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Engine paint a--holes, I mean opinions, welcome..

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Looks like the 440 is coming out for a re-ring, at only 3000 miles:eek:. Been suffering from an oil-filled chamber issue and gradually degrading compression, and have determined it's a ring problem. Suuucks....but better to address it now than after it leaves me on the side of the road somewhere. Heads/seals/guides/intake is all fine. (I'm milling the 60929s .030, planning on new pushrods and popping in a custom comp 275HL and the required springs while I'm at it..because what the heck). So, since it's getting a clean-up in the process I'll be repainting it, and was just throwing this out there...'68 turquoise or that good ol' HP orange? It's orange now, but the car is a '68. Nowhere near original or show quality, just a fun driver. I could go either way at this point..
 
Its your car and paint it the color choice that you want to live with.....
 
I would go with turquoise for three reasons. I actually like the colour. It is the right colour for 68. Most big blocks seem to be painted orange, and I am tired of looking at it. Just my opinion. You should do as above.
 
Both look good. Orange is everywhere.....
 
What color is the car? That might influence the decision. I would go with turquoise, for all the reasons R/T boy 67 said, but as everyone has said, do what you want to do.
One other factor: I think that most mopar fans eroniosly think of turquoise as "low po", and orange as "hi po". If you want a stocker/sleeper image, I would go with turquoise. Plus, I like the contrast of aluminum and turquoise colors.
 
I painted my 64 318 engine in the original Chrysler red. It looks orange in pics, but definitely looks red in person.
Could that just be because of the year?

I'll be painting my big block turquoise, it's orange now.
 
Here’s my philosophy, you can take it with a grain of salt.
I’m building my car and spending a pile of money to impress ME!
Other peoples opinions aren’t important enough to spend around $50K to impress THEM.
It’s your car, paint it how you like. Just don’t put huge rims and elastic band tires on it because that’s just silly.
 
matthon said:
I painted my 64 318 engine in the original Chrysler red. It looks orange in pics, but definitely looks red in person.
Could that just be because of the year?

I'll be painting my big block turquoise, it's orange now.
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the 318 in my 67 Coronet 500 was red from the factory.
 
IMO there are just too many hemi orange 440's out in the wild these days. I'm not a fan of the turquoise either. So, I will be going with a complementing color to the deep purple paint choice for the outside. I do not know yet what that color will be.
 
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Ghostrider, i did the 440 in my 62 in dark f#rd blue, I was happy with that, I just didn't tell mopar buddies it was a f#rd color. It was dark, easy to clean, but it wasn't black. When I put the max in , it had to be race orange. (Very difficult to care for)
The current 440 in it is turquoise, as will be the 520 stroker when it's ready.
 
Thanks all, I pretty much agree with all of the above...I've done the car my way right or wrong, sometimes when undecided (especially on such a trivial matter as this) it's nice just to get others' thoughts. I like orange, but yeah it's everywhere...I'm starting to lean more toward the blue just for a change, but I'm sure whatever impulse I get the day I'm buying the paint will determine it. And which color is in stock at the store at that moment:D
 
I have always found orange a hard color to spray. Every run will show and no matter how clean the engine gets they come from no where. For that reason the turquois would be a much less pain in the *** to apply.
 
A friend of mine had a motor problem like that. It turned out shot blast from when the manifold was done was trapped in it slowly going into the engine.
 
Some guys really dig that turquoise color but I have never liked it. Yeah, the Orange is very common. Every big block I've had has been painted that color. I paint early LA engines red just to appear correct for the era. I painted a few early 70s LA engines the correct Chrysler blue. I was kidding about black but it is not a bad color for an engine. It provides a nice contrast to the aluminum and chrome components.
There are theories about how black paint retains heat but I don't know how that can be true.
 
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