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[quote=K4KEV;82455]here you go DoS.....you'd think I didn't upload piccies
first one is just primed with Vactan ....second is with HT silver paint and then around 4-5 coats of engine laquer .....hope to switch to the other side tomorrow....have also decided on the colour of the rocker covers, vernier pulleys and other pulleys and this is the colour I chose http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250ml-CUST... tem27bcf3d176

Aww everyone loves piccies

The hours of prep you've put in are paying off there Kev, tis looking really super nice, that blue should set it off nicely, definitely making it pop.

I've looked at their colours before, I like the deep red, and fools gold candy colours but cant make my mind up

[K4KEV]

Got me bonny blue paint today, so decided to get the nitromors out to do the rocker covers. Even though the cam bays looked very clean I decided to check behind the breather baffles on the inside of the covers......very glad I did cos it the gunge monster must have just been evicted .....it was caked to hell, so if anyone is using an engine with these type of baffles I would check/clean them out
UUUgghhh.....manky

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Eww, I'm sure it'l be shiny & bright when your done with it Kev

[K4KEV]

not yet shiny DoS but a helluva lot cleaner.
been playing with my mini spray gun again.....these are the water pump
and alternator pullys .....colour I mentioned a couple of post ago.
got the bottom end built up again but need to alter the depth of my oil pick up, and just waiting for a new oil pump from the USA (£60 cheaper than here, even after postage)

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Where's the 'Likey' button gone

[twinturbo]

Is that the Lydl spray gun?

I picked up one a couple of months back but yet to try it.

TT

[K4KEV]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

Is that the Lydl spray gun?

I picked up one a couple of months back but yet to try it.

TT

nah a lot cheaper than that one...this is the one I got
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Spray-Gun-...80690192199%26

[K4KEV]

Got the old nitromors to work today and stripped my rocker covers, need to smooth them up a bit and move on to priming them.....have also discovered another cheap tune up mod which is to replace the stock inlet cam for another stock exhaust cam coupled with some vernier pulleys can get an increase in mid range power/drivability

[K4KEV]

bluddy pleased my thread is still here.....me thinks I will do a hard copy.

[K4KEV]

you can have a laff at this one....MAGNOLIA ....magnolia what you may ask, base colour thats what eh!!! lol I needed a light colour was what I require for the base coat of my rocker/cam covers, I had used white smoothrite on the pulleys but was not happy with it and the only other light colour I had was MAGNOLIA smoothrite so that is why....I think they look quite fetching, yeah fetching the blowlamp
got my oilpump from America today so will be torqing off the crank mains and big ends and getting my sump on