orange or black engine block?

[ocbaud]

which would look better? i'm leaning towards black myself

[Russell]

I'm going black with mine

[MylilBowTie]

Black looks okay, but it also hides all the dirt, oil leaks also. I think thats why orange is used, its alot easy to track oil leaks and things.

[Nvbowtie]

Maybe some visual will help ;

[1974StepSide]

Personally I like the look of orange blocks. What I think is even cooler is how "show" vehicles paint the block the same color as the car!

[Mike76251]

Another visual,
PS: I like orange!

[TwinTurbo]

stainless steel

[77bowtie]

I once did a 327 in purple metalflake Looked good!

[74Pumpkin]

I think having a black block make the chrome shine that much more. And its all in the chrome!

[bigblock73]

Orange gives it more of a classic/musclecar look...black might make it look a little more modern.

The only reason I do not like black is because you cannot detect leaks easily...and it looks somewhat boring IMO.

I say orange.

[78chevstepside]

I like the traditional chevy orange. Though the correct color for my 78 would be gm blue.

[C&C Chevy]

I like the stainless steel look on TT's block. But since that's not an option, I like the black better.

[boataddict26]

I like orange much better.

[CT-Truckster]

one more for orange

[1FaastC10]

i'd go with blue, since your truck is blue. black is too boring, and orange would look out of place. BTW, avoid over chroming.

[1FaastC10]

i'd go with blue. black is too boring, and everybody does orange, which would look out of place in a blue truck. BTW, avoid over chroming, not many people do.

[swervin ervin]

Orange is old school, as in has been, done that.

I say black. And no, it's no more boring than orange. :p

[Slonaker]

I just did all of mine in black.

Slonaker

[racedvl]

[1974ChevyC10]

i say go with orange.when i swap the engine into my 78 im debating on painting it orange-its black right now and it seems to bland to me.the orange to me makes it stand out a little more than black.just my thoughts

[low 84]

dosen't matter if you have oil leaks or not, if its driven on the street regularly then if you paint it orange its going to look gross and dirty after less than a year. thats why i painted mine black.

[phantom dually]

How about a RED one??

[86SILVERADO]

Low 84 is right. I still love the chevy red but it does look bad after a while. I don't care how good you are and how clean you get all the mating surfaces. with all this tiwanese tinware you will have some seepage. You will just look at it on a red block where as you won't ever know it's there with a black one.

[87 STEPPER]

Here's what one look's like in a truck

[Big Paul]

Hey Bruce, that's sweet. Is that the 4.3 in your S-10? Never seen one all painted up before.