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Old Aug 27, 2001 | 07:02 PM
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Default Paint engine block?

With my engine out now, im thinking of having it painted a new color than the stoc black, what do yall think? Scorp came up with grey, just giving credit where its due.

Forgot to say my car is Charcoal Grey


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Old Aug 27, 2001 | 10:07 PM
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Black doesn't show the dirt as much. Sure, its harder to find oil leaks... but I prefer a high temp gloss black. :cheers:
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Old Aug 28, 2001 | 06:03 PM
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The General changed from Orange to Black for a reason, probably to hide oil leaks, dare to be different.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 05:47 PM
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I went with Orange. Polished up plenum & fuel rails, put orange between the fins also. You take all that smog junk off and you can actually see parts of the block and heads!!! http://members.nbci.com/cohocarl/tpi.html
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