R1600Turbo's "Let's spend more money" project - UPDATES on page 3

R1600Turbo · 02-08-2008, 09:31 PM

UPDATES ON PAGE 3!

freedomgli · 02-08-2008, 09:47 PM

Damn that looks clean! Before I can answer your question re: what color valve cover, I need to know more about the rest of your car. Personally, i think it would look nuts to chrome plate the valve cover, the IRTB intake manifold and air horns. Paint the throttles whatever color your car is if you don't like the cast aluminum finish mixing with all that chrome.

mazdamitch333 · 02-08-2008, 09:47 PM

what color is the car? and what are you doing with the fm kit

kingkong117 · 02-08-2008, 09:58 PM

black

white91base · 02-08-2008, 10:15 PM

red

spike · 02-08-2008, 10:28 PM

Gold plate it.

R1600Turbo · 02-08-2008, 11:27 PM

No chrome.

Definitely thinking black, and filling in the lettering with gold. The FM kit is already sold to a co-worker, and I'm kinda sad to see it go. But NA is my thing, so I'm going back to it. This engine is just a stand in until I can build the 2.0 NA stroker that is ultimately planned in the future.

Here is the car:

freedomgli · 02-08-2008, 11:32 PM

Not feeling the black with gold inlay on a red car. My car is red and honestly I think the only thing that "works" is to keep it simple and let the details do the talking. Paint the valve cover silver and keep it clean.

R1600Turbo · 02-09-2008, 11:02 AM

How about black with red inlays?

Miatadam · 02-09-2008, 11:09 AM

Thats stupid clean. I would powdercoat the valve cover red, along with the throttle bodies, and have polished velocity stacks. It would match the car the best, and you could drive around without a hood and it would look perfectly normal. :-D

reckless_abandon · 02-09-2008, 12:13 PM

giver balls with the black, gold and red, son. that shit is 80's style.

R1600Turbo · 02-09-2008, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reckless_abandon @ Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:13 am

giver balls with the black, gold and red, son. that shit is 80's style.

Exactly what I'm going for.

terry pham · 02-09-2008, 03:25 PM

chrome with red letterings, chrome ITB setupi with anodized red throttle plates... maybe ano-red velocity stacks too

then strip the cams, and make then ano-red too.. as well as the other pulleys.

chrome oil cap.

TeRRy

R1600Turbo · 02-09-2008, 05:16 PM

Ok, any suggestions that don't involve chrome? lol

Not a fan...

Might go this route...

LostSoulMiata · 02-10-2008, 07:49 PM

looks good, guessing 1.6 protege vc?

invert · 02-10-2008, 08:17 PM

or 323GTX

R1600Turbo · 02-12-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by invert @ Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:17 pm

or 323GTX

That's it right there. Although I'm having a slight issue. No hole for the PCV valve. :shock: I'm thinking I can run it off of the large tube on the front. Maybe run a couple inches of hose off of that to the valve, then route the tubing after that as normal...

peteberta · 02-12-2008, 02:46 PM

That's what I did with mine. I have a pic in the garage of the engine. I also routed it through a separator to keep oil out of the intake which made it slightly easier to route the tubing. I have changed it since the pic, but you get the idea.

peteberta · 02-12-2008, 02:48 PM

You don't want to do a 1.8 swap since you're pulling the motor anyway? Interesting.

For me, if I were to do an NA build with IRTB and engine management... I'd just drop a 1.8 in.

Stealth97 · 02-12-2008, 03:08 PM

I was going to say red or gold, then I saw the black protege one, and that is the bomb!

That engine is looking great!

R1600Turbo · 02-12-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by peteberta @ Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:48 pm

You don't want to do a 1.8 swap since you're pulling the motor anyway? Interesting.

For me, if I were to do an NA build with IRTB and engine management... I'd just drop a 1.8 in.

This is my temporary engine (hence no internals done or rebuild) for now. Once this one goes in, then it's time to start saving for FM 2.0 Stroker w/ 11:1 pistons.

R1600Turbo · 02-12-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth97 @ Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:08 pm

I was going to say red or gold, then I saw the black protege one, and that is the bomb!

That engine is looking great!

What's funny is that was the original color of the valve cover. But, the black was a sort of crinkle coat. I'm going to do mine gloss black. :wink:

peteberta · 02-12-2008, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R1600Turbo @ Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:21 pm

This is my temporary engine (hence no internals done or rebuild) for now. Once this one goes in, then it's time to start saving for FM 2.0 Stroker w/ 11:1 pistons.

Gotcha. Well, that is a very nice temporary engine.

R1600Turbo · 02-13-2008, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peteberta @ Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:40 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by R1600Turbo @ Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:21 pm

This is my temporary engine (hence no internals done or rebuild) for now. Once this one goes in, then it's time to start saving for FM 2.0 Stroker w/ 11:1 pistons.

Gotcha. Well, that is a very nice temporary engine.

What can I say, I'm a perfectionist. #-o

R1600Turbo · 02-14-2008, 10:02 AM

I noticed yesterday that using the GTX valve cover causes a problem for using the factory coil bracket. Anyone have any solutions for this? How hard it is to convert a 1.6 to coil on plug?

wademunkey · 02-14-2008, 03:36 PM

I think someone has figured out how to do it. more difficult than a 1.8 COP though. I have also seen the stock coils mounted on the fender linder with longer custom made wires hooked up to em. Think they used a v8 kit for two sets.
Andrew

R1600Turbo · 02-14-2008, 06:26 PM

That's probably what I will end up doing. Just mount them to the firewall and use longer wires.

VagaXt · 02-14-2008, 06:39 PM

I demand I test drive it during the FM Open House. Maybe it'll influence me to not FI my NA.

R1600Turbo · 02-14-2008, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VagaXt @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:39 pm

I demand I test drive it during the FM Open House. Maybe it'll influence me to not FI my NA.

By then I should have cams. It will be available for test rides/drives.

R1600Turbo · 02-27-2008, 11:11 PM

Valve cover is done. Went with black crinkle coat, then painted the lettering myself and sanded down the lines by hand.

Sorry for the bad pic.

02-08-2008, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
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02-08-2008, 09:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
freedomgli Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 12,192	Damn that looks clean! Before I can answer your question re: what color valve cover, I need to know more about the rest of your car. Personally, i think it would look nuts to chrome plate the valve cover, the IRTB intake manifold and air horns. Paint the throttles whatever color your car is if you don't like the cast aluminum finish mixing with all that chrome.
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02-08-2008, 10:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
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02-08-2008, 11:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
R1600Turbo Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 411	No chrome. Definitely thinking black, and filling in the lettering with gold. The FM kit is already sold to a co-worker, and I'm kinda sad to see it go. But NA is my thing, so I'm going back to it. This engine is just a stand in until I can build the 2.0 NA stroker that is ultimately planned in the future. Here is the car:
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02-08-2008, 11:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
freedomgli Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 12,192	Not feeling the black with gold inlay on a red car. My car is red and honestly I think the only thing that "works" is to keep it simple and let the details do the talking. Paint the valve cover silver and keep it clean.
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02-09-2008, 11:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
R1600Turbo Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 411	How about black with red inlays?
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02-09-2008, 11:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
Miatadam Kicked off the island.. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 3,045	Thats stupid clean. I would powdercoat the valve cover red, along with the throttle bodies, and have polished velocity stacks. It would match the car the best, and you could drive around without a hood and it would look perfectly normal. :-D
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02-12-2008, 02:48 PM	#19 (permalink)
peteberta Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 490	You don't want to do a 1.8 swap since you're pulling the motor anyway? Interesting. For me, if I were to do an NA build with IRTB and engine management... I'd just drop a 1.8 in.
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02-14-2008, 10:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
R1600Turbo Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 411	I noticed yesterday that using the GTX valve cover causes a problem for using the factory coil bracket. Anyone have any solutions for this? How hard it is to convert a 1.6 to coil on plug?
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02-14-2008, 03:36 PM	#26 (permalink)
wademunkey Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Marrietta Ga Posts: 185	I think someone has figured out how to do it. more difficult than a 1.8 COP though. I have also seen the stock coils mounted on the fender linder with longer custom made wires hooked up to em. Think they used a v8 kit for two sets. Andrew

02-14-2008, 06:26 PM	#27 (permalink)
R1600Turbo Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 411	That's probably what I will end up doing. Just mount them to the firewall and use longer wires.
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02-14-2008, 06:39 PM	#28 (permalink)
VagaXt !n-joy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Westchester (LAX), CA Posts: 3,191	I demand I test drive it during the FM Open House. Maybe it'll influence me to not FI my NA.

02-27-2008, 11:11 PM	#30 (permalink)
R1600Turbo Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 411	Re: R1600Turbo's "Not so Turbo" project Valve cover is done. Went with black crinkle coat, then painted the lettering myself and sanded down the lines by hand. Sorry for the bad pic.
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