Engine Bay Repaint Pics

[Tim65GT]

Got my new engine and just couldn't drop it into a nasty engine bay, so...

Ford Racing Crate motor

The Ugly

Stripping process

Primed

I went with the body color

 

[coolblue65]

looks great, how did you strip off the old paint?

 

[gonzothegreat]

Very nice
been there too, http://www.thefroginator.co.uk/index.php?folder=/022-Pictures/Engine-rebuild/pictures/

 

[Tim65GT]

coolblue65
looks great, how did you strip off the old paint?

Mostly disk and cup type knotted wire wheels and a flap disk on a 4 1/2" angle grinder. Some areas with my air powered 2" right angle grinder with 60-120 grit discs. And some tight areas with small wire wheels with my elec drill.

Messy work, I was wearing a hat, safety glasses, ear muff tpye hearing protection and a dust mask. I still got crap in my eyes and nose and hair.

 

[bnickel]

i've graduated to a full respirator instead of the old dust masks, especially when painting. i was getting horrible sinus infections, prone to them anyway, and i couldn't take it anymore. found a pretty nice respirator at home depot for less than 30 bucks and it works great.

 

[edgars23]

That looks great. It will look awesome with the crate motor installed.
Did you bother to prime the engine bay? The most I ever did to my car was just take a rattle can to it after I had the engine out.
-Edgar

 

[iskwezm]

nice color

are you gonna cut and buff it??? It might be just the picture but it looks like dust is in the paint.