Picture of my valve train

[norvalwilhelm]

I set the valves this week, installed the stud girdles, plugs, wire and valve covers. Other then install the battery it is ready to come out of storage. Maybe next week if the weather stays dry. Sure is raining now.
Anyway this is a shot of my valve train, roller springs, crower stainless full roller rockers, crane stud girdle. I always paint the inside of my motors with special transformer paint after smoothing everything for better oil drain back.
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Thanks Twin Turbo

 

[MidShark]

Very cool! :cool


Dick

 

[72Mako]

You need some clear valve covers, too nice to cover up. BTW, that sticker gonna stay in place? Charles

 

[norvalwilhelm]

:L

You need some clear valve covers, too nice to cover up. BTW, that sticker gonna stay in place? Charles

My car is functional. To me clear valve covers would look michey mouse. I would really like fabricated covers but they won't fit with the blower.
As for the sticker this is a old setup, at least 5 plus years and the sticker is still there. That shop sponsored me on alot of the parts including the stud girdle.
I would not run without one. The motor has seen alot of 7500 rpm and occassionally close to 8000, but just guessing , the tac needle is comming up for the second time around.:L

 

[Jack]

? Transformer Paint ?

I always paint the inside of my motors with special transformer paint after smoothing everything for better oil drain back.

norvalwilhelm:
Tell us about transformer paint, please. I use the glyptal/glyptol (sp?) paint on smoothed motors but that paint is a dark brown-red. I like the gray color of your transformer paint because I think it would us help during inspection ... the glyptal is so dark it easily hides bits of shmutz. The glyptal/glyptol is a GE product.

So tell us about transformer paint. Can you compare/contrast it with glyptal? How well does it hold up? Does it bond to clean metal very, very well? Does it go on in a heavy coat? Does it take a long time to dry? And would you post back with transformer paint's brand name and part number?
JACK:gap

 

[norvalwilhelm]

glyptal/glyptol That is the stuff. I know is comes in red/brown but I found a can of grey in the cupboard at work and it was very old but the same stuff.
This has been on for 4 years without flaking. I did have the heads hot tanked then washed them with laquer thinner before painting but I never considered it anything special and always paint the inside with the brown glyptol. Just ran out and used some of this old grey this time. The can looked the same at the time. It was also for inside of motors etc. It was old, It was in the cupboard 35 years ago, still looked ok so I used it.