MAN Gold-Plated Cylinder Heads

[Magnum]

If you ever wandered on to an MAN Diesel stand at a boat show chances are every engine displayed would have been fitted with Gold-Plated cylinder heads. I had a chat with an MAN representative at SIBS and was informed it is real Gold and can be specified at about 100 Euros per pot. Chrome is also an option.

Now, I reckon they look superb, so I asked Princess to quote me for this on the new MAN 1100CRM V10's to be fitted to my P67 next year. Princess want an extra £1752 for Chrome cylinder heads and £2990 for Gold cylinder heads - all plus VAT of course.

I think I'm being ripped off, so has anyone specified this option on new MAN's recently?

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[chippie]

Talk to TCM about MAN engines.

I think they are the valve covers rather than the cylinder heads.

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[tcm]

aha my specialit subject. That does indeed sound steep. Get the cylinder heads, and send away for gold plating. Will cost about £500 for much deeper stuff than std MAN.

Quote for the bits inlc gold (on top of existing std rocker covers) in south of france was £7k+VAT for 2xv12's , so erm, not that bad.

Note it's not cyl heads - just the rocker covers. bashem for a deal, as usual. Ask how many microns of gold you get, which is important and will spin them around heehee. Incidentally, if they deliver LESS gold than agreed - it's fraud, not a "slight delivery problem".

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[Magnum]

tcm, who would do them for £500?

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[britemp]

Would I be considered naive for asking what purpose the plating serves?


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[Moose]

It just looks posh

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[powerskipper]

well being the practical type ,

you can buy gold spray paint for a couple of quid and do it yourself, as the room is badly light, [if it not! make it so] then no one would know otherwise./forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[tcm]

Re: DIY

ah - it's the DIY option, sorry. takem off takem to a specialist chrome/gold plater. easy.

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[britemp]

Thanks Moose - that just seemed tooooooo obvious! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

I guess it would be a good pointer for mechanics - when servicing any boat with gold-plated valve covers immediately double the bill as the owner clearly has far more money than sense or taste! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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[Moose]

I would have them but they just wouldn't go with the green!

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[tcm]

Re: not so

1) plating engine bits makes it easy to clean, and hence easy to identify any leaks etc that have *just* happened.

2) service engineers have volunteered that they feel they have to up their game a bit when the engine is plated

3) when selling, it looks the total biz. No questuion biout it being looked after, whereas nortmally its just the uh engineroom, not corr engineroom!

ok alright, it looks the biz.

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[Magnum]

Re: not so

Looks the biz sounds good to me. It's the 3 grand that I'm having difficulty with.

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[chippie]

Re: not so

I thought TCM might share his views of the quality of the MAN guarantee for engine parts such as camshaft gears.

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[tcm]

Re: not so

gmmff. MAN honoured the warranty, parts of which extend for five years. But it's a full engine warranty for two years, not 2.5 yrs after which the cam fuel gear on mine fell apart.

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[petem]

Gold Rockers

Now I'm not quite suggesting that Gold Rockers would turn your boat into the marine equivalent of a Citroen Saxo but aren't they just a teensie weensie bit "Max Power"?

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[boatless]

Re: not so

What date was it that TCM paid his bill?

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Or did Princess put Magnum's order in without asking him for confirmation?

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[oldgit]

Only looked at this thread to see if any of the current rash of
"It will come to pass that I am but a poor boater" and "verily I shall be unable afford to buy fuel soon " posts had landed on here in error.......Nope./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[MapisM]

I also considered that, but finally decided to throw the money in gold plating my two anchors.
'course can't use them anymore, to avoid scratches.
But the effect when arriving in any harbour is much better, compared to the engine stuff!
I must update my avatar with a new pic, one of these days... /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[britemp]

Re: not so

OK - I give up, how much is the gold-plated engine block then? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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[britemp]

In that case have them bronze-plated and wait for the verdi-gris! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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