Time to paint the engine...black...maybe flat black??

I am getting close to put some paint on the nailhead engine, and I was convinced all along that I would choose gloss black, but as I hung a few prepped parts on it in DP-90 (flat black) I thought that may look cool with some chrome here and there.





You got some pix of engines in black or flat black to show me??



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Hey Rolf

Gloss black will be MUCH easier to keep clean.

Call me tomorrow night if you have a chance.

Chris

 

hey man,

i agree, go gloss black. i think the chrome and flat black on parts for contrast woudl look awesome... really kind of built to race industrial looking.

danny

 

It's gloss black but you can't see much, plus it's still dust covered.I want to paint the original crest valve covers gloss black and run them.
Clark

 

Reportedly the NASCAR guys did research that black sheds more internal heat than other colors & flat more than gloss. I got my Hemi flat black with orange on the "Chrysler Firepower" logo.

 

Here's mine. The gloss black is easy to keep clean even with the occasional oil leak. I went the polished and natural aluminum route on the covers.

 

If you've got some aluminum bits Rolf, we can work something out on polishing.

 

Really wasn't the NASCAR guys that discovered the effect; after consulting with some thermal engineers they found that FLAT BLACK was the best color to use on engine parts that needed to "shed" heat.

Scientifically it's called; "EMISSIVITY." The abillity to transfer heat from one boundry to another. (the block to the black paint to the outside air)
Worst "heat shed" color; CHROME! (reflects the heat back in ! ! )

 

Yes, go gloss black it will look good, my self and several of my friends always paint the engines black. Unless your doing some factory resto project.

 

Yeah, gloss black obviously makes sense, I just like how the flat paint makes the motor look so smooth, hiding any imperfections

Maybe semi flat, kinda like a GM ch***is black ?

 

Gloss black Rolf. Flat black just doesn't look ***y!

 

i think the only problem with flat black is that any oil leaks will show and its a pain the clean.

otherwise, the idea is tastey... give it a shot... worse that can happen is you dont like it.

 

Those look great. Think I'm going to paint the Y-block black. The clean-up apsect makes sense with the gloss vs. flat. I'll be going gloss............. don't plan on running it at 9000 rpm for hours at a time so heat shedding shouldn't be much of a concern .

 

do it semi gloss.

Still easy to keep clean and it doesn't fight for attention as much as gloss black does.

A semigloss with natural aluminum with bits of polished would be sick.

 

hey Rolf, is that going in your 5 window?

i havent met you but i have stopped by Newlook a few times to talk to Dan and he showed me your coupe...lets just say im green with envy.

what color is the car going to be?

 

It will be "fake primer"

I was originally going to leave it in red oxide primer, like DP-74, but Chris had some good pointers about that: It will not hold up too long since it is not UV stabile.

So...We (Chris) are mixing up a ruby/brown/red color (with a little more red for pop) real paint, and it will be covered with a flat UV resistant clear.

Hopefully the car will get shiny paint on it one day, but for now I like to shake things out.

I am sure we will meet soon.

Cheers,

 

I have been doing engines black for years and have always loved it. For a fresh appearance I would go semi or gloss over flat.