Painting motor block

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Painting motor block
KANTILEVER avatar
KANTILEVER
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Just wondering when painting a motor block if the exhaust manifold ports should be covered? So that the gaskets are metal to metal? O can the metal gasket seat to the paint ?
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chumpchange
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cover them
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thekidd
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yeah you want to cover them up
pnktco avatar
pnktco
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just get that bitch powdercoated. it will last longer and look just as good.
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truck action
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When LC built my engine they told be to use good heat paint, not powder coat. They said powder coating holds to much heat in the block!
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KANTILEVER
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yeah i just bought i temp paint. it looks nice. i will try and get some pics.
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cruisinlowS10
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as far as what to paint with, you cant go wrong with por15 engine enamel.
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Lonoma2k
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i just used high temp paint, looks pretty good....
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ptman2002
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Originally posted by cruisinlowS10



as far as what to paint with, you cant go wrong with por15 engine enamel.



exactly, we used por15 black to do the suspension and some motor parts and painted the block and tranny with the chevy orange. por15 is the best quality i have seen for engines and suspensions. when spraying you dont have to thin it at all and always make sure you dont get any on your skin cause it takes time to wear off.