Interesting paint themes for engine area?
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Interesting paint themes for engine area?
Any body have interesting pics of there painted engine compartment ? i'm getting ready to do this and am thinking of gray fender walls, black frame and ???? for the fire wall, taking any ideas and looking forward to pictures from you guys/gals. the car is black/red int and the engine will be black bottom half and silver top half...thks bob
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here's how mine is painted,, the brake booster matches parts on the hood- plus jet coated exhaust manifolds,,fan blades and chambered exhausts,,chrome alt and chrome master cylinder-----
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There is a member with a yellow vette that has yellow splatter paint under the hood. It looks really good IMO. Also, if I am not mistaken, Wade Black rat from NC has a purple motor in a black vette.
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carl a that looks awsome, thanks..... i particularly like using the same colors on the brake booster and radiator support.... looks like the inner fender wells are flat black? what color is the fire wall including the AC/heater box area? thks bob
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Carl A:
Nice engine - I'm not into the heavily modded engine bays but this is very tastefully done IMO.
Is that a shutoff valve of some sort on the heater hose fitting coming off the intake? And if so is there one on the other heater hose?
Also is the gold color on the PB and other places gold paint or plating or is it that feaux spray gold cad from Eastwood or what?
thanks,
Nice engine - I'm not into the heavily modded engine bays but this is very tastefully done IMO.
Is that a shutoff valve of some sort on the heater hose fitting coming off the intake? And if so is there one on the other heater hose?
Also is the gold color on the PB and other places gold paint or plating or is it that feaux spray gold cad from Eastwood or what?
thanks,
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firewall and heater box is g.m. chassis black- noticed the heater hose fittting! thats the sore spot, they put that port outta the intake right in the way of the fuel rails- i called eldabrock(or however you spell it) and asked what geniuis thought up that! i had a problem finding a 90 degrss fitting to dump outta that port and 90 before hitting the fuel rail- i also tried to get the fuel rails kicked up as soon as they left the carbs bowls so the rails would go over the 90 i already have- no luck i hate the way that looks. i still need a sharp 90 gotta be under a inch from top of last thread to top of 90- here's another angle of the heater box side- booster and stuff is gold paint-glad you like it-carl------
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"I've always been fond of body color engine bays" Qoute fauxrs
I must say that looks very nice, clean, apealing to the eye, my body is white and I think that would be a bit much to keep up. I went flat black to not take away from the engine I spent a small fortune on!
Not finished yet still have to install spal fans, braided rad hoses, fuel lines, vacuum lines, and wire looms for spark plug wires, and neaten up the throtle linkage etc.
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I must say that looks very nice, clean, apealing to the eye, my body is white and I think that would be a bit much to keep up. I went flat black to not take away from the engine I spent a small fortune on!
Not finished yet still have to install spal fans, braided rad hoses, fuel lines, vacuum lines, and wire looms for spark plug wires, and neaten up the throtle linkage etc.
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During the body restification I did the engine bay and underside of the hood in semi flat black and splatter painted body color in acrylic enamel over it. I painted the engine block body color.
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"During the body restification I did the engine bay and underside of the hood in semi flat black and splatter painted body color in." Yellow 72
Man that looks really nice, I wished I'd have seen it before I did mine, I think I would have taken the same route
Man that looks really nice, I wished I'd have seen it before I did mine, I think I would have taken the same route
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
[QUOTE=yellow 72]During the body restification I did the engine bay and underside of the hood in semi flat black and splatter painted body color in acrylic enamel over it. I painted the engine block body color.
that yellow treatment with the acrylic is really cool looking..... i like everyones engine interior that is painted the same color as their car....problem is my cars black, my engines black and if I paint the interior black , i fear it may be too much black.... what about a gray engine interior with that acrylic black spackle on it? what do you think?
that yellow treatment with the acrylic is really cool looking..... i like everyones engine interior that is painted the same color as their car....problem is my cars black, my engines black and if I paint the interior black , i fear it may be too much black.... what about a gray engine interior with that acrylic black spackle on it? what do you think?
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by superfine69
Has anyone painted their intake manifold? I would really like to see a picture of that.
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