Air Cleaner Color

[kmack]

Thanks, Victor.

It still needs a few more pieces to be color accented like the coil, engine bay light, and I'd love to find a set of red plug wires for it also. It's all just the little things now. What you can't see is that the block is the same color as the valve cover along with the pulleys. The timing cover was left aluminum to match the head.

I've had one comment about that I should have left the engine bay red instead of painting it black, but I felt that would be too much red for the car under the hood. The black sets off the engine nicely, makes it stand out more.

[Bambikiller240]

Originally posted by kmack

Thanks, Victor.

What you can't see is that the block is the same color as the valve cover along with the pulleys.

Is all of that red color "paint" or "powder coat"? If paint, what kind of paint?

[frank13]

Aren't those aluminum rims the factory option rims. Isn't that why so many of us have them? There wasn't really many good looking after market rims to fit the Z. But I always thougfht that there were so many of these plane slotted rims because the factory put them out.? :devious:

[kmack]

Carl,

It's all paint. The air cleaner is the exact same paint as on the car. The block and valve cover are actually 1200* high-heat paint.

I bought 3 different brands from 3 autoparts stores to see which one matched best. The brand from AutoZone (Dura-something) Universal Red matched near perfectly! It's about $4 a can, but has held up nicely to the heat of the engine. They have a 600* version of the paint, but I didn't want to take any chances with it peeling off.

I used the same paint, but in black, on the headers. Word of advice: make sure you get your pieces very clean of dirt and what-not before you paint. I have a few spots on the headers that I could not get to and those areas have started to peel up from the heat.

Also, this type of paint stays somewhat soft until heat is applied. So be careful. I had to redo the valve cover due to some of my carelessness in handling it.

Once the paint has been heated (dried), it is rock hard. I've had the valve cover off 3 times so far and still no scratches from my sockets.

[Zrush]

Kmack

MSD makes red plug wires and so does Taylor. I'm into red as you can tell by my car. If you want to see the MSD plug wires, check out a few engine pics in my gallery. They are the MSD 8.5 mm wires from Summit.

[kmack]

Thanks zrush.

I'll to see about tracking down a set of those. Those would look great on my engine.

[Victor Laury]

ROFL

ZRush is "into red"

Gee I never would have guessedLOL

[Zrush]

Yeah, and my other Z is the Lime Yellow. From one extreme to the other.

[Bambikiller240]

Originally posted by frank13

Aren't those aluminum rims the factory option rims. Isn't that why so many of us have them? There wasn't really many good looking after market rims to fit the Z. But I always thougfht that there were so many of these plane slotted rims because the factory put them out.? :devious:

The slotted wheel that "most" 240Z's were sold with were sourced in the US and there were several companies that made them. Anson made a model called "Sprint" that were on the 1973 240Z that I owned. Appliance Wheel made a version as well. There were others, I think Western had a version also

[MikeW]

Originally posted by Bambikiller240

The slotted wheel that "most" 240Z's were sold with were sourced in the US ...

I think it's safe to call them "dealer" add-on wheels as opposed to calling them factory options. Mine are marked "US INDY MAG".

The same thing goes for A/C system in 240Z's as well as some other options.

[frank13]

Carl & Mike, i'll buy that. That's more reasonable. The A/C system I knew about. They never looked right. Inside or out. Western? I have a set of Western "Cyclones" I believe they were called. 14" Mags with lots of skinny vanes. Very, Very light for the time. :devious: