Any one have any opinions on the meanings behind different engine colors? I know most has to be self preference. I did mine light colors, in oder to see leaks and what not, less shadows for things to hide?

 

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blue is good. black is good. Pink might be contrued to mean

 

I think it's strictly one's preference dude.

I'd paint mine blue/silver simply b/c I have blue hoses and blue plug wires and I think that would go good with a white car.

Just keeping the motor sqeaky clean should be enough to tell if it's leaking anywhere or not.

Black/silver and Red/silver looks good too I think.

High temp. paint is very limited on color choices.

 

I've done aluminum (it's like silver) and black and it looks good. My friend and I recently did red and black, which also looks good. The generic silver and black is hard to beat. My next engine will have some more aluminum and black, because I don't know what color the car will be (I haven't gotten the car yet).

 

I like mine.

 

my old engine (now in the RX-3)


my new engine



hope that helps ya.

 

Mines Blue.

Oh ya and red goes faster.

 

My engine builder alway painted his "Mazda Blue- a medium blue. I had him paint the 2nd he built for me black.

 

I did mine alum/silv and battleship gray. Makes it look really clean.

 

Pink. That way, you can tell people that they just got beat by a 1.1/1.3 liter, PINK motor, with under 200hp.







They'll quit racing forever!

 

Lol@chef_eg_1

 

I like that, but Iam going for 200, hopefully + hp!

I wouldnt know where to find pink high heat paint? Ha, ha ! ! !

 

Ask 1984se.

 

I would definetly paint my engine/car Pink, Purple or Fushia. Why? Because its totally different from all the mainstream stuff out there. My interior is gradually becoming Sunshine Yellow. Its not as refined as I'd like it to be, but it stands out, gets mixed comments, and I can find anything in my car at night.

 

 

hey from what ive seen at school lately you arent a real man unless u wear pink so i guess the car dosent realy have true muscle unless there is some pink to it? nice paint job BTW

 

Nice, now you just need to paint the front cover and convert to direct fire ignition ! ! ! Ha, ha ! ! ! j/k

 

Here are a couple I've done. It all just came down to what paint I had handy. I prefer to paint the cast iron side housings (they need protection) and leave the aluminum rotor housings alone. I like the contrast and it's tough to get the paint to stick well to the aluminum for any length of time. In the future, I might try anodizing the aluminum...

 

 

I've got bad experience with RED paint. It turns to ORANGE.

 

What's the best way to clean everything up before painting? I figured I'd bolt everything together and sandblast them...good idea?

 

Sandblasting is only good on rusty cast iron. Blake once told me that he thinks bead or media blasting makes parts look better than new, and I had to disagree because I prefer the machined look regardless of slight discolorations due to corrosion or whatever. If the surface is pitted from corrosion, well, blasting pits the surface as well so it can be covered up to some degree, but I don't like the look of it. I think it has to do with my familiarity with the way the parts look stock.

I didn't rebuild the engine above (only painted it with a friend and swapped a few things around), but as you can see on the exhaust ports, it's been blasted.

 

Powdercoat. Anodized silver and black chrome (which is really more of a dark charcoal)