Engine detailing; planning for paint n so forth

[riotwarrior]

So one of the new recruits for our SAR group works at sandblaster in Penticton.

Tells me he can blast small parts for me no cost no problem

So I figure, lets start to plan out my engine detailing I want to take care of when my cab and clip is off so I can add on some fine ass painted parts.

My goal is the block grey as is KEEP the core of engine IH grey.

Sandblasted

All the aluminum to give a clean as cast appearance. maybe the intake...uncertain at this point.

I'll have my serp brackets done this week, then I can do the clear coat, oven bake routine! A few coats of clear should suffice and provide a nice clean cast look.

Also considering doing the oil cooler headers as fresh cast....then clear coated as well. I'd tape the ***** outta them and seal them up so no sand gets in them but I think those would look nice as fresh aluminum, with a SATIN black cooler tube!

Also thinking of blasting and painting all my pulleys, Satin black

Satin black fuel filter bracket as well.

I'm still waiting on the damn chrome details....no luck there yet!

So for now that's kinda what I got in mind.

If I could ceramic coat my own stuff, I'd likely blast a set of exhaust manifolds and some turbo parts to prep for a ceramic coating as well Hmm...black manifolds and nice ceramic coating of turbo parts

The 088 turbo kit will likely be installed during all this too....

If I pulled my intake I could surely do a nice detail, clean, paint of the block and install that nice as cast aluminum intake as well.

That however means a bit of $$$ as valley gasket aint cheap!

So those are my thoughts on some engine detailing I'm considering....

Any suggestions? or thoughts?

Oh ya, I can do a full stock turbo valve cover and GP relay relocate as I have all the parts to do so....maybe some black valve covers too????

Al

 

[ZWilson07]

Damn you, lucky sob! lol

So far your plan sounds good and what i would do. Im not to partial to making the block crazy colors; im more of a neutral kind of guy.

Id keep it with what you got and to make sure to only do certain brackets and parts like the pulleys black. For me id want to make sure I can easily notice something leaking or oil and keep it clean. Doing good neutral light colors not only helps it look good and appealing but easy to maintain n see leaks or even minor seepage fast.

 

[Leeland]

I've seen a couple intakes clear'd after bead blasting, they got darker after being spayed. They still looked good but definitely not the 'as cast' look you described.
How much is the diy ceramic coating that your looking at?

 

[racer30]

Check out VHT ceramic header paint 1300 to 2000 degrees I used it on my stuff works good if you follow the instructions and use the prep spray to clean the parts 10 mins before using ceramic primer then ceramic paint then let dry 7 days and then heat cure in the oven as per instructions. They have several colors and a gloss clear coat too. I got mine from jegs I think it was 9.50 plus shipping. for the paint. I had to go to another outfit for the prep spray still 9.50 plus shipping. Just look on E bay thats how I found the cheepist source.

 

[Leeland]

Cheaper then the stuff I was looking at. Stuff I found is for firearms.... Was thinking about what I could do with the left overs. This stuff you let dry for 15-20 minutes then bake it and its ready to go as soon as its cool enough to touch but the real downer is $60 a pint.

 

[riotwarrior]

I've seen a couple intakes clear'd after bead blasting, they got darker after being spayed. They still looked good but definitely not the 'as cast' look you described.
How much is the diy ceramic coating that your looking at?

Not sure yet on costing...

http://www.techlinecoatings.com/Exhaust.htm#Coverage

That's just one spot that came up while googling home ceramic coating.

I've done enough paint to be able to follow instructions and get good results, I however like that the Ceramic coating retains heat in the manifolds and turbos...

I'll look at both options of course!

Ya I've seen the slight darkening of aluminum parts with clear, I suspect it's not a good clear then. Imagine what a person would say if they bout paint and clear and then saw the paint darker when cleared????

Just starting with some neat basic cleanup and paint n so forth. We will see where it leads but the idea of heat paint if its that good...may be well worth the efforts.

Al

 

[racer30]

Ya my plans are to coat my manifolds and up pipes ( I will have to custom make them for my MH swap) then wrap them too. I'm trying to keep the exhaust gasses hot before the turbo.

 

[Leeland]

If I remember right the explanation I got on the darkening was the porous surface vs machined but I duno, not a body guy, I just fallow the spec sheet on what little bit of spraying I do time to time, .
Interested to see what you come up with tho.
Kinda thinking grey block/black heads for mine but not even close to that yet. Wouldn't be the first time I used that color combo, looks pretty good on a 5.0