Engine coating

[plewis66]

I just baought 'Tuning Rover v8 Engines', and the front cover has a picture of an engine that is fully coated in some sort of stuff. Enamel of some kind, I'm guessing. Not just the rocker covers, but the whole thing.

Personally, I think it looks pretty neat.

How practical is that? Obviously, the engine would need to be totally stripped, it would be massively inconvenient wilst this was going on etc. but:

a) How many miles would you expect to get out of the engine before it needed doing again;
b) What would be the cost (the order of magnitude is enough, here, i.e. hundreds or thousands), given that I could do the strip and rebuild;
c) Does anyone know anyone who could would do it if I decide to be dumb enough?

Its a fantasy at the moment, but it would be nice...

[John Mac]

Engines like that I think you will find are prepared especially for "presentation " purposes to show off their best features. You will probably have seen similar ones at the motor show and "Cut in half engines".
You can buy heat resistant engine paint in a number of colours although the choice can be limited, red and green I know.
I have just had a Ford lump rebuilt and as it was out of the car had it repainted the original manufacturers Green, its the only way to do it and make it look good. Street car enthuisiast do this to their engines as standard.

[simon.b]

I painted the block of my old TR7 with gold Hammerite, it looked great for a few years.

Cheers,

Simon.

[Boosted LS1]

It needs to be enamalled or powder coated. For blocks try to find a good paint & I agree with the above, most of it's just for preparation on the stand!