Very nice, looks excellent.

 

Very good, that's the easy one :lol:

 

Your not wrong im just building up the courage for the rest :lol:

 

Here's mine...

...still got a couple of things to do, the top engine mount bracket etc.

Clive

 

Is that the alloy top?

Can I ask how you did it?

Mine looks a tad worse than your before pic and could do with a make-over

 

I bought a cheap version of a dremel from Halfords for £15 Halfords | Rotacraft Variable Speed Mini Rotary Tool Kit

And sanded it down

Then i sprayed it with metal undercoat and finished with some high temp aluminium paint and then red caliper paint i had left over

 

Halfords

I bought a cheap version of a dremel from Halfords for £15 Halfords | Rotacraft Variable Speed Mini Rotary Tool Kit

Hammerite silver smooth spray is an excellent match. You don't have to have high temp paint for the valve covers.

Thanks, bought both the above today, not used the dremel yet but it does look good value, painted the top engine mount bracket, fitted some more ss bolts & the red silicon intake tube.

Finished, for now anyway.

Clive

 

Thanks Very nice! Give me something to do one evening!

 

Hammerite silver smooth spray is an excellent match. You don't have to have high temp paint for the valve covers.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u214/Mitch16625V6/GTV/18052009053.jpg

 

Hammerite silver smooth spray is an excellent match. You don't have to have high temp paint for the valve covers.

Yea thats correct halfords only had the high temp one in

 

DIY link

Read this guide: http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/motoring-images/272709-v6-makeover.html

Clive

 

Looks the Mutz Nutz Clive. good job sir!

 

Clive, that's so bright it is hurting my eyes!

 

I got bored one evening!

Thought I'd share my alloy top partial refurb..

What a state!

Cleaned up with halfords spray degreaser.. Need to buy better stuff that SUCKS big time.

Cleaned up with wire brush and halfords dremmel'a'like Should have done more but was getting complaints about the noise

Undercoat with Hammerite 'Special Metals' Primer

Silver Coat with Hammerite brush on smooth silver. It was what I had lying around, I *should* have gone and got some spray stuff. Cover looks a bit less even in real life.

Stuck to the original colouring, Hammerite smooth red on the wording, I went over in a couple of places that will need touching up. Does not look half bad for an evening's work. Definately better than before!

But that now makes the other part look bad. Will have to take that off anyway to do the gasket so it will have to wait until then.

Chris

 

I got bored one evening!

Thought I'd share my alloy top partial refurb..

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What a state!

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Cleaned up with halfords spray degreaser.. Need to buy better stuff that SUCKS big time.

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Cleaned up with wire brush and halfords dremmel'a'like Should have done more but was getting complaints about the noise

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Undercoat with Hammerite 'Special Metals' Primer

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Silver Coat with Hammerite brush on smooth silver. It was what I had lying around, I *should* have gone and got some spray stuff. Cover looks a bit less even in real life.

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Stuck to the original colouring, Hammerite smooth red on the wording, I went over in a couple of places that will need touching up. Does not look half bad for an evening's work. Definately better than before!

But that now makes the other part look bad. Will have to take that off anyway to do the gasket so it will have to wait until then.

Chris

No offence but in a thread with the stunning V6 engine i really dont want to be seeing the TS engine!!!!!

The beauty of the V6 in looks, and sound and performace is our pay off for rubbish mpg!!

 

good effort but you really need to do the rocker cover now

 

+1 theres always the v6 snobs polishing their pipes , i fancing having a go at this , is it as simple as just undoing the nuts and the cover comes of ?

 

The top cover I did yes. If it's an alloy top, The other part of the cover (see my final pic) is much more of a nightmare as you have to remove the coilpacks and there is a gasket between it and the rest of the engine (rocker cover gasket). I have to replace my gasket anyway as it's leaking so I'll do it all at the same time.

Thanks for the defense of my post guys.. I thought this was a refurb thread Anyway doing this kind of thing is nice, easy and great for an evening, and I *swear* the car behaves better once it's been done

 

OK well the V6 is beautiful and never understood why they made the TS so grim to look at. Actually looks better without the plastic cover in fact. Grim.

But great engine though, had couple of Alfas with the TS and lovely motor.

 

Stop diggin tt.:lol:

 

For those of you that can appreciate the beauty of a Twinspark engine..

Finally finished the alloy top, replaced the rocker cover gasket and smartened up the rest of the top at the same time.

Just hammerite paint-on, wish I'd done the spray stuff but I thought I'd better do the same as the other part of the top. Also probabily a bad idea not to clean my hands before replacing it. Had greasy marks on it

Wonder if there's anything I can do about the back area, might tart up the air intake. And just LOOK at that aircon motor!

Edit: What DOES this forum do to piccies? That was sharp as anything before I uploaded it.. honest!

 

Wonder if there's anything I can do about the back area, might tart up the air intake. And just LOOK at that aircon motor!

Edit: What DOES this forum do to piccies? That was sharp as anything before I uploaded it.. honest!

Remove the air con... its heavy :lol:

Try uploading as a .png

 

I might do that.. it's not like it works anyway!

 

Hey, I don't mind the look of the TS. For an engine with a cover it looks better than most 4cyl. That being said it's pretty hard to beat the looks of the V6! I have been putting off a refurb of mine for a while, actually it's really starting to look like hell now so I better get onto it.

 

Here one more Twin Spark picture of my GTV

Love all the Alfa Engines :thumbs: