Hi ,
You can not anodize Any of the Datsun engine parts from my experiance .
I tried having a 2-liter valve cover done over 25 years ago .The shop said
they would try ,but it came out looking like it had been in a BBQ pit and got
"Smoked" .
They said you have to have Pure aluminum products to anodize , No cast alloys
.So
Now I have a Polished Valve Cover as the result :-)
Steve Ehlers
68 1600
69 2-Liter ( with solex )
73 510 2 dr "Brock Buster"
77 280Z Fairlady ( 610 hp ATRW's )
and 8 other Datsun / Nissan products
www.risingsunperformance.com
Eric Wittinger wrote:
> One note on Anodizing. I checked into this in the Portland OR area. The
>places I talked to were very tenative about doing the coating to old AL. They
>mentioned that it tends to react with old AL(no details, that I remember at
>least now) and turn it a funny color (I don't remember what color) I haven't
>managed to drop off a peice to see what happens, but I would test it on a
>spare part first to see how it turns out.
>
> Eric
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:10:24 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: aluminum polishing
>
> On a similar subject, has anyone had their valve covers, intake manifolds,
> or carb bodies clear anodized? It seems that once the polishing is done
> that a clean anodizing coating would keep things looking really nice for
> much longer than the normal coating that is put on aluminum after
> polishing.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
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