Engine compartment
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Engine compartment
I'm planning on pulling the 390 out of my 69 F-100 then painting the engine compartment gloss black. Does anybody have any experience with this? Maybe you can enlighten me on some does and don'ts and what works good and what doesn't.
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Make sure you clean it good with degreaser of somthing, even methly hydrate, the I usually use black tremclad and just brush it on, you could also thin it and spray it on with an automotive paint gun.
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On the last vehicle which I did this I painted the firewall and inner fenders with glossy BBQ paint. It's grease resistant and certainly heat resistant. Instead of the one coat that the can recommended, I thinned it with four parts BBQ paint, 1 part thinner, to make it easier to shoot through my paint gun... and applied three coats.
The "coating" lasted longer than the truck did, unfortunately. 5 years later the floors fell through and the firewall looked brand new once I hosed off the dirt.
The "coating" lasted longer than the truck did, unfortunately. 5 years later the floors fell through and the firewall looked brand new once I hosed off the dirt.
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What got me into the BBQ paint was about a decade ago a friend and I shoved a 460 into an Explorer, which as you would imagine was a tight a fit as can be. So the exhaust manifolds were so close to the firewall and the wheel well liners that the paint would bake off and the liners would melt. The BBQ paint solved the baking off issue, and removing the liners was the only option as they were plastic. Everything attached to the liners was relocated to the inner fenders.
Then I used it on a couple of vehicles I had that needed R&R in the engine compartment. It's not as glossy as some of the other rustoleum paints, which I don't consider overly glossy to begin with.. but it's okay for an engine compartment. You want the engine and any chrome to stand out, and the somewhat-glossy black BBQ paint helps that.
Then I used it on a couple of vehicles I had that needed R&R in the engine compartment. It's not as glossy as some of the other rustoleum paints, which I don't consider overly glossy to begin with.. but it's okay for an engine compartment. You want the engine and any chrome to stand out, and the somewhat-glossy black BBQ paint helps that.
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Originally Posted by frederic
about a decade ago a friend and I shoved a 460 into an Explorer.
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Unsafe?
Oh, because people attach 8,000lb trailers to them and exceed the speed limit?
Or because people take corners in them at crazy speeds?
Or because people overload the roof rack but put nothing inside?
Or because people off-road them but don't widen the track?
Or because people pop them into 4wd feeling rather invincible in the snow, then realize the 4x4 gives them more traction to accelerate, but not to stop?
I'ts really a people problem ;-)
The one we hacked up was the older, more boxy body style - 1991. The truck was a TON of fun to drive...
Oh, because people attach 8,000lb trailers to them and exceed the speed limit?
Or because people take corners in them at crazy speeds?
Or because people overload the roof rack but put nothing inside?
Or because people off-road them but don't widen the track?
Or because people pop them into 4wd feeling rather invincible in the snow, then realize the 4x4 gives them more traction to accelerate, but not to stop?
I'ts really a people problem ;-)
The one we hacked up was the older, more boxy body style - 1991. The truck was a TON of fun to drive...
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I recently painted teh firewall of my 49. I used Rustoleum Satin Black. There are pics in my gallery. I thinned it and sprayed it on. I didn't want the full gloss or a full matte and I think the results with the Satin Black came out pretty good. I paid $7 for a quart of the paint at a local hardware store.
Good luck
Bobby
Good luck
Bobby
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