Painted Blowers? lets see em!

Well after gnawing over the thought of polishing my 671, making a buffing wheel, polishing a few small parts, I decided to paint my blower, there,s just to many casting flaws for my patience. I did buff out the 3 center ribs and painted the rest semi black, still gonna try and buff the bearing plates and front cover. curious to see what others look like

 

Got the rear bearing plate done.

 

Got a cool sinaster look to it.

 

That looks good!

 

Wow, great job. Looks good.

 

love it!!

 

Looks tough as hell

 

That's a mean-looking monster !

 

Here is one that most of us know.....




Doc.

 

Aahhhh! very nice. what is it in? is the car red? be nice to see how it matches the car
Mine car will be green some millennium but I'm gonna paint the motor black thus the black blower.

 

a little OT, can or has anyone powder coated a blower?

 

I recently did one in wrinkle black powder coat. Came out real nice. I'll see if I can find a pic.

 

Not OT at all powder coating is paint

 

I work for an aluminum foundry in Indiana thats actually engineering a 671 right now, we only have the back bearing plate and a 2x4 carb spacer in production right now but once we get everything complete and have start selling them completely assembled we have talked about having the option of any color powder coat and polished ribs that would look just like this one.

I couldn't find any rules on marketing or advertising for this part of the forum but just to be safe ill just show u guys a picture of our rear bearing plate right now, imagine everything that doesn't have a machined suface or isnt a rib to be powder coated and thats what it will look like.

Powder coat is a little different than regular liquid paint, for one its not a liquid, its a powder that bonds electrostatically rather than a chemical bonding agent, which means you can put a much thicker layer on and don't have to worry about running, and it also is curred with heat. It will actually peel off pretty easy if you don't put a thick layer on. Our shop run thousands of powder coat parts daily and we are actually installing our own powder coat line within the year.

 

I like the black, it would be a nice combination on the whole engine especially with the small bits of the brushed aluminum coming through. Very cool!

Dashman's Hot Rod & Speed Parts

www.dashman.net

 

so how much more does the part cost if it you make it without your company logo?

 

We don't sell them without or logo , the letters are cast A365.2-T6 with a +1/8" thickness, we machine off the 1/8" down for the shinned finish. their $129.00 but your welcome to buy one and machine or grind of the letters if you like.

here is the spec on the rear plate:

Bearing bores - 0.0005" + 0.0000" Tolerance
bearing bore diameter: 2.0455"
Seal bores - 0.001" + 0.000" Tolerance
seal bore diameter: 1.8260"
100% CMM Inspection
100% Made in U.S.A.

if someone tells me its alright ill post our website and you can look at them more, we also make Cal custom sbc valve covers, shift knobs and air breathers.

 

Those are the rear bearing plate and 2x4 carb adapters that Rick Dean sells, great price by the way. I would have purchased but I reused my rear plate and made my 2x4 adapter.

 

I've always like them painted more then polished! Just look more serious to me painted!

 

Yep, we work with Rick directly, he has been helping us from the start design and test them. Every DPI plate he sells comes directly from our foundry, half of the time I'm the one shipping them to him.

 

Have any pics of the valve covers, breathers and shift knobs?

 

Nice.

 

ya, here are some pictures and you can see a lot more on our facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diamond-P-Industries/156433104368019?v=photos

The valve covers are gen 1 sbc 87' and below.