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91RSVert · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:18 am Post subject: Under hood opinion (paint)

So under my hood is red.
AC delete (box on wall is black)
Polished TPI runners and plenium.

I have corvette valve covers painted silver. I though that would look good with my polished runners etc. It just doesnt match. So while I am sticking alumn heads on, with all this. I'm thinking thats just to much silver n bling.

Think I should paint the valve covers flat black? Leave silver?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:47 am Post subject:

Lets see some pictures.

If you polished the plenum and runners you need polished valve covers IMHO.

91RSVert · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject:

before I took it apart today.

I have read that polishing the corvette vc's dont look good as they turn a brownish tent from the oil being absorbed on the inside. Shrug

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Twilightoptics · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject:

Think I might try some Semi black.

Flat looks great but with say the dual snorkel and such the semi gloss would look better. Plus, some gloss is way easier to clean.

Just my .02! Good luck man

91RSVert · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject:

dunno if this is gonna work......

can anyone tell me anything worth while on these pistons?

heads were on sat night. I spent most of sunday trying to get rockers, then finding I could use mine. Porting the intake, installing new injectors, finding some pipe fittings, and tending to some drunk neighbors fighting.

Tonight I still worked on porting the intake. I almost have that done.

iansane · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

Those are nasty smogger dished pistons. Ewwwww

Think they have something rediculous like 20cc dish.

Makes for shitty compression. I'd definitely be using the steel shim rubber coated gasket with copper coat.

If not especially, you're gonna be like 8.5:1

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject:

Paint black. Drink beer.

Thumbs up

BTW, while I was moving (again) I found that V6 injector harness you were asking about. You still want it?

iansane · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

Outlaw28 · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject:

i think the semi black would look good...but i say be different paint them the same color red as the exterior of car...i think that would look really good with the valve covers red...it will make them stand out

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

91RSVert · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:37 am Post subject:

So with 113 heads
.041 steel gasket
and them pistons.

What do you think it would be? I was told this was a gm crate motor. I thought with my old setup, it would have 9.0:1

And turboing the car has been talked about Smile

91RSVert · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:55 am Post subject:

ok, online calculator

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/procrastination/motor.html

4.0 bore
3.48 stroke
8
58cc Is this correct for 113's?
-20cc
.041 gasket

gives me 9.29. IMO, not bad for a street driver and runs 87/88oct gas.

:edit: I went from 65cc heads and .039 gasket. So I should be getting more compression then I had before.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:47 am Post subject:

Composite VS Shim