Hey just thought i would post a pic of my first motor build by my self. its a 2.8 for my 1986 camaro. I almost have it put together just thought i would see what you guys think of what she looks like so far. Still have to panit my intake Black and put it on but i think the colors going to look good together

Looks good, good job.

Looks pretty good. What made you decide on the Pontiac blue in a Chevy?

Is that a complete rebuild, or just a refresh on the gaskets etc?

You do realize that painting the engine isn't the same as rebuilding, right? :P

Just razzing.

What did you do to it? Stock rebuild (refresh) or some upgrades?

Looks like mine did, except I was all Poncho blue.

Looks pretty good. I have a question...Did you paint the spark plugs and all the sensors?

No it was new rings, bearings, and gaskets. Every thing is stock right now. The can said it was GM blue. I went with that cause my interior is blue right now. The plugs are old ones didnt want to get paint in the heads. And plus I always see chevy engines orange I wanted to be diffent. Yea i paint two of the sensors, Did thing much of them when I started painting but o well right

Just make sure you clean the contacts of paint, they should be fine.

Looks good. I have a motor in my garage as well that has a long way to go. My motor is a 3.4 that is getting some upgrades.

I hope to do some upgrades to this one sometime when i get some extra cash. Didnt know they really made some of the stuff for the motor that i have found out they do by reading on here. Great info on this site.

I painted mine boring old chevy orange on my rebuild. Still beats the flat black they came in.

Looks good there! Just don't do like I did and after you get it back in pull it after you find a 3.4 at a good price. LOL

theres nothing boring about chevy orange. its one of my favorite colors. i painted my valve cover on my cavalier chevy orange cause i was bored. looks really good with the cold air intake(my only uprade). i'll probably paint my camaro's 2.8 chevy orange too.

I panited my 305 in my 83 Camaro orange but i thought i would do something esle with the 86 2.8. Was trying to mach the interior color but the motor ended up lighter then i hope but with the black I think it will stand out. I will get a pic up when i get the motor in the car. Dont know when that will be cause of the weather here its warm one day and cold the next. I have a shade tree to work under but no heat.

In a DD or something that is close to a DD, I ALWAYS paint the block black, hides the road grime and any oil leaks better, when you're showing off other parts under the hood.

True but if my motor is leaking oil I am not going to be showing if off to much until that is fixed but the road grime i never thought about.

Nice colour guy, I was gonna paint mine Pontiac blue but don't think it'll look right in a jet black bird Might go for a nice graphite or just boring black...... Hey what the hell am I talking about I havn't even got the engine out yet!