REFLECTOR: Engine top-end rebuild, powder coating parts

[John Dibble]

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
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