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02-27-2003, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan,
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Engine color
I am building a new engine for my Cobra, What color should the engine block be?
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02-27-2003, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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Ford used black through 1965 and changed to blue in 1966.
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02-27-2003, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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from a thermal standpoint, you can't beat flat black. For the waxers, you can use the same paint you did on the body, but if you have iron heads and paint those, it may discolor around the exhaust ports.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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02-27-2003, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Southwest,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Shell Valley, Mopar thingy (small block of course)
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A friend powder coated his whole engine white. Powder coat turns pink at those temps. He now has a Mary K car.
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02-27-2003, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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Brent,
Thanks for the tip on powder coating an engine white. Boy am I going to have some fun. By the way, it really was a friend's engine and not your's, right !!!
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02-27-2003, 03:01 PM
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Engine Color
Thanks for all the help, I am going with the Black, should look good with the Brass freeze plugs and Gold colored oil pan.
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02-27-2003, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Uranus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF replica, 351W, about 420 HP
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I saw a yellow engine one time...forgot what kind of car it was...looked pretty good. Kinda the same color as that "UGLY" Cobra on that thread...
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Edley, The Cobra Rogue!
"If you think that you can cut it, if you think you got the time, you'll only get just one chance, better get it right first time. 'Cause in this game you're playing, if you lose you got to pay, and if you make just one wrong move, you'll get BLOWN AWAY. Expect no mercy.
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02-27-2003, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Lakewood,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, 460
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I have a black block, and an oil leak. Oil leaks are eaiser to find on Ford blue.
Just a thought.
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