Thread: Painting engine

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You need high temp paint. I remember seeing on the show "Trucks" Stacey using PPG paint to paint the engine but it wasn't regular paint, it had the same paint code but if I remember correctly it was for high temp. If not then it will bubble and flake off. We just got a Vette back in the shop where the hood bubbled because the guy is trying to run a 11.5:1 comp ratio engine on the street as a daily driver and it's overheating so in turn is getting that fiberglass hood scortching hot. So if the hood is doing this then so will the block of course. PPG should be able to color match it for you and get high temp. I like a car where the engine compartment and engine are painted the same as the car. Should look very good when your done!

Originally Posted by FMXhellraiser

You need high temp paint. I remember seeing on the show "Trucks" Stacey using PPG paint to paint the engine but it wasn't regular paint, it had the same paint code but if I remember correctly it was for high temp. If not then it will bubble and flake off. We just got a Vette back in the shop where the hood bubbled because the guy is trying to run a 11.5:1 comp ratio engine on the street as a daily driver and it's overheating so in turn is getting that fiberglass hood scortching hot. So if the hood is doing this then so will the block of course. PPG should be able to color match it for you and get high temp. I like a car where the engine compartment and engine are painted the same as the car. Should look very good when your done!

the reason the paint was bubbling on the hood is because it wasnt prepped correctly during the first paint job, fiberglass constantly gasses and if you apply heat, it does this at a faster rate. there wasnt a good enough barrier between the 'glass and the paint.

we painted a 427 with HOK paint, with no additives. clean block very well, prime with epoxy primer, base with orion silver, mid-coat with candy apple, and clear....best looking engine i have seen i think.

If anyone tells you that engines have to have hi temp paint they are wrong. I have painted many engines with epoxy primer and various top coats, they hold up great. (17 years on my '27, still shines bright red)

This is how all the pro shops paint them.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

If anyone tells you that engines have to have hi temp paint they are wrong. I have painted many engines with epoxy primer and various top coats, they hold up great. (17 years on my '27, still shines bright red)

This is how all the pro shops paint them.


Don

i agree! it has to be clean.