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Old 04-01-07, 01:51 PM   #97 (permalink)
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Re: Replicas of Gurney-Westlake Valve Covers

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Originally Posted by kepetersen View Post
As a follow-up, does anyone have experience with painting valve covers of this sort? Due to heat and oil, etc., is it necessary to powder coat them, or is there an off-the-shelf spray paint that will do the job?

The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to paint mine black.

Kim
I've used VHT Wrinkle-Black paint on both Intake manifolds as well as Valve Covers. Never had it flake off or chip. Once baked on it is about as impervious to fuel, chemicals, etc as Power Coating..



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