painting a 4.6

[98COBRA281]

i dont think i have ever seen anyone paint a 4.6 , like old muscle cars had, i was thinking of painting the heads, front cover, water pump, valley and front of the block that you can see ford blue while i have it apart, any reasons i shouldn't

 

[Mustang5L5]

Depends on how nice a job you do.

It could either look nice...or it could look overdone.

I've never seen one done though

 

[AntiRice98]

I've seen one done but it was a 5.0 modular..looked awesome

 

[TGJ]

Are you sure you haven't seen one painted?

They look really good painted. I suggest you put on a couple of coats of clear coat which makes it easier to clean.

If you think you are sure that you haven't seen one painted, check out that PM I sent you awhile ago on my engine. It is painted.

 

[98COBRA281]

Are you sure you haven't seen one painted?

They look really good painted. I suggest you put on a couple of coats of clear coat which makes it easier to clean.

If you think you are sure that you haven't seen one painted, check out that PM I sent you awhile ago on my engine. It is painted.

oh yeah i forgot, i accually saved that in my pictures
here you go

 

[98COBRA281]

well i probably going to do it, i think it will look good, i totally under stand the over done look

 

[TGJ]

oh yeah i forgot, i accually saved that in my pictures
here you go

This is the finished product.

well i probably going to do it, i think it will look good, i totally under stand the over done look

I have seen a couple of Modulars in Ford Blue. They look good.

 

[98COBRA281]

looks good... i was looking at my dads motor in his car, (440) and its orange, that what gave me the idea

here it is

 

[d98gt]

When I recently installed my cams and had the timing cover off--I thought about painting the front cover since I painted the valve covers while they were off. The thought of degreasing/cleaning/prepping it changed my mind though I just wanted the car back up and running.

 

[98COBRA281]

When I recently installed my cams and had the timing cover off--I thought about painting the front cover since I painted the valve covers while they were off. The thought of degreasing/cleaning/prepping it changed my mind though I just wanted the car back up and running.

yeah i know the feeling..... i was thinking about sandblasting the front cover, then painting it with self etching primer, i think that will hold the paint good

 

[mransr]

I think a Ford blue engine with black "tins" would looks great (even if the tins on our cars are composite)

back in the dawn of time (70s and 80's) I had pretty good luck just cleaning the heck out of the engine and painting it with regular, old engine paint...but it was probably more toxic back then and worked better...

 

[blacksheep-1]

I went over the top on 2 different occaisions back in the 80's when I was doing car shows. In one case I had the block hot tanked, primed it and painted it a basecoat white pearl. I then used masking tape for pinstripes and fogged on a light orange candy. The I peeled the tape off and shot the whole thing a yellow candy and urethane cleared it. It held up real well. In the other, more radical one, I ground all of the casting off of the block and heads, polished the whole ireon block, primed it, used a silver base coat with lots of flake and shot candy apple red over the base. I cleared it as well.
both of these engines were small block chevies, and they had all the chrome headers, polished tunnel ram etc, etc.
Way, way too much work for me these days.

 

[98COBRA281]

yeah im not going to go to crazy, but i figure it would be different, when you look at a 4.6 you dont see alot of the block and front cover, but if it was blue which is what im going to paint it, it would stand out

 

[d98gt]

I was just going to go with a black
My first attempt to paint the valve covers red didn't work out too well, so I stripped that and went with a glossy black.

 

[what9612]

i was just on craigslist and seen this

 

[98COBRA281]

i was just on craigslist and seen this

is that a saleen. because i think i can see the tag on the fire wall

 

[what9612]

yea its a saleen http://detroit.craigslist.org/car/710593808.html