Darve's Build Diary

[darve]

Its a standard Mazda SDV problem.  I was looking for the receipt to find out what thread/depth I bought to fix the snag but unfortunately I can't find it - probably just a till receipt.   Merlin Motorsport at Castle Coombe had the right part in stock, and it was cheap to fix.

thanks for looking mate a bit of tinterweb searching suggests m10 x 1.0

[darve]

Not a lot of progress lately but fuel tank, pump and filter is fitted

Now for an important decision! What colour should I do the cam cover? Matt black or grey the same as the engine?

I'll be cutting the front of the cam cover off to reveal the cam pully's

[Mark (smokey mow)]

I'd go for a contrasting colour for the cam cover to the engine. Black would look good, but i'd match the colour to the body tub. I originally had crimson for mine which worked well before i went all chrome

[darve]

Hmmm a white cam cover. That'll show the dirt.

Maybe white with black lettering or black with white lettering?

The wife suggested pink

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Humm white would look

http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73225entry907736

[darve]

Ooooo that does look nice! Think I'll have to get it powder coated to get a nice finish rather than DIY with a rattle can.

Where did you get your nice cam cover bolts from Mark and what cost roughly?

[KugaWestie]

Autolink sell chrome camcover bolts

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Mine are the standard mazda dome head bolts

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Autolink sell chrome camcover bolts

They're the ones

http://www.autolinkmx5.com/nuts--bolts-218-c.asp

[KugaWestie]

How about doing the camcover red with white lettering to match the timing belt

[SootySport]

Pete's got gay purply coloured bolts. Have a look round, you can buy just about any colour you like these days.

[KugaWestie]

Now for an important decision! What colour should I do the cam cover? Matt black or grey the same as the engine?

Knock yourself out with a look through this lot

http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=10066

[darve]

Knock yourself out with a look through this lot

http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=10066

I think I need the one with the flowers

[Norman Verona]

I glass beaded my cam cover and picked out the F O R D in mid blue. It was painted gold and looked crap.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Knock yourself out with a look through this lot

http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=10066

How weird, there are some fantastic looking paint/powder coat jobs in there, but what's with the obsession for swapping the characterful original style valve cover for the identikit "square and finned" jobs that look like the dressed up standard rot box covers you get on the "sports" models of Boggs standard family cars.