brm cam cover color , cosworth block color

PostPost by: cabc26b » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:34 am

Can any one confirm the colors used on BRM cam covers ?

I know day glow orange is listed in the lotus BRM spec , I have seen green mentioned in other places , and the engine conveyed to me with a black krinkle finish on the cam cover- with the block green and the sump black like the spec lists....

Does anyone know the paint color used by Cosworth for their twin cam blocks ?
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PostPost by: garyeanderson » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:52 am

We went to look at this works prepped Lotus Cortina (7070 KO) a year ago. Supposedly restored to a high standard and this is a photo of the engine bay, Bill Gavin took all of photos (close to 100) and the majority can be seen on Bob Woolners Lotus Cortina web site

http://www.lotus-cortina.com/photos/707 ... ko-pic.htm

The engine photos of the BRM twin cam engine by itself are off a dead web page
http://www.brmlotuselan.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm
I don't know anything about it but I saved them in 2005 from there


If you are looking for paint codes, I haven't a clue

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PostPost by: Old English White » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:30 am

cabc26b wrote:Can any one confirm the colors used on BRM cam covers ?

I know day glow orange is listed in the lotus BRM spec , I have seen green mentioned in other places , and the engine conveyed to me with a black krinkle finish on the cam cover- with the block green and the sump black like the spec lists....

Does anyone know the paint color used by Cosworth for their twin cam blocks ?


Hi Cab26b,
Why use a BRM cam cover !?! Because , its design apart ...
If it is for an Elan racer , think about weight , if in aluminium... The original Lotus cover is 1.4 kg lighter ... where important ( hight , on front ). You should use this lower at rear , for exemple , no!?!
If it's for a street car , last year ,"en route" for Stoneleigh , at Paul Matty , I saw a very "real one" BRM S3 based Elan , green with fluo-orange bumper and discover , on the engine , nothing more than the aluminium BRM plate on top of a standard cover , painted in the correct hammered light green .Here are the pictures (sorry for quality , Sony DSC cam!)

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I think this cover should be used only then in mag , having no original cover , or when having a (too) light car (formula), or , for aesthetic considerations ... and this is not going to change your mind .
Christian.
Btw: the pictures of the bright-orange/dark-green engine show that it's dry sumped , right!?!.
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PostPost by: lotuselanman » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:50 pm

Gidday, the BRM covers with 'BRM' written on each site colour is crinkle black.
I have one and no it is not for sale.
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PostPost by: cabc26b » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:39 pm

Thanks to all -

looks like its day glow orange for the BRM cast cover - unless some one pipes up and says the orange was a 47 only color , I will be changeing it from its currently black krinkle finish - green block with black dry sump pan.

The Cosworth motor will get eiher a Blue hammertone or Red hammertone finish for the cam cover with the cosworth plate ( wet sump, with lotus down the side MK1 cam cover) - head natural with red block and black wet sump.

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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:46 am

I'm not sure how valid my comments are regarding your question but:
In the past I got involved in rebuilding a number of Cosworth FVA (F2) engines.
All of the crankcases were painted high gloss Maroon.
I thought it looked smart & painted a couple of my Twin Cam engines the same colour.
I used "Humbrol" enamel & slopped on 3 to 4 heavy coats.
The smooth surface produced made cleaning up oil leaks much easier before scrutineering :wink:
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PostPost by: cabc26b » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:29 am

John -

I was hoping that somebody would confrim the maroon color a being an optionj for the twincam - I have seen it in use on the BD series engines as well and thought it looked great in combination with the natural (bare) alum head. -

The only thing I am sure about at this time for the Coswoth twincam is the cam cover colors -
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