Painting the block...

[jefftegeder]

So I have decided to strip down my motor and do a block up rebuild. Found out I have a mix match from a PO and need to fix a few things. Have the block stripped to nothing and am tanking it tmrw at work (advantage of working at a car dealership). I was thinking about painting the block but don't want to go with the boring blue or black. Anyone out there paint their block? Or does anyone have any suggestions for a color scheme? A Ducati owning buddy of mine suggested a yellow/red scheme...

[azygoustoyou]

What color is the car?

[manoa matt]

I hope you are going to use a solvent tank instead of a hot acid tank. The auxiliary shaft bushings are extremely hard to source, and if you find them you need a machinist to install them and then ream them to the size of the existing aux shaft. There is not much load and not much wear on the shaft and bearings so 99% of the time they are left in and reused.

[jefftegeder]

I hope you are going to use a solvent tank instead of a hot acid tank. The auxiliary shaft bushings are extremely hard to source, and if you find them you need a machinist to install them and then ream them to the size of the existing aux shaft. There is not much load and not much wear on the shaft and bearings so 99% of the time they are left in and reused.

We actually have a Hydro-Blast tank. Nothing but really hot water and laundry soap. And we use an "Earth Friendly" type. Surprisingly does an amazing job.

What color is the car?

I think it still has the original shade of red. I may change it once I move on to the body, but will stay with some shade of red for sure....

[MNspiderman]

I say Green. Maybe like that brittish green. The cars are european. Picture the hood up and you have a dark green engine, it will look very europeanish. E-specially with polished covers. I like yellow, orange, red, lt blue but if your too light, then you always see the oily line where the gaskets are. Kind of gets that icky dirty look. So Brittish Green it is.