I bought the polished aluminum valve cover from TRF and got a great
effect(I think) by masking off all but the ribs and painting them with
black engine paint and then buffing the tops of the ribs until the
aluminum showed through. Looks good with a black engine.
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
'75 TR6 CF38690UO
'75 TR6 CF37325U
On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:02:09 -0400 (EDT) WINDOWSEET@aol.com writes:
>The valve cover I ordered from TRF arrived yesterday. Even though the
>listing
>in the TRF catalog for part number VCTR 61/BLK shows "T56G13 COVER,
>VALVE
>BLK", which according to the TRF price list, means that the valve
>cover fits
>TR5 & 6 and GT6 Mk1 thru 3 there was a a label on the box that reads
>"DOES
>NOT FIT GT6". On top of that the valve cover is completely black!
>According
>to the listing in the TR6 Glove Box companion it is supposed to be
>black with
>machined aluminum details. I assumed that meant that it would have
>aluminum
>ribs. It doesn't, in fact the only "machined aluminum details" is the
>gasket
>surface. I will be fitting the cover later to day to see if it fits or
>not.
>But measurements show the stock cover to be 3 7/8" high and the new
>cover is
>4 1/8". It does look good and I can clean the paint of the ribs. It
>has a
>nice chrome filler cap and chrome plated hardware. However, I will
>have to
>locate the proper studs to use them in place of the bolts on the GT6.
>Hood
>clearance will probably be a problem but I'll let you know.
>
>BTW the quality of the cover is excellent so they must have switched
>suppliers in the past seven years.
>
>Greg Wolf
>1970 GT6+ "Ian"
>Ann Arbor, Michigan
>Winnipeg MB Canada
>
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