Paul Atkinson
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DaZ engine refresh
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Paul Atkinson
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It is the racing sump already fitted to car when I acquired it. My engine builder likes to clean and zinc plate parts. You might notice the bolts are also zinc plated.
I've heard the crank will come up nice if plated
candy red
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And the pistonsI've heard the crank will come up nice if plated
It looks really lovely.
One tiny word of caution - I found zinc plated stuff without a thin layer of clear coat all of a sudden goes off. Parts I replated when engine was built which I didn’t clear coat have started to go but things like the water pump pulley etc look as good as the day they came back from the platers. IIRC @richiep had a similar experience with plating going off after a few years.
One tiny word of caution - I found zinc plated stuff without a thin layer of clear coat all of a sudden goes off. Parts I replated when engine was built which I didn’t clear coat have started to go but things like the water pump pulley etc look as good as the day they came back from the platers. IIRC @richiep had a similar experience with plating going off after a few years.
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Robotsan
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Paul Atkinson
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Thanks for advice of thin clear coat 
It seems that the latest iOS upgrade has turned up the volume on autocorrect!! I am prone to typos but post upgrade, the keyboard does WAY more thinking for me than I would like!!!Don't hate the players, hate the game
In fact while typing this post it changed the word upgrade above to updraft- WHY WHY WHY!?!?
Paul Atkinson
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richiep
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Zinc plating will always start to go off and tarnish, particularly if it comes into contact with condensation. Some of the stuff I had replated for the project car is now looking dull after 3-4 years of storage.
Clear coat could be one solution, or wipe it over regularly with WD40. Another solution is something like Dinitrol 4010 - which is their high heat clear wax. Brushed over plated hardware it is largely invisible and is designed for engines, etc. A lot of the zinc plated hardware in the engine bay of my red Z is in fact coated with it, not that you'd ever know.
On the red Z though, I lot of the engine bay parts that were yellow zinc from the factory are chrome plated - a cosmetic theme I decided to go with on that car. The added benefit being the chrome is way more durable than yellow zinc. For Project Dixie however, I've gone very OEM with the plating, so a lot more yellow and clear/silver zinc to protect... (despite all the mods to that car, I've found myself being very originality-focused about other things - the specific bolts in the correct places, etc.)
Robotsan
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Where do you get stuff chrome plated Richie? And how does the cost compare to zinc?
Robotsan
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Haha I thought it would be phone related! On Android you can tell it to stop predicting/changing certain words, maybe you can on iphones too?
richiep
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I get stuff done at Niphos Metal Finishing in Crewe nowadays, but all the plating on the red Fairlady Z was done 15+ years ago by a guy in Manchester- long out of business/retired now.
Chrome is a lot more expensive than zinc. Example - getting Niphos to rechrome just the centre bar of an S30Z rear bumper is well over £400 now - more than it costs to get a complete new reproduction bumper from Vietnam.
Robotsan
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On my phone I have disabled predictive text - I was sending shite. Some people say I still do!
Nice! What's the gearbox Paul S14?Thought you might like to see inside of sump. Very well made
Your exhaust manifold looks like some sea creature. Nismo?
candy red
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Yes you still are Rob turn it offOn my phone I have disabled predictive text - I was sending shite. Some people say I still do!
SeanDezart
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Moroso sump ?
