Sneak peek of what came back from powdercoating

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And freshly polished by Bob

[7speed]

wow thats looks very good

[dirtybrd]

Those flat VCs are nice.

[sambrody44]

Sexay!

[mtbrider]

nice

[dougyfresh]

Flat black valve cover?

Very nice!

I'm going to sand mine down and rattle can it with some high-temp paint.

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Everytime I break something I end up upgrading something else

[dougyfresh]

What did you break?

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The VVT chain tensioner thing took a crap when I took a rip at 26psi last week.

Since the valve cover had to come off I thought I would swap on the new one hence the powdercoating.

I totally forgot about the shortened work week due to Easter though. Driving my Explorer around sucks.

[A4ringedONE8T]

Is that an AEB mani? And what VC is that?

[shedpress]

Looks top notch!

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Is that an AEB mani? And what VC is that?

That my stock AMB mani that got a makeover. I'll rock that until next year and then have a new manifold made and upgrade to the 80mm VDO throttle body I got from Issam.

The VC is the smooth one they sell on Vortex. Swapping to that one sure gave me a lot more clearance between the turbo and the engine due to the lack of all those stupid edges.

[A4ringedONE8T]

Link? How much?

[jrau13]

That intake mani looks sweet!

[jrau13]

Link? How much?

Not that I need it but id like to know as well.

[dirtybrd]

Contact Wizard of odd, he has them too.

[Overboostin]

that looks so fly. I especially like the etched decal. Great work!

[jrau13]

Contact Wizard of odd, he has them too.

That's 034 right?

[Maverick]

hmmmm, sexy!

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IIRC I paid $100 shipped from Rodney @ JRC Motorsport on Vortex for the cover.

It isn't 100% plug and play as the holes for the coilpacks are too small for the ones we use. You will have to grind out the inside to enlarge them a bit and then cut a notch for the coilpack tabs. Or you can cut the tabs off hf the coilpack.

[Capt. Obvious]

For those wondering about the valve cover, it's a valve cover from the european non-turbo version of the 1.8T. I have a link somewhere around here for them, if I find it I'll update this post with it...

[A4TUNE]

sooo fresh!!

how much to powdercoat those pieces?

[junkie1.8TQ]

Looks great Winston! I love that manifold...

[apexslider]

very nice!

[CO AVANT]

You bastard Winston, I got my valve cover and intake mani powder coated black too! Thought I was original, lol. But did you get the throttle body done in black? ;)

Looks nice BTW...

[Amze]

Real clean winston.. good stuff, as always.

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how much to powdercoat those pieces?

$300 to do the valve cover, intake mani in flat black and all my intercooler pipes in gloss black

You bastard Winston, I got my valve cover and intake mani powder coated black too! Thought I was original, lol. But did you get the throttle body done in black? ;)

Too bad the intake mani I'm only going to run until next year and then it will be replaced by a larger custom made plenum unit.

I might have the TB coated too or polished to break up the darkness a bit.

Wait until you see the last piece of the puzzle I have in store for the engine bay setup.