Engine bay clean up

[so roll me further bitch]

I need to start cleaning up my engine bay on my tuscan, i have fitted silicone hoses but i need the cam cover painting. Who did yours and was it a exchange job , or did you get your own cover done. Cheers

[natben]

Just take it to a powder coater and pick your colour. The cam cover is easy enough to remove. I think my powder coat was £45 the spark plug cover was £30 with the speed six logo polished. This was about 4 years ago though.

[ShiDevil]

Agree. Around £90 for it painted or powdercoated. Personally I prefer the colour to match that of the car. I thought the original red cover looked a bit strange. I've also got the TVR Ecosse sticker on the cover too in colours to match the speed six logo.



Here's a good example of a polished cover too:

[so roll me further bitch]

i'm thinking black crackle finish

[Andy_mr2sc]

I did mine in the same colour as the car then did black crinkle finish on the plug cover and fuel rail. I then milled over the letters and ribs to get the bare Ali contrast.
I do like the polished one above. Knowing what a mess the standard casting is someone has put a lot of time and effort in to that!

Edited by Andy_mr2sc on Wednesday 20th January 09:09

[Englishman]

Here is mine - satin rather than gloss finish:

[DJR 7]

Had this one carbon dipped and painted the plug cover myself. Haven't fitted it yet

[matt-man]

I've gone for red...quite sure red is the fastest colour so suitable for an engine...

[ninetynine]

body colour cam cover

[DJR 7]

This is mine in car colour, I'll be changing for the carbon at the next service.

[Cats]

Is it possible to purchase the TVR badge for the cam cover?

[Green Fly]

Cats said:

Is it possible to purchase the TVR badge for the cam cover?

Available from TVR Escosse.

[Cats]

Got to have one of those Ian

[Let off some steam Bennett]

Any tips for removing and refitting the cam cover

[8ball_Rob]

Let off some steam Bennett said:

Any tips for removing and refitting the cam cover

This is one of the first jobs I did on my Tuscan - a bit daunting at first if like me you're a novice with the spanners (spoiler alert: no actual spanners are needed), but it's actually pretty straightforward. I took a few photos of the cover during removal/refitting, you can find them about halfway down the second page on this thread:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Let off some steam Bennett]

8ball_Rob said:

This is one of the first jobs I did on my Tuscan - a bit daunting at first if like me you're a novice with the spanners (spoiler alert: no actual spanners are needed), but it's actually pretty straightforward. I took a few photos of the cover during removal/refitting, you can find them about halfway down the second page on this thread:


https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Thanks

[m4tti]

Get a gasket Simon, to put it back together with. Then if you ever want to take it off again you don’t have to pish around splitting the rtv.

[Let off some steam Bennett]

m4tti said:

Get a gasket Simon, to put it back together with. Then if you ever want to take it off again you don’t have to pish around splitting the rtv.

Thanks Matt, will do.
Is there any order on tightening the allen key bolts.Should you do tbe outside first etc