Rocker Cover??

[Guest RedLineGTR]

The Cover that, covers the coil pack is it called the "rocker cover?" if not what is it called. If i remove it will anything happen or will the coils be under any stress, will the heat effect them (which i assume would be hotter if the cover is on) will there be any danage to them. Also Does anyone have i new cover for a series 1 in melbourne in mint condition, mine has abit of damage nothin serious but would either remove it or replace it with one in excelent condition.

Thanks Rob

Didnt know if to post it in the Wanted section also if anything. Please move it as needed.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

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[dAVE]

wont do any damage having it off... most highly tuned cars dont have the cover on.

[nismoman18]

that cover is not the rocker cover, its just a plastic cover to hide the coil packs, like dave said it wont do damage having it off, but it looks good on i reckon, u do get more heat with it on!

[Guest RedLineGTR]

Cool, thanks for the good info. Anyone have one for sale. PM Me..Can you maybe get aftermarket ones from jap, like with a greddy logo or something seen em rb25 and rb20 block covers but none for the rb25.

[hako]

nissan refer to this cover as the engine "ornament"

in short, its only there for looks and some people swear that it makes an improvement if removed (like u said, through cooling)

i reckon they look better on

[bbenny]

You can buy the replacement badges for these covers from HKS, Trust, Nismo etc, but they are like $200!!! not cheap. best thing to do is pull of the ornament, rocker covers and get them powder coated! looks damn sexy, i had an R32 GTR covers done in a candy apple pearl colour, looks fantastic. ill get some pics sometime.

[JimX]

Has anyone thought of cutting a couple of small holes in the cover and installing a small fan to help with cooling the coil packs?

It's just the overclocker in me.

[dru32]

Originally posted by nismoman18

that cover is not the rocker cover, its just a plastic cover to hide the coil packs, like dave said it wont do damage having it off, but it looks good on i reckon, u do get more heat with it on!

its actually alloy... if this is what your talking about..

ive polished mine...

Click here to see pics

.....bottom right picture.

[rb25]

lol JimX. I'd leave it on - stops dirt n crap getting on your coil packs.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

Maybe make my own...clean some clear thick plastci get the holes driller...get some sitckers made up for it or something..Fro a show car it would be a good idea to get clear plastic covers and get like a blue neon or somthing..(rice but nice) for a showcar that is

[Brody]

Originally posted by dru32

its actually alloy... if this is what your talking about..

ive polished mine...  

Click here to see pics    

.....bottom right picture.

Did u polish that by hand?

[nismoman18]

Originally posted by dru32

its actually alloy... if this is what your talking about..

ive polished mine...  

Click here to see pics    

.....bottom right picture.

maybe urs is alloy but mine is definately plastic! i was gonna spray mine like silver and enamel coat the cam covers, and polish the plenum, meh cant be bothered though

[Guest RedLineGTR]

maybe some are out of metal maybe on r32 *shrugz* but 33 is plastic...OH well anyone have one avaliable/

[nismoman18]

put a thread in the wanted to buy section man! wreckers maybe. im keeping mine lol!

[bbenny]

as to the alloy ornament, RB20 silver tops, GTRs are alloy and 33's are plastic - which suck if you wanna polish the covers

and BTW you can fit any rocker covers on the RB20 and 25 so if you want it to look really sexy just buy some GTR rockers, they look hot. but i guess it would suck having an engine that looks like an RB26 and performs like an RB20 haha

[dru32]

Originally posted by Brody

Did u polish that by hand?

orbital sander at first then did it by hand.... then polished using autosol

[predator]

same... here's a pic.. mine looks sex.. but sorry about the low quality photo..

With that plastic bit.. if its trashed.. my suggestion is Areldite it up.. or if its really bad get some plastibond or fibreglass filler.. sand it back.. and then spray it some nice colour.