REFLECTOR: Engine top-end rebuild, powder coating parts
John Dibble
aminetech at bluefrog.com
Mon Mar 26 08:29:21 CDT 2012
Yes, that does look easy, and fun too. It looked like there was a
little dirt or old paint around the attach holes in the "before"
pictures. Does that matter? Also, can this process be used to apply a
ceramic coating to exhaust systems?
Thanks,
John
On 3/25/2012 6:45 PM, Geoff Gerhardt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> You may remember that I had started my engine up the first time a
> month or so ago and taxied around, but later found my engine was not
> making enough power. After troubleshooting with your help, I found
> two issues: My LightSpeed electronic ignition box was putting out a
> very weak spark for cylinders 3/4, and I had very low compression on
> all cylinders. My EI box is off to LSE for repair. I talked to Klaus
> last week and he had found the problem and was repairing it.
> Regarding my poor compression, I've determined it was due to poor
> engine storage (my fault) and the effects of corrosion had crept in.
> My cylinders are off for a rebuild - its likely three weeks before I
> see them again.
>
> So, having some time on my hands, I decided to powder coat my intake
> tubes and valve covers. I had already painted them once, and had used
> good quality engine paint and baked the paint on, but the paint was
> still chipping off. So, since I have time now while the cylinders are
> out, I thought I'd powder coat them. They came out pretty nice. If
> you've never done powder coating before, you should give it a try -
> very easy to get great results. I put up a video of me coating my
> valve covers on my website if you want to have a look.
>
> http://thegerhardts.com/velocity/?p=371
>
> Geoff
> Inline image 1
>
>
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