Engine without covers???
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Racer
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From: penticton bc
Engine without covers???
Has anyone ever removed fuel rail covers and painted valve covers red as well as coils red?? Do you have any pics .I'm thinking of doing this after seeing a KATECH engine pic.
Burning Brakes
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From: Twisp WA
FRC= Engine Bling. Cars for the last 5-10 years have come with all sorts of plastic crap over the engines to make them harder to service and more visually sterile or aerodynamic from the top.
It would be interesting to see how much engine temp is raised with the FRC on vs. off both moving and stopped. I suspect stopped in traffic they do hold in more then their fare share of heat from the engine.
George
It would be interesting to see how much engine temp is raised with the FRC on vs. off both moving and stopped. I suspect stopped in traffic they do hold in more then their fare share of heat from the engine.
George
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Racer
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From: penticton bc
You bet they hold heat!! They serve 2 purposes> cover the engine to clean up looks,and quiet down motor a little! Same as underhood cover.HOLDS HEAT in AND COVERS THE UNFINISHED CRAP PAINT JOB ON UNDERHOOD ! Take a look under the hood liner ,mine had masking take,2 peoples initials and no clearcoat! REAL QUALITY FINISHING.Wonder what lies under hidden areas of our cars? Reminds me of 82 when I worked for a FORD dealer,customer complained about the "New car smell" BLAH Turned out a guy at the factory put a sandwich in heater core housing,and people wonder why guys went to buying Japanese cars!!!
Safety Car
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i have had the covers off and they do hold in the sound of the engine a little but they really keep the injectors quiet as well.
As far as holding the heat and making your engine run hotter i think that's a misconception. The engine is designed to run at the correct temp and it will run better and get better gas mileage that way. If you want it to run cooler just swap out the t-stat,,,,,that along with the fans is what controls the engine temp anyway, taking the covers off or even the hood for that matter will not make the engine run cooler
As far as holding the heat and making your engine run hotter i think that's a misconception. The engine is designed to run at the correct temp and it will run better and get better gas mileage that way. If you want it to run cooler just swap out the t-stat,,,,,that along with the fans is what controls the engine temp anyway, taking the covers off or even the hood for that matter will not make the engine run cooler
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Racer
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From: penticton bc
i have had the covers off and they do hold in the sound of the engine a little but they really keep the injectors quiet as well.
As far as holding the heat and making your engine run hotter i think that's a misconception. The engine is designed to run at the correct temp and it will run better and get better gas mileage that way. If you want it to run cooler just swap out the t-stat,,,,,that along with the fans is what controls the engine temp anyway, taking the covers off or even the hood for that matter will not make the engine run cooler
As far as holding the heat and making your engine run hotter i think that's a misconception. The engine is designed to run at the correct temp and it will run better and get better gas mileage that way. If you want it to run cooler just swap out the t-stat,,,,,that along with the fans is what controls the engine temp anyway, taking the covers off or even the hood for that matter will not make the engine run cooler
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I was going to paint mine Black as in this post.
Found this thread about how to clean and paint the valve covers.
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/florid...e-colvers.html
http://www.installuniversity.com/ins..._covers_bh.htm
Found this thread about how to clean and paint the valve covers.
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/florid...e-colvers.html
http://www.installuniversity.com/ins..._covers_bh.htm
