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![]() I have a new plan for the exterior......low gloss black with red and maroon pinstripes to tie in the maroon interior.....don't know how long that will be though.....
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That sounds cool. That has actually crossed my mind for mine too. The satin black paint is pretty cool looking. The engine will look pretty good against that black too.
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yeah, now I got lots of brackets, pulleys, and such to paint black...maybe next weekend I can start the swap....
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Yeah I need to start doing some prep work for my engine. Seeing how fast I move!
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you have chrome pulleys now?
got the paint at auto-zone, it is Rust-Oleum high temp engine enamel ![]() http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct....372&sid=248959 I got this for the manifolds ![]() http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=371
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Yeah I have a chrome a/c bracket, water pump w/pulley, and chrome crankshaft pulley. Then I got a set of cheap chrome valve covers which are a pain in the rear. When I do the engine swap I am swapping the a/c and alternator. That will do away with the chrome bracket for the a/c. Already have a new water pump. So I just need to pick up a crankshaft pulley. Not a priority though. I think the gas tank sitting in the back of the truck since the meet I need to get taken care of!
![]() I was thinking about painting my engine the cast gray color. Maybe painting the heads alum color, and then all the pulleys and such black. I am looking at the endurashine Edelbrock RPM intake. Then my cousin has a set of alum valve covers we are getting clear powder coated. |
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Sweet!
get busy! ![]()
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![]() i think it was stated previously that you could pretty much order them anyway you wanted them.... thanks for the input and pic ![]()
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Yeah easier said than done! You know how it is to have a plan to do something, then unpredicted events step in the way!
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I know one excuse after another!
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little update tonight....cleaned my accessory brackets and Scott was kind enough to clean up my manifolds...the wife painted what she could then ran out of paint...and of course it was after 10:00pm and the stores were closed so she will get more paint tomorrow.....
also got me a pair of 40 series FlowMasters off of craigslist...i'm going to clean them up and paint them with some high heat aluminum that is all for today ![]() Oh and tell me what you think about the gray and flat black color scheme I have going....
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I think it will look good
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thanks Scott!!
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Nice score on the exhaust man! I think the color scheme you're working on will look awesome! I'm planning on doing a lot of clean simple stuff to the engine bay of mine. Get rid of all the clutter, and not a lot of shiny chrome everywhere just maybe the valve covers and air cleaner. Everything else just nice complimenting colors. The gray and black you are going with will look slick, and will go with just about any color you end up going with on the exterior of the truck as well.
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Cool!
Thanks John I need to clean up a lot of wiring clutter also....
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Yeah don't even get me started on mine. I may have to rip all mine out and start from scratch.
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yeah and I always seem to get vehicles after King Hack had them
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I haven't even tackled the wiring on mine. I hate to even look. I have one wire in the engine bay that has a red wire nut on it. Really, a wire nut?
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You like my methods?
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![]() yeah does it have crappy wiring? yeah butwill it still drive? yeah good enough...let's roll!!! ![]() I did some looking around about X-pipes...seems like the way to go...found a X-pipe at summit for $25...thought " I just need some pipe and I will build my own" looked in the scrap metal at work and found a stick of 2 1/4" exhaust pipe...SCORE! ![]() got my pieces cut (sorry crap-tastic cell phone pics to follow ![]() got the pieces trimmed and test fit them, then marked where they go now I just need to weld 'em up.....
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