Just thought i would pass this idea along, i thought it would look cool to Color my valve cover Red kinda like the EVO 8, looks much better than stock!

 

looks good! what kind of paint dod you use? the mivec logo came out really well, too! how long have you had the heat shield off of the header?

 

Impressive, very professional looking job.

 

Did you have to remove the valve cover for this? Or did you just mask things off?

 

Yeah i had to remove it. it was very easy, and much better that way,no over spray on anything.

 

Ok...so next questions. What are the torque specs for the valve cover and did you just use the high heat paint??

Have you noticed any difference in power or heat tempertures without the shield on??

 

Called the dealer they told me 10fpt, and yes it is high heat paint, it's the Metalcast red anodized paint,works very well.

 

So how about the heat sheild being off? Have you noticed any difference w/o it??

 

No not really, just like it better without it,gonna paint it too with black BBQ paint to withstand the very high heat.

 

Why not just ceramic paint the headers then?? I think the bay looks better w/o the heat sheild on anyways.

 

yea, looks better /wout the shield! but would look EVEN BETTER if you had a NICE NEW HEADER!

 

Yeah new headers would look better,but i wanna go turbo next spring, so i'm gonna have a custom stainless steel header made to accept a TD05 turbo w/blow off valve.

 

if all goes well /w Marco, a standalone turbo header might happen pretty fast. while the kits are great (go RRM!), all the do-it-ur selfers would really like this. but, i dont know if you could expect a td05-compatable head to be made any way but custom.

 

for the mivec logo did you tape them off or just wipe them after you painted?

 

wiped off the paint after paiting, but the valve cover was off the engine.