factory engine colors.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by brothers69c-10

My 78 had blue block with one black head and one orange head, but it was a pos from the beginning lol.

LOL!

Originally Posted by brothers69c-10

I've pulled and replaced alot of engines, why chevy ever navigated away from orange is beyond me, unless they figured those vehicles would never end up at carshows. Anyway if its a chevy and i'm putting a motor in it, i always paint it orange.

Black hides the oil leaks better. I'm serious....

But I agree with you, any real chevy engine is orange.

[lurch115]

Originally Posted by USSkoval

I'm fairly certain it was gloss black. What year are you dealing with?

its an '84 shortbox. i know factory the motor is black, just couldn't tell what finish of black. i am tossing up the idea of removing the stock 305 and replacing it with my 355 after i refresh it. if i do so i have been going back and forth between making it look as though it is still the stock motor to have kind of a sleeper, or to go with the chevy orange block and heads, and bare aluminum intake with the cast aluminum finned valve covers painted chevy orange between the fins. lol anyways.... if i go the "sleeper" route i figured it would be good to know the factory finish so people who know won't be able to go "thats been changed." unless i am pressing a little hard on the pedal.

the first picture is the stock motor in the shortbox now. the other one is similar to what my other option would look like.

[lurch115]

Originally Posted by rare86

Ive always like the blue personally

if i am pulling a motor to fix it or replacing it i refuse to leave one the factory blue cause i can't tell ya how many times i have had someone ask why the motor is painted Ford blue. i am anti-ford so it bugs me.

[lurch115]

Originally Posted by wfomkivdrvr

my 82 has a factory red motor in it (6.2 diesel)

and you can still see it?? lol any 6.2 i have ever seen is usually ultra high gloss black. otherwise known as diesel and oil coated.

[USSkoval]

Go for orange! Not much need for the sleeper look under the hood, the outside is more important. Anyone that knows what they're looking at under the hood would get a general idea of what it is, no matter what color the parts are.