Engine Compartment....Black or Red?

hsean · Nov 15, 2011

i like the black look that is the look that i am after with a few polished items

Lowboy44 · Nov 15, 2011

I vote for color matched..good luck

Kdubslugga · Nov 15, 2011

madmike, it's terrible keeping it clean. Id give anything to get Edelbrock to Endrashine it all. Id go with the all black look or mostly black, sound slike you're leaning that way anyway!

RacEoHolic330 · Nov 15, 2011

I also vote for satin. I'm digging the look of the Stanget project car's engine bay.

Boss 351 · Nov 15, 2011

Go different, blue with some sort of airbrush of naked chicks, startrek Enterprise, cactus and dogs playing cards. Yup... <- damn cheap drugs...

I vote black

1990_LX · Nov 15, 2011

My vote is satin black, I don't know why but I have always loved satin black bays that contrast the exterior color as long as it has a clear separation along the back and where the fenders bolt on. I hate when the inside edges of the fenders are painted black.

CarMichael Angelo · Nov 15, 2011

I'm gonna go back to black. I agree that the "chassis black" (or satin) is the proper finish I'm after. I also think there is too much blue. So maybe I'll paint the intake black to mellow that out. And the red has to stay wher it is as bringing in red, would clash with it. (I'd have to change the engine color completely to body color if I was to bring in another color to the existing blue/black)

So that said, I'll paint the bay ohh,...let me see,..........could it be SATAN!!!
er, I mean satin

85_SS_302_Coupe · Nov 15, 2011

The intake and cam covers could be a satin cast aluminum color, thats how Shelby did it, thats how mine is gonna be. For all blue you should go ahead and do the breather too like Ford did.

ID89GT · Nov 16, 2011

I say black. A black engine bay just has that classis muscle car look which would fit your car perfectly

CarMichael Angelo · Nov 16, 2011

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
The intake and cam covers could be a satin cast aluminum color, thats how Shelby did it, thats how mine is gonna be. For all blue you should go ahead and do the breather too like Ford did.

Thanks, and I like what you're saying. I have decided NOT to paint the intake, and instead will strip it and the valve covers back to natural again. The only thing I might do is flip the highlights. The words: Victor 4.6, Edelbrock, and SOHC will get hand painted Blue. The bay will get painted satin.

90lxcoupe · Nov 16, 2011

Id say go with the body color and flat black engine stuff with polished aluminum here and there. but thats just my opinion.

off topic, but did you ever get your brakes working decent with the manual swap?

CarMichael Angelo · Nov 16, 2011

90lxcoupe said:
Id say go with the body color and flat black engine stuff with polished aluminum here and there. but thats just my opinion.

off topic, but did you ever get your brakes working decent with the manual swap?

Well lets put it this way,....I haven't hit anything........yet.

It works OK for me. I have to admit, a really hard stop still takes a pretty good leg to make that happen.

I don't have a reference of what a really good manual brake set up works like. I know that changing it over to the stock mustang M/C w/ the 7/8" bore from the original 1.031" bore was way better. There is significant "feel" to the manual system. I know that you can actually feel the pads start to get hot at a certain brake pedal pressure and actually increase stopping power.

I'd be interested to get someone else in the car who was familiar w/ a good manual brake system. (probably scare the crap outta em')

I know that I need to convert it to big brakes, mainly because I have to accommodate the new wheels. The additional 3" of rotor will/should make this even better.
I dont know if the stock manual Mustang M/C I currently have will work once I change it over though.

90lxcoupe · Nov 16, 2011

Did you do anything to the pedal? Ive read that makes a difference getting the pedal ratio correct.

CarMichael Angelo · Nov 16, 2011

Yeah,...I did all of that. Optimal pedal ratio is 6::1. Requires that the M/C pushrod be moved up 2.25" closer to the pivot point. That's what mine is now.

LarsD · Nov 16, 2011

Black + natural aluminum + Silver ftw

Shaolin Crane · Nov 16, 2011

Looks cobbled together
Only problem with raw finish is it stains no matter what

CarMichael Angelo · Dec 26, 2011

I am tired of waiting to show you guys this. I was gonna wait till I get the entire engine compartment complete, but there is so much going on w/ that, It'll be another week or more before I get it done.

Remember when the original question was "Black or red"?

Well I couldn't choose,......... so I did em both:

The lower half is satin black, and the top half is body color (with a nifty gold pinstripe dividing the colors)

It's all basically just mocked up except the heads and cams, ( they're bolted on and the motor is timed)
The astute individuals will see that the lift struts are back, The A/C hole has been filled, and the water heater lines are now -10 fittings.

You cant get the valve covers off w/o removing the M/C ( stupid piece a junk 2v engine)
So since I am in process of doing the 5 lug Cobra brake thing, I upgraded the M/C to a Wilwood unit.
I'll install it last. 4.6 guys should notice the "bolted on" Idler pulley in the T/C cover I did when I got rid of the P/S pump.

Last point of interest for those of you thinking I'm trying to pass it off as something it aint. The 468 is for the average car show yocal because the engine looks so big in there,........ For those of us that know better,...It simply says: 4.6v8.

The engine compartment was a throw together last year, so I'm replacing the hinge cups and the rear hood insulating strip as well. detail what I can w/out getting all "car show OCD". I'm gonna drop the K member out from under it and "hang" the motor from my engine hoist until I get it cleaned and detailed.( the k member,...not the engine hoist)
Now I know what you're thinking,......... "Why didn't I do that when I had the entire engine out of it to paint the engine bay? Well firstly, nobody even knows I had the engine out of it until now. Secondly, the real reason I'm dropping the K member is to make putting the freshly painted headers back up in there easy peasy, japaneasy. So cleaning and painting the k member while it is out from under there will be easier as well.

The rear is out of it and is in process of getting new bearings/ seals/ and a rebuilt T-loc. figured that while I was upgrading the brakes and had to have the axles out, I'd do the rest.The dash is out so I could get to the heater box to fill the firewall, and convert the heater lines to -10 pieces. Like I've said before, I'm gonna have A/C, it's just gonna blow from the back seat instead. So,...lets hear it,...What do ya think of the strip club under my hood?

foxbodymike87 · Dec 26, 2011

Where do the heads disconnect?? It looks like one solid piece.

CarMichael Angelo · Dec 26, 2011

foxbodymike87 said:
Where do the heads disconnect?? It looks like one solid piece.

Timing chain cover hides that. The timing chain cover on this engine is honkin'.

Noobz347 · Dec 26, 2011

As usual Mike, I'm sitting here going

I cannot WAIT to see your new wheels installed. I think that was the only comment I had on your build was that I wasn't a huge fan of the Pony wheels on your car.

Keep it coming man... Oh... and I'm mentally noting all this eye candy. Just be prepared for me to show up on your door step one day with a car and some paint. LOL

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