fatboyslim86440

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well it was about 1-2 months ago i ripped my valve covers and intake off to replace the timing chain

well i finnaly got a job sooo i will be fixxing the maxima soon

heres some recent pictures





the chain is alot looser than it looks




i decided to paint my valve covers and intake
here are pictures


im still working on the front valve cover




give me some thought on what i should do next when i replace all the important stuff






Kyle Cisneros

backNblackj30

valve covers look nice! I would have left the intake silver, not diggin the black! looks kinda crappy. go get 2 cans of air craft stripper in the spray can at walmart in the automotive paint section
spray it let it set for 15mins
spray it down with a hardcore hose or something

fatboyslim86440

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i was going to coat the valve covers and intake again

im kinda digging the black intake tho


red and black for the car


but thanks





Kyle Cisneros

backNblackj30

1 more coat of paint on either of them and wow, that will be over kill man.
Valve covers are perfect, I love red valve covers. just never got into painting intake manifolds, but to each is own, did you think about polishing the intake manifold ? that would look HAWT instead of black

fatboyslim86440

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i just dont like the chrome looking parts and all that

not a fan of chrome or any silver looking objects





Kyle Cisneros

Michael

iTrader: (21)

wow that chain is loose. Is the car still running? Check the tensioners because that is probably what is messed up and not the chain...its kind of hard to stretch a double roller chain that much. It would break first I imagine.

as far as your painting stuff...do what you like...not sure why backNblack is telling you how to remove the stuff when you put it on there and like it. I didnt see you ask how to remove the paint


I am thinking of sanding/priming mine smooth and painting it dark silver to match the other parts I will be painting (will have a silver/blue theme...the car being blue not painting parts blue). The silver I will use is the one I used to paint the dash and wheels on my old 92 (the one PA ownes now).

polishing the intake looks good imo but is a lot of work and is hard to maintain...on a daily driver I wouldnt do it. Show car...thats another story.

fatboyslim86440

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well im not wanting to strip the paint im going to try and recoat it

as of the daily driver yes it will be driven daily and that is what im trying to replace is the tensioners and the chain since the chain has been grinded down some how

i replace that and water pump

not sure how to get to the oil pump yet

as we speak i am out side pulling the side covers off next to the cam gear not sure how to pull the chain off with out taking it all apart

but hey 255k miles on it timing chain has never been replaced i think its pretty dam good

i will keep every one updated on what i do and every thing

also the vacume lines where do i get them and does it matter what kind theres alot that ripped when i pulled the intake off many different sizes too.....

i might just polish where it says nissan on the intake and the valve cover dont know yet till i get it running again

the car was running with the bad tensioner... just alot of clattering

most people said it was the vtcs but shows them wrong....





Kyle Cisneros

HTPerformance

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Good mileage on that baby!! Keep it going!

Painting looks cool.