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Valve cover coatings
« on: June 10, 2019, 08:07:48 pm »
Chrome, aluminum, or stainless steel?  Which is easiest to keep polished?
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Re: Valve cover coatings
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2019, 10:09:54 pm »
Rated easiest to hardest:
1 Chrome
2. Stainless steel
3. Aluminum
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Re: Valve cover coatings
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2019, 10:13:19 pm »
Well, darn.  They used aluminum for the valve covers.  I wonder if there is red chrome.
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Re: Valve cover coatings
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2019, 10:19:19 pm »
Chrome retains heat.  Not a good choice for some engine parts.  A matte finish will dissipate heat better than the same color in a gloss finish and a flat finish is the best. 
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Re: Valve cover coatings
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2019, 10:25:00 pm »
Hmmm.  Tim Taylor claimed that he chromed the canooter valve.  Probably not a good idea.  No idea where such a valve was theorized to exist.
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Re: Valve cover coatings
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2019, 10:42:22 am »
At the Fiero 30th, someone had a SD4 valve cover like I have on my duke, but he had chromed it. It was very pretty.
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Re: Valve cover coatings
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2019, 07:35:06 pm »
I saw a chromed SD4 valve cover at the 35th.  Yep.  Very nice.
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