Engine Paint

[Guest 2b cruising]

They would inspect them all back at the factory for any signs of stress crack.

If none found, they knew the engine blocks had gone through the mill and would be worth upgrading for f1 racing.

Up to 1500 bhp was attainable from the modified blocks. All this from an old original 1500 road going engine.

IMPRESSIVE OR WHAT!!!

[jaimo]

Pics of painted engines for ideas would be good thanks

[Guest 2b cruising]

You already chose black and yellow.

All cast iron, head block etc, are usually in the darker colour.

Alternator and other bits polished to smooth serface

[jaimo]

Only choose black and yellow because car is yellow and black as u say for block

[Guest mcramsay]

My old machining teacher at college swore by painting blocks with dulux paint, he was bonkers though

[Guest 2b cruising]

Only choose black and yellow because car is yellow and black as u say for block

have an ask around or a look on eBay for a nice Burton or likewise cam cover.

They always Finnish an engine off nice.

[theduck]

There was a burton one on one of the Facebook groups recently.

[jaimo]

Just been given a 5 litre tin of commercial 1k polyurethane black gloss (6440) paint would this be any good on engine block

[chris n]

All depends on the quality of the paint commercial paint as they are normally the cheapest of the cheap

Commercial 1k polyurethane is used normally use as a chassis paint so it may bubble and crack with the heat over time.

[jaimo]

So not to be adviced then

[chris n]

if it was 2k paint I would say go for it, did my engine in 2k still good till this day.

 

If you want to use the paint you have do a test part and see how it dry's if it goes rock hard and not sticky after a week it may be ok

[Guest 2b cruising]

To soft.

It does not have to say heat proof for blocks, but you at least need an enamel paint.

[jaimo]

Cheers Ken and Chris its the stuff we paint train bogies (wheel sets) at work so I know it sets hard etc and is very durable was just worried about heat but I wonder coz we do paint the brake callipers on trains with it and they get hot hot hot

[Guest 2b cruising]

If you paint your bogies with it, well what can I say.

Is it the right shade of green.

 

 

Seriously, if it keeps its colour on train calipers and does not burn off, it will be good for engine blocks.

[jaimo]

Cool I will try at work tomorrow get gas bottles on some if can stand up to that heat should do engine block I suppose

I got some quality anti corrosive primer to go on first

If so just need to source the yellow now