88IntegraLS

It would not be proper for me to reassemble my engine without making it look a little better, so I bought some engine enamel and started painting my manifold parts.




I first wiped off the manifolds with a paper towel soaked in Lacquer thinner, then taped off the bolts and vacuum nipples, and began spraying. I used $4 a can Dupli Color engine enamel from Auto Zone. After spraying the parts, I took another paper towel soaked in thinner and wiped off the gasket surfaces and top of the dynamic chamber, leaving a reverse lettering effect. I'll paint the irons this same color, along with the lower manifold and throttle body. Then I will paint my rotor housings with an aluminum color.

Off topic, but here is the result of about 8 hours of five lug swapping this weekend:



Three weeks till I start it up and hear that rotary rumble again . . .

Kim

Damn those manifolds look nice, all shiny and stuff.

You just made me spend more money on my car

My88Se

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damn, I did the that, exept I chose the bark blue color they had.

NIce work on the 5lug swap.

Black13B

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Nice work! I love the threads you have about the progress. It's cool to see how well it's coming along.

I like what you did with the UIM. Most guys would probably paint it something bright or shiny! I was thinking of painting mine black or dark gunmetal over the winter..

Fitness Stain

yes...gunmetal when done right looks good

Chimeron

DAMN, that looks nice. I think I'll do that to mine when I pull the engine out for a rebuild/port-job. I'm gonna repaint my car a nice dark blue color, think I'll see if I can do the engine in the same kind of color.

slow87turbo

man now i have to paint mine... i am thinking blue... looks sweet btw



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Mr. Gadget

I have an intake set out being power coated in gloss silver (chrome like). I hope they look nice.

West TX RX-7

Wow, looks great! Did you use sand paper after you painted on the high spots to get the raised effect?

dr0x

He said he used thinner and cloth.

My88Se

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He said that he used thinner, I used that in comination with some 600 grit sandpaper, just to fresh up the metal a little bit.

Rotary Racer

Looking good bud, can't wait to see the finished product in 3 weeks .

- Dana

silverrotor

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88IntegraLS, you found that you didn't need to sand blast them I guess? Even though my Manifolds were fairly clean, I was unable to get In those hard to reach crevices. So, not only did I sandblast the Manifolds, I did the whole Drivetrain! This was accented with Flat Aluminum on Gloss Black with a shot of Clear coat. Turned out sexy.

Yours look slick.

88IntegraLS

Thanks everyone! I wanted something subtle so I decided against doing my engine plates in yellow to match the car. The reverse lettering idea came to me a few minutes before I started spraying after I got through wiping off the parts.

I didn't get the parts 100% sterile because of the texture of the casting but the paint is very very sticky (I touched some of it on accident while wiping off a manifold face) and I doubt I will have trouble with it coming off, unless I use a pressure washer on it, which I don't plan on doing.

I might go over the top of the dynamic chamber with some 600 grit . . that would look sweet. It looks bare and a little scuffed up there now. The black engine in the yellow bay should look different than a normal FC.

My88Se

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The 600 grit went perfect, shinned the top up real nice.

BDoty311

Good idea going with black on a yellow engine bay, it makes a good contrast. Looks mean too.

Get that baby going man.

My88Se

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yea, yours is very shiny. I like. Black goes with everything anyway.

88IntegraLS

Endplates, front cover, lower & upper intake manifolds and dynamic chamber:



Rotor housings:

Black13B

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As always, looks good!

minclo

you should've tried to paint the "mazda" on the rotor housings black...that would've looked really clean. but very nice! good work!