5.8 Engine Block Color??
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5.8 Engine Block Color??
I'm in the process of detailing my 1995 5.8 motor and need to know what kind of paint and what color what originally used? I *think* it was medium grey in color but I cannot be sure. Is this available in any discount parts store like Advance Auto, etc? Thanks in advance!
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i usually paint the fords i do blue, there are 3? different shades of ford blue light blue med. blue and dark blue they used the different colors for different years but i use the dark blue on all of the fords i build if i have to paint them
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I think they were gray from 87 up were they not? mine are? heck use your imagination -paint it what ever color will accent your engine compartment -be different-but black does show the least amount of oil leakage 
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Well actually my 5.8 was sealed up so well the block is heavily rusted everywhere except down the front where there was a giant coolant leak!! 
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I'm with you! When I rebuilt my 351 I painted it the dark Ford Blue. I think it really stands out in the engine bay, and it reminds me of Ford muscle from years ago.
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Seeing one of these Ford EFI engines with a blue block is like seeing a blue Yblock-it just somehow doesnt look right!! IMHO!! Only color worse would be Chevy Orange/Red !!!
If detailing without a rebuilt----the best would be to stay with the original color--especially if the engine isnt pulled from the engine bay.
"Duplicolor DE1611" and "VHT SP138" may be this Ford Corporate Engine Gray.
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Sounds right to me...all Ford engines as far as I know from the mid-80's up were this gray..is boring, but correct and I have used the Duplicolor? (pretty certain but don't remember for sure) stuff before on heads I swapped on my Mustang a couple of years ago. Available at most any of the chain auto parts stores...goes on nice, stays put well if you prep thoroughly.
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Stock color is/was gray. I had one and redid the heads...repainted them gray like posted above. I never worried about how pretty it was, it's a truck. Not like I was going to show the thing. 
