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Feb 22, 2004 | 01:24 PM

marky mark

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engine painted black??

Was wondering if anyone had painted their engine black during a rebuild.

Had seen pix of the GM crate motors which are painted black and thought it might offer a good contrast to the aluminum and chrome pieces in the engine bay, as opposed to the bright Chevy orange traditional engine paint for a late 60's C-3. The engine will get dirty sooner or later and I would think the grime would show up less on a motor painted black.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Regards, Mark :chevy :flag

Feb 22, 2004 | 01:50 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

Yeah, but people will think you have a $1500 Goodwrench engine in there... :smash:

Feb 22, 2004 | 01:54 PM

BB wowbagger

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Re: engine painted black?? (page62)

I painted my engine black..All HO engines are black.. :D :cool: :cheers:

Feb 22, 2004 | 02:03 PM

comp

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Re: engine painted black?? (BB wowbagger)

i like white for DD engines , easy to find any leaks , also you tend to clean
more offten :thumbs: :thumbs:

Feb 22, 2004 | 04:01 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (comp)

Here's my 406 not finished yet but you can get the idea, I hope they think it's a
$1500 Goodwrench motor :lolg:

Feb 22, 2004 | 04:24 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (MotorHead)

black looks real good if you don't paint the freeze plugs, install nice brass plugs after painting and it'll be real sharp, hard to spot leaks on a black engine though

If you paint it black in one piece it'll look like a "hecho en mexio" engine, very poorly detailed

I like silver though, white is too ghey imo and silver is nice and light to easily spot leaks and still makes it look real nice

Feb 22, 2004 | 05:46 PM

marky mark

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Re: engine painted black?? (Twin_Turbo)

Well, I have a Riverside Gold paint job. Would a gold engine block and heads look good? The chrome parts would be a nice contrast perhaps?

Feb 22, 2004 | 06:15 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

smokey yunick painted mmost of his engines gold, it looked good on his black/gold race cars :)

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Feb 22, 2004 | 06:44 PM

Blue70

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Re: engine painted black?? (Twin_Turbo)

My engine is black with brass plugs :)
No chrome..All aluminum :cool:

And if you hear it run you'll know it's no $1500 crate engine!!!! :reddevil

Feb 22, 2004 | 06:53 PM

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Wrecked82

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Re: engine painted black?? (page62)

I resemble that remark!

Actually, the Chevy dealer painted the engine black for me to match the color of the original, dead engine in my 82.

Feb 22, 2004 | 07:06 PM

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Stoge

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

The 350 in my '75 Blazer project is painted black.

Feb 22, 2004 | 08:44 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

Mine is also black. I didn't want a bright block color distracting your attention from all the aluminum goodies.

Feb 22, 2004 | 10:28 PM

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marky mark

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Re: engine painted black?? (Eric R)

I also like the red that they painted the new 572 crate motor & valve covers. That looks better to me than the orange. I guess it's just a matter of preference.

Regards, Mark

Feb 23, 2004 | 07:36 AM

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

Our friends in Mexico did a pretty good job putting my $1300 cheapy GM eng together, it has taken all the abuse I have thrown it's way. Wish I could say the same for the $3,000 stroker short block I bought. :mad Don't care much what color my freeze plugs as long as they work. :)

Feb 23, 2004 | 12:25 PM

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desi

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

Black engine with lots of chrome. I could easily pull the orange, but I like black better. Easy to clean as well...

Feb 23, 2004 | 12:56 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (desi)

OK, here comes MY OPINION.... Chevy Orange would be the norm. Black looks great with aluminum cyl. heads, intake, water pump, & accesories. A block painted to match the color of the car, I think, only looks good when the inner fender & fire wall is painted to match also. Otherwise, to me, it looks like a halfassed job.

Feb 23, 2004 | 01:01 PM

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Paul L

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Re: engine painted black?? (marky mark)

In August of 1982 the colour of the Corvette engine was changed from Corporate Blue to black.

Feb 23, 2004 | 01:23 PM

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Corey_68

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Re: engine painted black?? (paul67)

Orange is the only way to fly for me. :yesnod:

Feb 23, 2004 | 08:38 PM

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Re: engine painted black?? (Eric R)

Quote:

Mine is also black. I didn't want a bright block color distracting your attention from all the aluminum goodies.

:iagree:

No other choice but black?

Feb 23, 2004 | 10:10 PM

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marky mark

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Re: engine painted black?? (lotahp)

lotahp,

Good point! I'm glad you mentioned that. I've seen those pictures of cars like that and it does make a difference. I don't think I'll be painting the engine compartment gold right now.

Guess I'll stick to Chevy Orange or maybe a gloss red instead.

Thanks, Mark

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