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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
I like it! Nice job of hiding the ugly stuff. Are you doing the water pump orange and the accessories black? or?
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
woah, it's been a while since I checked in... 3 pages (well 2 really) of updates that I've missed out on. Looking good! I love the valve cover treatment and the hidden items on the intake. I like the orange engine myself.
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Water pump will be orange, brackets/pulleys black, alternator case ‘aluminum’ to break it up a bit, unless I decide I hate it, then it will get painted black. Same goes for brake and clutch masters, alloy for now, unless they bother me too much then they’ll end up black. Quote:
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
More progress, albeit small. I found some nickel plated 1/16” npt fittings to use for the steam vent, instead of buying the $100 AN hose kits that are for sale everywhere. I lopped off the long, stock nipple and used an elbow, then plumbed a straight fitting into the water pump. Short, sweet, and to the point.
Also installed the oil filler in the valley cover, which I’m kinda on the fence about, but the hole is drilled, so that’s that. It’s all in the details... Maybe I’ll be ready to stab this thing, soon.
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I like it, probably the cleanest way to do the steam vent. I like the oil fill, too. If you don't like it after the 30-day rule, you could always pull the valley cover and weld in a tube to mimic the old style fill tubes.
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Shaping up nicely.
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Finally tore into the packaging of these beauties today and promptly set to tearing them apart and scrubbing them with 220 grit sandpaper. Why would a seemingly sane person do this to a $700 set of billet hood hinges, you ask? Why to paint them black to make them look more like stock, of course
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Great job on the retro & simple look on the engine...just goes to show you dont need copious amounts of billet & chrome!!!
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Thanks, and hope you guys like the finished look of the hood hinges as much as I do. I think they should have come this way:
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I also installed the painted accessory brackets and came to the conclusion that I will need to paint those shiny bolt heads black, too
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The hood hinges turned out very nice!
paint that rusty damper bolt too...
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I love the overall theme! I feel the same way about scuffing brand new billet parts for satin paint, it just fits...bet it makes some folks skin crawl though!
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Nice work! I have to wonder why you did all that work though, aren't those hinges offered in black powder coat? Mine did, but I have the Eddie Motor Sports hinges. Either way, it looks good, and the engine is turning out nicely!
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Chris, the black finish on the hinges is just what the doctor ordered
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While I like the minimal bling effort, I feel painting the bolt heads creates areas for future failure. Plated bolts are fine (quality plated) & you don't have the chipping/peeling issues if something requires adjustment. Food for thought.....
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Sage advice, as always, Scot. Maybe I’ll find some black oxide replacements
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Good idea but be warned..... most I've used are of poor quality & rust easily. I used the Black ARP header fasteners on my dually. 1st time I rinsed the engine compartment down they were rusty within days. I wound up only using their studs & after buzzing the surface rust off, painted them w/engine high-heat paint. I swapped all the remaining hardware for SS. I had higher expectations given ARP was the source especially given the cost as there were more cost effective alternatives.
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