paper in my Dewalt sander! I then used 600 wet and dry to remove the sanding marks.

I was going to keep sanding down to 2000 and then polish but I actually like the satin look.
The photo was taken before I applied a clear laquer to seal.

[v8s4me]

Nice job. Well worth all the effort

[GreenV8S]

Looks good, but then I'm biassed - mine are done in a similar style.

[phillpot]

DJR 7 said:

Well the chassis has been shot blasted and its not fared as well as first thought.

No surprise there

DJR 7 said:

I've finished one cam cover, just the other to do .... what do you think?

Loving the all black look , how did you cover the silver?

[glenrobbo]

phillpot said:

Loving the all black look , how did you cover the silver?

Mike, stop being facetious

That's my job!

Looking good OP.
Do you have any photos of the chassis after blasting?

Edited by glenrobbo on Wednesday 26th October 23:23

[DJR 7]

http://media.claires.co.uk/pws/client/images/catal...

Philpot, you've probably got some in your vanity case

Edited by DJR 7 on Wednesday 26th October 23:29

[glenrobbo]

Haha!
I would have suggested melted liquorice.

[DJR 7]

Looking good OP.
Do you have any photos of the chassis after blasting?

Should have some by the weekend