On 6/22/2010 11:32 AM, Sarto Rocheleau wrote:
> , Mike thinks they may have shaved the head to get that high of
> compression.
>
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking as well.
> I though I would revert back to an original color and powder coat it, now that
> it needs a touch up--- any excuse to spend more money--- The cam cover was a
> teal blue but everyone says it should be a dark blue which is really a light
> blue. There are post on lotuselan.net on cam cover colors with photos of my
> original and other cars. Early on I did not really pay much attention to what
> was original on engine colors. I had Mark at BEM paint it silver just because
> I liked the look. Blue seems to me an odd color match for my BRG. So silver
> I still like and going artsy fartsy with yellow like the stripe and have Bob
> Groat paint a BRG back ground around the raised letters leaving the letters
> yellow. There is a rectangle area around the letters that may have been part
> of the mold for the lettering. I have never seen one done that way and it
> could look really hokey, so I have not jumped off the cliff yet. Maybe all
> yellow with polished silver
> letters. I'm not a hard nose orientalist. Go ahead, what do you really
> think.
>
Whatever blows your skirt up, I say. The correct colors for various
years of cam covers are provided in Miles Wilkin's book, which you
probably have. I did mine crinkle red - a little more aggressive than
the factory paint, but pretty much correct for an S4.
Cheers,
Greg
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