cobraboy
Well-Known Member
The rocker covers on my Cobra motor were looking quite shabby, the black wrinkle finish was falling off in many places and the intake was also looking bad where various fuel leaks over time had taken their toll.
So off with the covers, nice and clean inside ! The carb was removed and the intake painted with VHT silver.
The covers were bead blasted to remove the paint, then vapour basted to provide a silky finish, I then treated them with ACF 50. I will leave them bare to resemble the Buddy Bar cast alloy covers fitted to Ford 289 ci motors fitted to Cobra's in period.
I may look into ceramic coating the headers as they let the side down a bit.
The motor is a top hat linered 3.9 with around 10:1 CR, head work, Typhoon cam, modified valve springs, shortened bulleted guides, HD Pushrods, Rhoads lifters, lightened flywheel, long tube 4-1 headers, re curved dist. Makes circa 240 bhp, loves to rev.
The car is a kinda Rover special with the SD1 motor, LT77, SDI calipers upfront, MG front crossmember and rear axle. Weight is about 1000kg dry.
Lockdown presented the opportunity for a well needed repaint, car was built in 1988, one of the first breed of Cobra replicas in the UK.
So off with the covers, nice and clean inside ! The carb was removed and the intake painted with VHT silver.
The covers were bead blasted to remove the paint, then vapour basted to provide a silky finish, I then treated them with ACF 50. I will leave them bare to resemble the Buddy Bar cast alloy covers fitted to Ford 289 ci motors fitted to Cobra's in period.
I may look into ceramic coating the headers as they let the side down a bit.
The motor is a top hat linered 3.9 with around 10:1 CR, head work, Typhoon cam, modified valve springs, shortened bulleted guides, HD Pushrods, Rhoads lifters, lightened flywheel, long tube 4-1 headers, re curved dist. Makes circa 240 bhp, loves to rev.
The car is a kinda Rover special with the SD1 motor, LT77, SDI calipers upfront, MG front crossmember and rear axle. Weight is about 1000kg dry.
Lockdown presented the opportunity for a well needed repaint, car was built in 1988, one of the first breed of Cobra replicas in the UK.