Im getting ready to paint my engine block and have no clue what color to paint it....I was thinking Chevy orange, but i think it might be a little to bright

The car is going to be silver, with a body color engine bay....what color does everyone liket to paint engines? the original orange, black, red, blue....im open to all suggestions:hail:

 

Try Chevy red-orange, or GM blue...

(my motor, before intake, valve covers, etc.... painted chevy orange):

 

Chevy Orange! Yellow looks good too...

 

i did black but chevy engine red/orange would look cool

 

I painted mine high temp aluminum. Orange looks a little too retro for thirdgens IMHO. Just an opinion

 

My dad has a 61 Chevy with orange engine (original) in it ... look very sweet. We just got done rebuilding a '79 305 and sprayed it GM corporate blue ... this too looks very sweet. I would go with the blue for one reason. I can see any leaking fluids that is running on the engine more clearer then on the orange or red.

 

I'm thinking about painting mine Hemi Orange. Seriously. Its an attention-getting color to say the least!

*****.........ducks head...........watches for flying objects..............*****

 

RED

 

There is a member on this site that has a powder blue motor in his sig, and all that I can say is, i'm jealous.

Looks killer!!!

 

Here's mine,
I like Black and shiny.

 

i like black. its not to much and not to little and blends with everything.

 

I went with blue on mine, since it's a Pontiac and Pontiac motors were blue I painted my SBC blue....I like how it came out....

On the stand:


In(sorry, can't see much of the blue):


-Paul

 

The first time i did my engine i went with Chevy Orange, this time i think im going with either red or silver.

 

I personally like an engine painted chevy orange/red. When I get a chance to build my 383, I plan to paint it chevy orange/red.

Just my .02

 

i just picked a shade of blue that i liked and painted my engine, valve cover holddowns, and injectors. then i looked at the label and realized that i just painted my whole setup "Ford Blue"



oh well maybe no one will notice.......

 

Chevy orange... looks like crap compared to all the other pics, though :P Mine's not really too bright looking, because the engine is buried in hoses and wires :P

Next time I have the engine out, im probably going to do bright red or blue, though.

 

I like black or aluminum. Just my $.02.

 

I went with red,

 

thanks for all the inputs:hail:

still havnt decied though

i've narrowed it down to orange, red, black, aluminum, or blue :hail:

im thinking a dark blue will look good.....

any more opinions?

 

Here is silver,

 

i painted mine chevy orange, i think it looks good with the chrome accents..

 

i did the block and heads gloss black. the intake is natural aluminum and the accessory brackets were bead blasted to natural aluminum. looks good IMO

 

i went black only because of the color of my car.....it's simple and clean.

 

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Mine is aluminum and black

 

Black will keep it look cleaner longer. As oil and dirt will show up on other colors.

 

yeah, i'm pretty happy with the black. i really wanted a color to stand out but in the end i'm happy with my choice, the polished aluminum heads and intake along with everything else take up so much attention as it is that trying to color match the block or go with a off color might have looked a bit out of place.

good luck with your choice!

 

i have pretty much ruled out orange, red, and aluminum colored.

orange and red will be just to bright i think

and aluminum is what my engine used to be and it got dirty way to fast for me.

i think i am going with a dark blue or black

 

the only nice thing about black is that beyond all the other things you already know it will look nice in any color car. either choice is good though, the darker the better for a driver. a trailer queen is a different story entirely.

 

I had heard that normal body paints could stand up to the heat of an engine. I plan on painting my car silver in the future, so I had my buddy, who works in a body shop, grab me the right paint and soon I was staring at a beautiful candy apple red motor in my freshly painted black engine bay. Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be. It looked absolutely amazing for about three months until it started to peel and change colour. I had to rebuild the engine about two months later and I had it redone in black, but retained my candied timing cover, valve covers and clear-coated my new aluminum intake. I'd say that it looks pretty sweet, although, with all of the black, I doubt if it will be show worthy. That's ok, she's for driving anyways.

My pointless $.02

 

my current block was painted black and my next block will be painted black. You can't see all the greasy crap when it's black LOL!

 

I agree, black is the way to go

 

I think you're right. My engine is painted 95 Corvette Admiral blue to match the car... well, to match what the car will look like anyway.

 

that admiral blue is nice
i think i would choose a blue like that or black

 

good choice

 

Are you looking for a stealth look or something to stand out?

 

somewhere between stealth and standing out

pretty much i am looking for something to look nice and stay somewhat clean.

thanks for all the opinions everyone!

 

Go with the GM Blue. It contrasts nicely with chrome & aluminum, shows leaking fluids well (heaven forbid). It brightens the engine bay a little without being distracting, doesn't make the engine disappear like black, and hasn't been done to death at shows like chevy orange. Don't get me wrong, I love chevy orange and have done several engines in that color, but like another guy said on here IMHO it looks too 'retro' for a thirdgen. Just my input, use it as you will................

 

first time i went chevy red-orange after i blew it up i decided that i was bored with that color and wanted somthin differnt so i went yellow.... im already bored of that color im thinking Neon green next ;-) or just red
dont mind the tranny oil allll over the hole motor in the pic i had a tranny line blow that day and still havent got a pic of it CLEAN

 

I'm Partial to black and shine!!

 

dark blue

 

POR-15 black, it will stay that way forever.

 

ok guys my engine is dark blue just give me a day to see how I can put this picture in the freaking reply but it's too big..... can some one tell me what to do so I can show you guys my dark blue V8.

 

ok I can't get it to work

 

I would go with black block with red rocker covers looks awsome.

I´ll try to get you a few pics cant promise anything.