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Old 10-04-2006, 10:24 AM
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Hey guys, lets have a valve cover build off,
*** Winner will get a garage alchemist t shirt from me ***


we will end it in 1 month.
You must have pics of you doing the valve cover, not shipping it off to trg or any powder coating.

post pictures of the process of you tricking out your valve cover.
we will all decide the winner on oct 30th.


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Old 10-04-2006, 12:22 PM
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what show is your avatar from?>
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how does the shirt look like?
Old 10-04-2006, 12:34 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by projectTeG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what show is your avatar from?&gt;</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's from the Bleach anime, in case you were wondering.
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bump for thiss
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Hmm i'd be game, i was going to have one done but i'll try to fab one, just found another member with a spare oem k20 cover

problem with the fg2 is half the VC is covered in the bay!
Old 10-05-2006, 09:19 AM
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lets push the limits of what you can do to a valve cover..
Old 10-05-2006, 09:26 AM
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bump
Old 10-05-2006, 11:13 AM
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im down, although i only have a single cam...
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o0oo i wanna play to0
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i'll be in on this, i allready shaved mine tho, and i don't have pics of it. but i have to re-do it so i'll snap some.
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This should be dope...if I had the time, i'd definitely be in.
Old 10-05-2006, 01:05 PM
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just dont do any spiderweb **** like Orange County choppers and you'll be cool.
Old 10-05-2006, 01:06 PM
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im at cool-ege

i have a spare VC i was going to do too
Old 10-05-2006, 01:08 PM
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^^^send it to me and I'll do it...
Old 10-05-2006, 01:10 PM
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sohc counts to man, just be creative

a powder coat everyone does, think about shaving, adding fittings, expletive it.. someone go nuts.. grab some sheet metal and make one from scratch
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sounds fun....
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This is a great idea for a thread
Old 10-05-2006, 01:33 PM
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bump for pics
Old 10-05-2006, 02:50 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GarageAlchemist &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sohc counts to man, just be creative

a powder coat everyone does, think about shaving, adding fittings, expletive it.. someone go nuts.. grab some sheet metal and make one from scratch </TD></TR></TABLE>

So with that being said, the winner will likely be someone who went beyond painting a clean valve cover scheme??

Other than crankcase ventilation fittings for a catch can, how much more can be done to a VC?
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there should be rules so the poor and unskilled *cough cough me*..have a chance against...vise versa of what i just said
Old 10-05-2006, 04:15 PM
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this is what i have so far, Y8 w/Z6 cover, white. i tried doing black raised lettering by masking the lettering with vaseline, didnt work...got frustrated and just stripped it and painted it all white. i've always felt a little defeated though...so maybe ill give it another try.


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i was gonna sandblast and redo mine anyway soo i guess ill post up pics on here when done
Old 10-05-2006, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: **** Honda-Tech's Valve Cover Build Off **** (GarageAlchemist)

How this competition should work is:

Participants should post a before picture no later than 10/8/06
All covers should be finished, installed and posted no later than say 10/22
A poll will be built and the one with the highest votes wins...

just a suggestion
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there should be two winners one by voting(the peoples vc) and one that you(tshirt guy) just think is best


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