A Few More Photos of My Project - Ceramic Coat Valve Covers, Fan, Etc

[Tidybuoy]

My short term project has grown from 2 weeks to 3 months but I'm about ready to start assembling everything back together. This is all part of my PMO Injection and Electromotive install.

Today's photos are of my newly ceramic coated valve covers, fan shroud, and painted engine shroud. I originally had faded crinkle black upper valve covers but after picking up my fan shroud, I decided to get the valve covers in the exact same coating. I also had all my engine tin powder coated black. I plan to sand the Porsche letters back to polished aluminum.

The fan shroud and valve covers are exactly the same but the photos make the valve covers look a little lighter. This was done in Cerakote Cast Iron Gray.

I also painted my engine shroud. It looks good but up close you would see a few blemishes. I used Duracoat Ford Red which has a slight orange color - the original was much more red.

[911pcars]

Beautiful job Vern. Just to confirm, there's a lot of "ceramic" coatings with a wide variety of advertised claims with a wider range of acceptable results. Is the correct spelling "Cerakote", "Ceracote" or "Serakote" as you spelled it? Did you or your coating service use an air or heat cured product? Can you share prep steps?

Thanks,
Sherwood

[Tidybuoy]

Ok, it's CeraKote. I don't know the actual process. They mentioned when they called me that the "air dry" parts were ready. Then when I picked up, they said "here are your high heat items". So, I am somewhat confused but did not ask any further because I was delighted with the results. The price was not too bad either; $35 for each valve cover. As far as prepping, I believe they chemical dip the parts and then blast. The inside of the valve covers is extremely clean and there's no way I could have done that at home.

The powder coated items came out superb and I can't believe how nice they came out. The items look much better in person and the photos don't do justice. The price for the powder coat items was $135 for everything and would have been about $105 had I brought everything in as one batch. As usual, after I dropped everything off, I thought of more items so it turned out to be two batches.

Here's some photos of the powder coated tin and stuff. It's a low sheen satin but the camera flash makes it look shiny. The parts feel real good and are extremely smooth feeling. They guaranteed it would add more HP too

[HiWind]

Beaut ... Always nice to see

[RSTarga]

Orange red is actually closer to factory original. Looks great

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by RSTarga

Orange red is actually closer to factory original. Looks great

That's what I was thinking. I initially did not like it but now I really like it. It seems closer to Guards Red too.