The Bullitt's valve covers get color

After putting on the short tube headers, i realized i wanted to take off those dull valve covers and paint them. Two weekends ago i went to walmart to get some engine paint and bulldog adhesion promoter but that trip turned out to be pointless. Apparently the walmarts in minnesota carry nothing useful. I ended up having to go to the p.o.s. O'reilly auto parts store here in NB. I blew $25 on 3 cans of engine paint (primer, red, and clear coat) and a can of bulldog. A few days later i went out in the freezing cold garage to start the project.

Pulling off the passenger side valve cover proved to be tougher than it looked. Ford has those engines wrapped so tight with wiring harnesses and fuel lines. It took me around a half hour just to get the cover off. The top end of my engine looks pretty clean, the cam looks good but it looked like there is a lot of grinding that could be done to make it better. Hopefully i can find a local shop that will take on a cam job for my 4.0.

After a degreasing of the cover with SIMPLE GREEN, 3 coats bulldog, 5 coats primer, 8 coats red, and 3 coats clear i got the one cover done. My dad cut out a nice bullitt stencil.

I also found a almost empty can of gold krylon in the garage and speckled the red a little before clear coating.

The next morning when i woke up, i braved the 10 degree weather to go put it back on and snap a few pics.

A week later i finally got around to getting the last cover painted. The driver side was twice as difficult to remove. The cold air intake had to be removed and a few wiring harness clips snapped when i tried to muscle the cover out. While i had the intake off i started to sand down the ugly yellow paint on it to prep it for a new color. I'll hopefully get around to getting the intake done sometime in the next week.