Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 I was looking on eBay/Amazon for a new valve cover and had an idea...was wondering if anyone on here has done or seen it before. I wanna shave my valve cover down so it just smooth...only the pcv valve and oil filler, the ridges and "Nissan" would be gone...thoughts? Concerns? Experiences? Lol Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 I've done it with a the valve cover and plenum on a KAE. I left Nissan on it. I messed up and gouged the shit out of it with a grinder blade before figuring out the best way to do it. Use a flap wheel on a grinder for the major work. Then go back and hand sand and polish. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah that's the route I was gonna go. Then follow up with some super fine grit paper and smooth it out. I've never seen it done on an L series VC...I think it'll look pretty nice. Thanks Lock, helpful as always haha Still trying to get my car to my shop...can't find time nor car trailer lmao. I'll post pics here I guess when I get started and finish it Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 It being the valve cover lol Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 It's going to get really thin if you remove all the ridges Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 How thin? Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why would that be? Perhaps I'm mistaken, but it seems that, like the KA I did, all the ridges are above the main thickness of the valve cover. All I did was make mine consistent thickness essentially. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah that's what I was thinking...the ridges are just aesthetic features that were part of the mold for the cast...taking them down to the same plane as the rest of the VC shouldn't affect the overall thickness very much if at all... Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 How are you going to get rid of the ridge on the left? ... all the letters are sunken below that height: Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 On my Nissan one, if I remember correctly, the Nissan is same height as the two ridges on either side Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Never mind I see what you're talking about. I don't have a valve cover I front of me so it was kinda difficult to understand. I don't think it would really get that thin on the edges, it looks like it's same thickness on the underside from pictures I've looked at on Google. Never know till you try eh? Quote Link to comment
Mr.Dean_Yates Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 I mean it kinda has to be for the wire tab mounts Quote Link to comment
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