Anthony 05 GT
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its amazing how plastic can be the new engine cover not having heavy metal parts like old days and having to wait to cool down because of the extreme heat. I replaced my 2015 gt premium with carbon fiber. happy holidays.
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I needed to take the cover off my 4-banger when I put in an intake manifold spacer and it wouldn't fit anymore. Don't miss it at all. I don't see any big difference from the spacer, but, hey, it was on sale!
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I ditched the battery cover. It gets in the way of using the trickle charger and those grommets are impossible to easily get on and off
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"Take the substrate up to temp using an IR gun to verify the temp. Then pull it out and quickly hit it with the powder, which melts on contact, then put it back in for the cure cycle. That's a very simplified description of the process. Takes a lot of practice, and there is ZERO room for error. Powder guns are not meant by design to do this, and are naturally prone to bursting(tossing a chunk of powder out of the gun). If the gun bursts while shooting something at full temp, you are screwed, it'll instantly melt that chunk to the part. Learning to control the bursts, and being able to move quickly enough to coat the thin plastic before it cools off too much for the powder to stick to it, while still getting proper coverage..that all takes some time to get right. Moving the gun too quickly is what often causes the bursts as well, it's a bit of a game you play with your equipment and the part. There's a reason not a ton of powder coaters are willing to tackle items that are not metal, I've done a TON of it and I still get a bit of a case of nerves each time since fixing any errors can be tough(can't just dunk the part in my chemical stripper bath like metal parts and start over)."
Not my process, but someone else's. It works though.
"Take the substrate up to temp using an IR gun to verify the temp. Then pull it out and quickly hit it with the powder, which melts on contact, then put it back in for the cure cycle. That's a very simplified description of the process. Takes a lot of practice, and there is ZERO room for error. Powder guns are not meant by design to do this, and are naturally prone to bursting(tossing a chunk of powder out of the gun). If the gun bursts while shooting something at full temp, you are screwed, it'll instantly melt that chunk to the part. Learning to control the bursts, and being able to move quickly enough to coat the thin plastic before it cools off too much for the powder to stick to it, while still getting proper coverage..that all takes some time to get right. Moving the gun too quickly is what often causes the bursts as well, it's a bit of a game you play with your equipment and the part. There's a reason not a ton of powder coaters are willing to tackle items that are not metal, I've done a TON of it and I still get a bit of a case of nerves each time since fixing any errors can be tough(can't just dunk the part in my chemical stripper bath like metal parts and start over)."
Anthony 05 GT
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Sounds like you'd need a valium to get through it.
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It would look pretty much the same as the earlier models overall.
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DickR
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No need on a 15 to take the battery cover off to access connectors for charging the battery or powering something like an air compressor. Just open the fuse cover and connect the positive cable to the connector which goes to the battery and connect the negative cable to the ground terminal nearby on the strut tower as I recall
From what I've seen in pictures the 18 is the same.
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I don't know what that looks like with the cover off. I would like to see some picks if anyone has one. ( wires, coil covers, excreta.)
Lee :headbonk:
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I don't know, it's been a trend in recent years. I guess it's just aesthetics. Most people look under a hood and have no idea what they are looking at on an engine. Put a pretty plastic cover over it and that average person thinks, ''Oh, what a beautiful engine''. Waste of money, adds weight and hinders my access to the engine IMO.
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