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I think I would leave paint as is. When I did the LS swap in 71 C3 when the engine was out. I used Rustoleum semi-gloss spray bomb. I just cleaned and scuffed the original paint. Added C5 coil covers. Did the same with my current 80 Camaro LS swap.
So funny, I literally have this picture saved in my camera roll. Such a clean build man!
Off topic - did you fabricate that radiator bracket yourself?
It was a good build. I like the build.
The top radiator mount I made because I'm too cheap to buy the custom bolt in LS radiators. Just a bent piece of 12 gauge cold rolled sheet metal. The radiator is a generic LS swap radiator from Summit. Biggest I could fit. Those two button head bolts you see on the top mount hold the u-shaped brackets and rubber isolators. Same on the bottom. On all my LS swaps I've run the biggest radiator I could fit. Single 16" Spal fan. ECM controlled. That radiator has easily twice the capacity of a stock LS radiator. Zero over heat issues. No shroud. The 16" fan covers the radiator center section from top to bottom.
Check out the radiator on my 68 C10 LS swap. It almost ran too cool with a 180 thermostat. Same u-shaped isolators and 16' Spal fan.
