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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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Block color?

Im not sure if this the correct board to post this. My question is...What color would you paint your 350? Any suggestions? Pictures perhaps? How much was the paint and how much did you use? Thanks
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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black or orange.... or possibly grey, but personally black
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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Hard to beat a black block with chrome/polished aluminum accessories.
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
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this goes back to the days of old when they had seperate powertrains for each division, but id paint the block pontiac engine blue if its a pontiac, and orange if its a gm. i personally dont like the black because just about every engine block comes from the factory black...
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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Black. Brand-specific motors were already long gone before thirdgens hit the scene. All of the V8s were chevy motors, and were painted black. Putting a Chevy orange motor into a thirdgen is like putting a flathead ford motor into a Foxbody mustang. It might be a nice throwback, but it doesn't really make a lot of sense.
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Car: 1991 camaro RS
Engine: 350,vortech heads,zz4 cam,3:73 posi trac,edelbrock carb,wiend stealth intake,raven mufflers,hooker supercomp shorty headers and y-pipe.
Transmission: th700r4
I was thinking something like Chevy RED or something else other than blue, I don't know I still can't make up my mind. I wish people could post some pics of there blocks.
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 02:55 PM
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Chevy Orange, best color out there
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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Since you mentioned red here are the last couple I have done....no comments about the fram filter it was just on as a dust cover lol........the one in the camaro is all the aluminum color













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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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i think red looks good on red, black or white colored cars!!
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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flirtn i envy your garage
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Car: 84 camaro Z28
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i painted mine the color of my car, which is sunset orange mettalic. im a big fan of painting the block the color if the car.


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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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Car: 1991 camaro RS
Engine: 350,vortech heads,zz4 cam,3:73 posi trac,edelbrock carb,wiend stealth intake,raven mufflers,hooker supercomp shorty headers and y-pipe.
Transmission: th700r4
HOLY man those are some nice blocks
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 Open
silver
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