Timing Cover - Better Options

[spiderrey]

Looks good. I would clean up those fan blades though.

[azruss]

My first spider had a casted cover and i never liked the look of this big yellow plastic piece. The plastic also gets dirty and hard to keep looking pristine. I painted mine silver with a urethane clear coat. The clear coat made the silver base react and it came out with a hammered look. The best part is the urethane finish is so easy to keep clean

[nelsonj]

I cut my cover also - you did a much better job than me!

Peace.

[twincamspit]

A quick update on the Fiat Twincam split alloy covers that Revival Motorsport Fabrications are making - I received some photos of their prototype today and it looks great, can't wait to get my hands on it soon for test fitting
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 42fb6fe7bb

[donerehart]

I would certainly purchase one of these! Thanks for pursuing this!
Don

[76124]

Any update on the price point fOr these?

Thanks for pursuing this!

[georgeramos]

Yeah, Im interested if it can work with a 1600.

[BellaMachina604]

You definitely have to do the coolant when you replace the timing belt because, timing cover or no timing cover, you have to remove the top two coolant hoses to remove/replace the belt. Still, a pain to remove the water outlet (snorkel) though. I cut through my timing cover so it slides up under the outlet.

[QuebecFiatSpider]

I'll be following that thread for sure

[twincamspit]

Hi guys, apologies for the late response. Few family matters meant I've not been doing much car related for quite a while.

It seems Ricambi got the exclusive rights to sell the split aluminium covers in the USA:

https://autoricambi.us/collections/new- ... er-1979-85

Got to say, I'm very happy with mine. A bit fiddly to refit the top half due to lack of space between radiator and engine, but a heck of a lot easier than draining down the coolant each time to access the pulleys.

Kinda tempted to leave the top half off, to show off the adjustable cam pulleys, it feels strong enough to do so.

[Nolan]

I hope I didn't miss this in the comments but what type of paint is safe to use to redo those yellow timing belt covers?

[xjware]

I have heard the Krylon Sunshine Yellow is a near match.

[Begottenmilk]

Has anyone done the coverless option? Like any issues or debris that you cant get off the belt? Plastic cover thingy is kinda cracked and my JDM friends showed me how cool it can look.

[Odoyle]

Not the best idea to go cover-less, dirt, stones and road debree can become lodged between on on the teeth of driven pulleys causing host of issues. IF you had the original lower engine belly pan than you might be able to get away with not having a cover.