# I painted my valve cover, any thoughts?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334 "2006-11-17T11:48:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/21 "2006-11-17T13:12:15Z")

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can you give us atleast 1 clue

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/22 "2006-11-17T13:13:20Z")

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I wish I had 600+ whp so that I could be cool on nyspeed ☹

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/23 "2006-11-17T13:15:02Z")

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> [@neonglh](#):
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> I wish I had 600+ whp so that I could be cool on nyspeed ☹

i guess that will never happen with a neon, btw nice valve cover paint job

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/24 "2006-11-17T13:17:29Z")

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No way, my neon dyno’d 158.2 WHP and 142.5 ft/lb at innovative last year, at one of the dyno days.

–mark

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/25 "2006-11-17T13:19:04Z")

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> [@neonglh](#):
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> No way, my neon dyno’d 158.2 WHP and 142.5 ft/lb at innovative last year, at one of the dyno days.
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> –mark

sweet me too but my civic dynod at 130whp and -52 ft/lb

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**Author:** ![MXS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mxs/32/7507_2.png) [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/26 "2006-11-17T13:22:55Z")

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> [@Jon](#):
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> I think you use the cheaper paper towels,they dont seem thick like bounty or brawny.

The socks were better

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/27 "2006-11-17T13:23:24Z")

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> [@layzie](#):
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> sweet me too but my civic dynod at 130whp and -52 ft/lb

That sounds like an S2000’s dyno 😃

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/28 "2006-11-17T13:24:32Z")

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> [@MXS](#):
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> The socks were better

Who uses socks :snky:

–mark

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**Author:** ![MXS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mxs/32/7507_2.png) [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/29 "2006-11-17T13:25:56Z")

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“It’s socksy”  
–Brent

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/30 "2006-11-17T13:26:43Z")

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“Oooh, I love pizza”  
–Phil

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**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/31 "2006-11-17T13:53:24Z")

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:lol:

mark you love my MS paint, I’m never gona show you the real pics

 ![http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11/studderin/NEON_GLH/hmaster.jpg](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11/studderin/NEON_GLH/hmaster.jpg)

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/32 "2006-11-17T13:54:07Z")

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Shit! John, your giving away my secrets, and making lemiwinks scared ☹

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**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/33 "2006-11-17T13:55:09Z")

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btw your intake is missing. I think that why it dosnt start

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/34 "2006-11-17T13:55:48Z")

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You’re wrong. My engine is flipped 180 degrees from a honda engine, so I dont need that manifold. The air just comes in through the front.

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**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/35 "2006-11-17T13:57:36Z")

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ram air?

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/36 "2006-11-17T13:58:37Z")

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Yeah, I used the bumper off of a grand am w/ ram air.

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/37 "2006-11-17T14:00:41Z")

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> [@neonglh](#):
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> You’re wrong. My engine is flipped 180 degrees from a honda engine, so I dont need that manifold. The air just comes in through the front.

wrong, the k series is the same way as your motor

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**Author:** ![MXS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mxs/32/7507_2.png) [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/38 "2006-11-17T14:03:57Z")

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> [@neonglh](#):
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> You’re wrong. My engine is flipped 180 degrees from a honda engine, so I dont need that manifold. The air just comes in through the front.

Which engine, the one under the hood, or the one in the trunk?

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**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/39 "2006-11-17T14:27:08Z")

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> [@MXS](#):
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> Which engine, the one under the hood, or the one in the trunk?

:snky:

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**Author:** ![MiniSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minisrt4/32/7225_2.png) [@MiniSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MiniSRT4)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-painted-my-valve-cover-any-thoughts/20334/40 "2006-11-18T18:25:52Z")

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that valve cover looks good…wat turbo you hiding??

kevin quit picking on the neon guys

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