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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:38 pm 
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Nah i got you.. I meant id be grabbing myself an ef/el (better looking) rocker cover + gasket n doing that rather then the 2 ea ones i have now..

 

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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:21 pm 
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if you werent so far away i would do it for you
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:23 pm 
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do mine do mie :P ill send it :P

 

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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:15 pm 
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hey data mine the ef and el tappet covers are slightly different. the ef doesent have any 4 litre identification on it. they look crap compared to the el ones.... remember the ef's have the big plastic cover going over the intake and the el's have the neater piping. mines standard and ill post up a pic of it including dirty engine bay muhuhahahaha

 

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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:18 pm 
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ef tappet cover
*note the gasket blue, crappy gas install wiring, and lack of belt cover

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and EL intake because the ef one split down the seams and ya apparently cant buy em anymore :roll:

 

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:02 am 
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NAfairlane... wrote:
Are EF/EL rocker covers the same? Anyone got a pic of an AU rocker cover?

So all i need to do is grab a rocker cover and the matching gasket???


heres my AU rocker-tit. problem is, you gotta polish it once in a while.

one day I'll spray it with a heat resistance clear coat.

 

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:14 pm 
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heres mine... i started polishing it, got it really smooth but got really tired of it so I got it really smooth and decided to stick with the ford theme of blue
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:04 pm 
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[quote="voxace"]So I want to get mine chromed. I went down to an electroplater and he quoted me $150 to do it. quote]

Was that from Hamilton chrome?

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:22 pm 
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Hey slick, yours looks really good, not over the top with the shiny crap, but a nice touch.

How'd you go about doing that?

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:06 pm 
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dope dogg wrote:
Hey slick, yours looks really good, not over the top with the shiny crap, but a nice touch.

How'd you go about doing that?
actually the AU came with bare aluminum rocker cover, except XRs I think. I just use any metal polish paste from your local speed shop. I use a very fine steel wool after using the die grinder to get rid of all the casting marks & bumps. then hand polish with brazol metal polish or similar.

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:54 am 
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hey data mine the ef and el tappet covers are slightly different. the ef doesent have any 4 litre identification on it. they look crap compared to the el ones.... remember the ef's have the big plastic cover going over the intake and the el's have the neater piping. mines standard and ill post up a pic of it including dirty engine bay muhuhahahaha


EF ones look better IMO, here is a couple that I did

 

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:52 pm 
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Jaysen wrote:
samftr wrote:
hey data mine the ef and el tappet covers are slightly different. the ef doesent have any 4 litre identification on it. they look crap compared to the el ones.... remember the ef's have the big plastic cover going over the intake and the el's have the neater piping. mines standard and ill post up a pic of it including dirty engine bay muhuhahahaha


EF ones look better IMO, here is a couple that I did
the 1st and third pick is the rocker cover i baught of jaysen.. im sure i paid less than the time/money needed to do a top job on this ef rocker cover.. looks mad and has a nice finnish.. i use "Metal polish" in a bottle... once every 2 months on it... is mirror like..
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:28 pm 
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G'day

Is there any reson no one puts a clear coat over the polished covers?

That way you wouldn't have to keep polishing it.

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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:32 pm 
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there is no clear available in heat proof that i have seen, putting normal clear will just peel off and look crap. there may be a heatproof clear but i havnt seen any

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:38 pm 
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Pane wrote:
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Is there any reson no one puts a clear coat over the polished covers?

That way you wouldn't have to keep polishing it.

Cheers
If you check my first post, I mentioned a clear coat. I still gotta organise a day to do it. for best result is to bake it in the oven after you air dry it.

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