Engine Color

[bubba'sC10]

I Hope I'm not repeating an old topic

But just wondering what colors you folks are using fo engine paint. Also what type of paint are you using.

Thanks

[skokie]

I used chevy orange on my 350. It was the engine enamel that they sell in the parts stores. Has held up pretty good so far.

[Zumo]

I am using Duplicolor Ford Red. I know I know. It looks A little like Chevy orange but a little more red.

[Rollie396]

I haven't painted mine yet,but I'm going with chevy orange kit from por15.

[ThatOneBlue67]

Spray can orange. Anything else would be out of place IMO. Orange is classic.

[WinDancer]

Classy Chevy orange high temp-

[Tx Firefighter]

Chevy Orange POR15 is the way to go. You'll never get it off once it's dry.

[Orange]

I actually painted mine to match my truck's exterior.
I used the same exact paint, just had them mix it in a spray can for me. It was $15 a can, but worth it to have an exact match.

I used some Zinc rich etching primer (kind of like cold galvanizing stuff) and then put on the paint. It hasn't faded, peeled, turned color, or nothing. It is flawless.

A lot of it is in the prep I think.

I have also heard good things about the DuPont Imron paint on engines.

DLB

[EAST SIDE LOW LIFE]

Seymours Chevy Orange used it for years and never let me down. They have the big blk and small blk orange paint as far as I know. A small block is a few shades more orange as opposed to a big blk.

esll.

[6872xtc]

I put dupont centauri on mine, but I think I got the wrong orange. The color chip that the salesman said was it was small so I didn't catch it until I sprayed it. Be careful!

[onedayjake]

Grabber green from Walmart!

[Ram-Man]

Chevy orange

[JAKES 68GMC]

Chevy orange, no doubt.

[bandit1]

I used gm corparate blue its like ford blue but a bit lighter

[GREASEMONKEY72]

PINK

[GREASEMONKEY72]

that grabber green looks pretty cool


i heard a rumor that if you paint it black its suppossed to keep cool better than any other paint

[RACINJASON22]

Originally Posted by GREASEMONKEY72

I heard a rumor that if you paint it black its suppossed to keep cool better than any other paint

Never heard of that before but, I personally will never paint an engine black again. For this reason. Under artfical light at night it looks like there is oil everywhere. Scared the begesus out of me at the race track one night. Other than that one of the better looking engines I painted, all balck on the hard parts red on all the tins.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

Originally Posted by RACINJASON22

Never heard of that before but, I personally will never paint an engine black again. For this reason. Under artfical light at night it looks like there is oil everywhere. Scared the begesus out of me at the race track one night. Other than that one of the better looking engines I painted, all balck on the hard parts red on all the tins.

i heard it from a racer buddy of mine that heard it somewhere, but he doesnt paint his race engines, just leaves them paintless and so did we on our car and it runs just fine and no paint to mess with, it is a dirt race car afterall

[GREASEMONKEY72]

i still wanna do pink to piss people off

[Fastfun]

I sanded the block smooth, then used an etching primer, then an epoxy primer and then urethane as top coat

[RACINJASON22]

Now thats the way they should all look!

[buzzard]

Used endura paint for mine,not sure of the paint code but its a metalic.Block has a nice sparkle to it when sun hits it.Tranny is just blasted then cleared.

[Ole Blue 68]

Originally Posted by RACINJASON22

Now thats the way they should all look!

That almost looks too good to drop into a vehicle.

[Palf70Step]

GM Crate Black

Plus the trim, Cast Aluminumn, and Charcoal

[BigSky71]

Painted mine to match the exterior. If I was painting the exterior a color that would have complemented orange I probably would have left the engine orange.