Lets See That Painted Motor
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Lets See That Painted Motor
Engine paint what color or colors you got? Did you do it your self?
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
Heres mine..Base Coat Clear. Block-Factory Red of my car. Pan was orange..now gold to match my stripes. The base alone was $80 (quart) my cost lol. Heads and Intake are just cleared. Did it at home by myself in pieces..the brodix valve covers will be gold and red..I should be workin on them now..but Im lazy
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Heres mine..Base Coat Clear. Block-Factory Red of my car. Pan was orange..now gold to match my stripes. The base alone was $80 (quart) my cost lol. Heads and Intake are just cleared. Did it at home by myself in pieces..the brodix valve covers will be gold and red..I should be workin on them now..but Im lazy
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Thanks man. It sould run bad *** too I cant wait to see it in the car..
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
mine doesn't look all that pretty, but Its chevy orange engine enamel and its a lot better than it was when I first got the engine(the other, unpainted, pic).
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
chevy orange is the traditional color . you can paint it most any you want . myself , i like a lighter color on engines . blue/gray or alum/gray , i feel it makes a cleaner look . also in the future much easier to find leaks that happen after age . your call . good luck .
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My block, heads, etc. were just painted gloss black with duplicolor engine enamel. The intake and valve covers were done in basecoat/clear coat. I painted the valve covers to match the car. Maui blue/rally red stripe(leftover from a honda i painted)/silver(leftover from a subaru). I did the work myself.
On the stand:
In the car:
On the stand:
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Heres mine. Regular duplicolor ratlle can Chevy Orange. I might be changing it when i replace the rear main seal next summer. Im also partial to silver.
Heres my old car.
Heres my old car.
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I do like silver, just thought there would be too much of it on my car.
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
simple duplicolor engine paint, chevy orange
putting it in
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1z7qkx&s=5
with the carb, tpi on its way
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=345bqix&s=5
putting it in
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1z7qkx&s=5
with the carb, tpi on its way
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=345bqix&s=5
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
I don't have any pics, but I'm partial to a gloss black engine. I guess I'm just lazy, but it tends to hide a lot of imperfections. I'll be swapping engines soon, so I'll get some pics up then...
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
i did silver.
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Them motors look dope! Duplicolor Engine is what i used also, it turned out good enough, will get some picks up when its togeather
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
Here are a few picks. The heads are not really aluminum but I liked the look so I went with it. Kind of funny that none of those parts on the outside of that motor are new. All where blasted and repainted.
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
The cheapest mod you can do if the engine is out. I use these threads to steal ideas from some of you creative ones out there.
This is an older one of mine. Plenty has changed since then but my rattle can black block goes with any color accesories.
This is an older one of mine. Plenty has changed since then but my rattle can black block goes with any color accesories.
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
My 383 LT1. This is how I picked it up and not really liking the excessive RTV around the intake... I may or may not redo it.
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
OK - same engine, 3 different colors.
1. Mopar blue
2. Black
3. GM Corporate blue
1. Mopar blue
2. Black
3. GM Corporate blue
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i did mine ford blue....ahahahhaahahah add insult to injury to fords
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Re: Lets See That Painted Motor
Here's mine. How it came in the crate. I have since touched up some of the stuff that GM kind of missed. Satin black. I am a fan of black and alum.
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