Rv8 breathing... any way of doing away with the flametrap?
Discussion
GreenV8S said:
If it's just the looks that offend you, there was somebody on PH a few months ago talking about making a nice looking CNC replacement. Or you could just polish the one you have. You do need to keep a breather of some sort.
Edited by GreenV8S on Thursday 28th September 10:32
Obviously, it needs to breathe, I just wondered if that could be effectively achieved from some other point. Looks are a factor, but so is access and it would just be so much tidier without that lot up top.
Any idea who it was suggesting the CNC jobbie... mine is a tin nasty and if I've gotta live with it there, might as well make it perty
I think you need to keep an active pcv circuit as opposed to open breathers. Otherwise you'll have a smelly cockpit and probably sump oil leaks as well. You could weld up the hole in the rocker cover and relocate the inlet port somewhere less obvious (so long as it won't fill up with oil). You could also use another, more attractive breather if you go diy?
Boosted.
Boosted.
Rocker covers are definitely the best place to breath from, I suppose in principle you could take the breather out of the sides of the rocker cover rather than the top, but the higher the better, and moving it is a lot of work if you don't need to. I can't find a record here of who was making the breather, but a search on PH might turn it up. If you're looking for alternatives, on mine the offside rocker cover is completely covered by the transfer pipe from the blower so I re-used the ventilation hole at the back of the nearside cover. Some production cars combine the breather with a nasty plastic push-in plug that you take out to fill the oil, so you might be able to bodge something together along those lines. I guess it would look pretty horrible, though.
GreenV8S said:
victormeldrew said:
If its just a cosmetic issue, why not just paint the damn thing? I did mine with some anodised tint paint from Frosts and it now looks like anodised alloy.
Haven't seen this - have you had any problems with it?
I took the grey paint off, buffed off with wire wool to get a "brushed metal" effect, then sprayed on the tint. It looks pretty much like gold anodised aluminium. Its VHT stuff, so should be OK in the engine bay, but I have yet to see if it will withstand a TVR one
victormeldrew said:
It looks pretty much like gold anodised aluminium. Its VHT stuff, so should be OK in the engine bay, but I have yet to see if it will withstand a TVR one
Be interested to know how you get on with it. Couldn't get that data sheet to download, do you know what the temperature rating is?
GreenV8S said:
victormeldrew said:
It looks pretty much like gold anodised aluminium. Its VHT stuff, so should be OK in the engine bay, but I have yet to see if it will withstand a TVR one
Be interested to know how you get on with it. Couldn't get that data sheet to download, do you know what the temperature rating is?
datasheet said:
P255. Gold
Translucent Metal Tint coating.
For Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Hobbies, Home, 1001 Uses.
VHT Metal Tint provides a NEW LOOK for all polished and plated metal surfaces. Colour fast, wash proof finish maintains brilliance and inhibits oxidation. Ideal for chrome and aluminium trim, wheels, sidepipe shields, engine accessories and many other applications.
Directions.
Clean surface to remove wax, dirt, polish, grease etc.
Spray object at about 12 inches. Move can rapidly back and forth when spraying.
Do not apply at temperatures below 21c.
Apply thin even coats at 3 minute intervals. Initial clouding of coating is normal, it will dissipate shortly. If paint sags or runs you are
It runs out of steam there! Translucent Metal Tint coating.
For Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Hobbies, Home, 1001 Uses.
VHT Metal Tint provides a NEW LOOK for all polished and plated metal surfaces. Colour fast, wash proof finish maintains brilliance and inhibits oxidation. Ideal for chrome and aluminium trim, wheels, sidepipe shields, engine accessories and many other applications.
Directions.
Clean surface to remove wax, dirt, polish, grease etc.
Spray object at about 12 inches. Move can rapidly back and forth when spraying.
Do not apply at temperatures below 21c.
Apply thin even coats at 3 minute intervals. Initial clouding of coating is normal, it will dissipate shortly. If paint sags or runs you are
tin said:
nothing useful
It doesn't claim to be a high temp coating, but among the list of example applications are "engine accessories" and "sidepipe shields" (US sourced!). It is from VHT, who of course do Very High Temp exhaust paints, but that doesn't mean this will be very high temperature tolerant. Edited by victormeldrew on Thursday 28th September 15:35
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