My 360 is apart now. When I'm finished working on it I will paint it. It got me thinking. Do you guys and gals like to paint it fully assembled or do you paint some of the parts separate? It's gonna be blue with aluminum intake and mopar performance valve covers. I think I'll do the pulleys black so those go separately. Just curious how you like to do it. I'm not sure I want to paint all the bolts blue because when you then work on it later the paint come of anyway etc.
Do you paint your engines fully assembled?
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mopowers
Well-Known Member
I do all mine assembled
DesertRat
Leading edge boomer
Fully assembled here
Plymouth 65
I'll be in the shop
I paint my engine components separately and then assemble. I don't like painted bolts and rarely paint all components the same color.
Very nice!
assembled myself if I am going for the factory look.
A lot more masking if you want to paint major assemblies separately. But there are some brackets, bolts, etc. that may want to be a different color, or that get in the way of a good spray, that you can easily do separately. IME if you don't paint the bolts they just get rusty, unless you are talking about environmentally-controlled storage, which I don't have.
I admit my last motor was rather quick & dirty...
I admit my last motor was rather quick & dirty...
65-440
Well-Known Member
Just finished my 340 after replacing timing chain and water pump. Did it in the car, assembled .... also did my 383 fully assembled ... Bill hirsch paint is top notch by the way ...
Benfica73
Well-Known Member
For the most part, I paint it assembled.
I paint stuff as I clean them, to prevent flash rust, then assemble.
If the whole engine is going to be one color, it will put a coat or two on after it is assembled so all the paint matches.
If the whole engine is going to be one color, it will put a coat or two on after it is assembled so all the paint matches.
Sedanman
67-9 Valiant specialist
I painted mine all together
Dang! That's a heap of good looking engines!
Matts440
Well-Known Member
I pretty much just paint the block, leave the heads the aluminum color, or if iron heads paint the same as the block, but water pump and housing, intake manifolds all leave aluminum, course thinking of getting the ones for my current build Powder coated atleast the intake and front cover. Here's my big block in my 72 satellite, just left the aluminum as is.
This is very close to what I have in mind.
Matts440
Well-Known Member
I use vht, I did use primer on my last engine I built. Not sure if I'll use it again
winstoninwisc
Taint easy livin free,season ticket ona 1wayride
done both ways they look way better out of car , especially if different colors used , and much better coverage and quality ,but there all ways a can of oops for overspray the quality will show if its done out of car or 1 part at a time , and pretty engines are like pretty cars love to see them revn 7500 or doing 300 mph sitting still out is my preferance especially when all wires and hoses out of the way , that way you get full coverage . next car I build if I get the chance spend the $ on the go fast and hookup I'm not going to worrie about car paint. GL with your choice and your build
Mopar-Man
Big Block Better Burnout
I paint mine assembled, but tape the bolt heads off. It's easy. It just looks cleaner that way.
d1970
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE A GOOD DAY
paint it like the factory did, assembled with the negative cable attached,
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
I paint the block, pan and heads all together and then everything else separate because I like contrast.
For paint we used Eastwoods brush on factory red for dads 67 273, worked great.
BigBlockMopar
BigBlockMember
If there's one thing for me that says 'quick & dirty' and 'taking the easy way out', then it's an engine that looks like it's been dunked in a bucket of paint.
When I see an engine painted all together with bolts and all, I start to wonder how many other easy shortcuts have been taken during the build.
For me, seperatly painted engineparts and clean bolts give a much better the appearance the builder has had some pride in his work and had an eye for detail during the build.
When I see an engine painted all together with bolts and all, I start to wonder how many other easy shortcuts have been taken during the build.
For me, seperatly painted engineparts and clean bolts give a much better the appearance the builder has had some pride in his work and had an eye for detail during the build.
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