I just did mines as well. Also pulled the cross vent nipples on both covers, welded them shut and grind em flush. Tired of dealing with it when doing coils. Also the silicon sealing the baffles is to keep the crank case pressure circulation through the baffle instead of making its way through the sides of the baffle and out of the 10an.
Hey, Joel I had mine coated by Jet Hott with a ceramic coat and they look amazing. I then tapped my valve covers and used super high strength silicone.
Jet Hott is some super Cool Coating... Its Original purpose was to Dissipate Heat ... An it works !!! Intercooler, radiator, piping, turbo housings...millions of uses....
Nice work, my approach was just going to be tapping, then I can change them out at anytime. Welding on the bungs looks good as well. I would be a little sketchy with how you modded the baffles even with adding loctight, in the back of my mind I would worry them bolts will back out. 😂😂 But either way it looks good.
nice! i didn't know that it was good to remove the rivets from valve covers and put bolts in. i was to scared to do it because i was not sure if it was safe for cleaning inside
Have you heard of anyone having issues with the lobes on high lift cams hitting the heads of the bolts on the baffles? I've seen a couple posts about it on Facebook but I wouldn't think the lobes would be close enough to the bolts in the baffles to hit them.
Joel how are you welding these? I’m having a miserable time welding on the cast covers. I’ve cleaned like crazy. I’m using 4043, running like 30% or so cleaning and 100 on the frequency, about 100 amps. I just keep pulling garbage out of the casting.
Yea try and keep penetration on the cast side of the weld low because of the old shit casting. It will continue to boil out crap, so less heat the better normally
What would you do if you stripped out the exhaust threads? I was thinking m12-m10 step stud. And should I loctite the stud in the head or anti-seize the stud in the head
Hey Joel, is the 90 degree fitting on the exhaust side going to be an issue with a turbo that big? Would it be better to drill and tap that hole with a 90 degree -10 fitting for more clearance?
I will use the tight 90 fittings, should not be an issue. I think tapping the holes for pipe thread would work just as well too, then you could put a 90 fitting in there or whatever fitting.
