scorps1212 Posted 4 March 2016 Report Posted 4 March 2016 Hey hey hey Is it OK to leave the heatshield off my GT4 for a few days while I get it painted up a little bit? I've got it off and I haven't got time to paint it up today and I need to put the charge cooler back on so I can use the car tomorrow.
matt1280 Posted 4 March 2016 Report Posted 4 March 2016 I'd say so mate, you have the bonnet grill for heat to escape
scorps1212 Posted 4 March 2016 Author Report Posted 4 March 2016 Cool dude. It'll it be for a couple of days anyway. I sprayed the Lambar sensor bracket black today, started car up for 5 mins then realised the paint I used wasn't hight temp paint. Oops. Lol
davetrigz Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 I've been running mine for nearly a yr without the heat shield or heat wrap, doesn't seem to affect it and runs cooler having the gt4 bonnet
scorps1212 Posted 5 March 2016 Author Report Posted 5 March 2016 Happy days. No rush to get it back on then. Lol. Now I've taken it off, I think it would look better to leave it off and get the manifold painted instead.
SKINY Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 Stove paint is good for the manifold, I done mine, turbo and downpipe in Simonez high-temp 800° stuff in a rattle can. 70 km later and still looking good, sat now from November so still looks good lmfao
davetrigz Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 I did my calipers with some brush on vht from eBay, did the trick and was marked up for engines, it's like gloss paint so the brush marks dissappear 1
scorps1212 Posted 5 March 2016 Author Report Posted 5 March 2016 (edited) Hmm OK. That'll be on my list then. That and new gaskets of course. So you got your heatshield left off too? And you mean 7000 miles? Cause 70km don't sound much since November. But then 7000 miles sounds a lot since November. Lol Need to try and find a local shop that is open on Sunday's that will sell heat proof paint. Heat proof enough for engine and calipers. Planning on taking the calipers off tomorrow to paint them. Edited 5 March 2016 by scorps1212
99GT Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 The best hi temp paint I've found is the PJ1 range. Goes on easy straight to metal and leaves a lovely factory looking finish. Not many stockists now tho so get mine off eBay. It's brilliant stuff for engine bay brackets and stuff. Will be doing some of mine in next few days
scorps1212 Posted 5 March 2016 Author Report Posted 5 March 2016 Can you get it in any colour? I wanna have the engine bay colour feature to be black and blue
davetrigz Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 Halfords do caliper or vht paint but there expensive compared to ebay or other shops!!
SKINY Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 No mate 70km that's all's on the new hybrid too as it popped a ring/piston 70km after painting and fitting it My local factors have black, silver and chrome in the rattle cans Will take some pics tomorrow as its back home for a while now
scorps1212 Posted 5 March 2016 Author Report Posted 5 March 2016 Halfords do caliper or vht paint but there expensive compared to ebay or other shops!! I've just reserved some high temp engine paint in red for the calipers and a paint brush. Lol. Paint was only £8 and brush £2. As for paint for colouring up the engine bay, I'll get them in a spray can and get them blue and black
scorps1212 Posted 5 March 2016 Author Report Posted 5 March 2016 No mate 70km that's all's on the new hybrid too as it popped a ring/piston 70km after painting and fitting it My local factors have black, silver and chrome in the rattle cans Will take some pics tomorrow as its back home for a while now Ah crap not good. Yeah pics will be awesome. Be good to see. So.....is it easy to remove and put the turbo back in? Looks good Dave
SKINY Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 Yea I have it down to about an hour now I've done it that often lol easy done in few first time but, best take Mani and turbo and downpipe off in one all together I think. That is the Chinese shite one built up for fitting, 700km later it shit the oil seals then in just hybrid,ed the old one This is how to get the oil feed banjo bolt the easy way, put the socket on below then extensions through,
scorps1212 Posted 5 March 2016 Author Report Posted 5 March 2016 Wow dude. Looks good too. So the whole lot slides upwards once you got it all disconnected. I think when it comes to it, I'll have to message you for step by step. Lol.
SKINY Posted 5 March 2016 Report Posted 5 March 2016 this is why you should have kept the gt runabout while the faffing is being done yea once its all un-bolted and disconnected its just a matter of pulling it forward of the mani studs and lifting out, the water feed pipe to turbo normally puts a bit of a fight on
scorps1212 Posted 6 March 2016 Author Report Posted 6 March 2016 Yeah yeah I know. Lol. Had to sell the GT to pay for all the bits I'm putting on the faff. Lol. It's ashame, I could have got a car in much better condition for the sane price I'm sure. Another question, how the hell did you get the charge cooler off without loosing coolant? Or did you just let the coolant run out of the charge cooler?
SKINY Posted 6 March 2016 Report Posted 6 March 2016 not sure about how to do it witout loosing coolant as mine is air to air without coolant.
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