[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by bullheimer

i have never painted a chevy engine orange yet. but next time i will, hell i still got the unused can of orange paint!!! dammit!

You can burn up that can of orange painting stakes to mark construction sites in the yard, or painting wrenches/fasteners for high visiblity.

I painted my header collector/exhaust nuts and bolts orange so I could find them in the grass at the drag strip after dropping them.

K

[krisr]

Over the years this motor was painted all sorts of colours but the metallic blue is definitely on there to stay now! Man it really pops with the aluminium around it!

[1967Tempest]

No one is gonna call him a quitter for the Chevy water pump adapter?

[GRX]

Originally Posted by 1967Tempest

No one is gonna call him a quitter for the Chevy water pump adapter?

No more than I would for maligning someone for going with aftermarket heads, intake, and rotating assembly. Let's be honest. Who here really prefers the pontiac timing cover & water pump design over the chevy?

[krisr]

Originally Posted by GRX

No more than I would for maligning someone for going with aftermarket heads, intake, and rotating assembly. Let's be honest. Who here really prefers the pontiac timing cover & water pump design over the chevy?

I certainly don't rate the stock Pontiac water pump design. Plus I guess I guess i'm a carb and distributor quitter for using multiport EFI and 8 LS1 coils too

[1967Tempest]

Originally Posted by krisr

I certainly don't rate the stock Pontiac water pump design. Plus I guess I guess i'm a carb and distributor quitter for using multiport EFI and 8 LS1 coils too

Wheres THAT pic?! Interested!!

[goatwgn]

Originally Posted by b-man

Well seeing this poll sitting at 11 to 128 it sure looks like most of the Pontiac faithful here are pretty happy with the different colors of blue that were chosen by Pontiac for their V8 and SOHC-6 powerplants.

To me that's one of the coolest things about having a Pontiac V8 under your hood, the unique look of those blue engine paint colors used from '59 -'70 that puts them a step above the other brands.

X2!

[archerytony]

I think silver worked good for my color combo but my BLK TA is next dont know what to do with it

[77 TRASHCAN]

Tony,
Very Nice!!!
What brand of valve covers???

[archerytony]

Thanks
I picked them up with the matching air cleaner from pacific performance and painted them myself they are cast and fit well and are tall enough for my roller rockers to fit. I like the old school look

[1967Tempest]

468 bottom end is done. REALLY leaning towards the 287 blue.... But the green might still win. Im torn. I also might have to put full length headers on the thing so that might make the color option different...

[1978 T/A]

Pontiac metallic blue looks real sharp. Especially when paired with aluminum valve covers.

[Tom Vaught]

The later Pontiac Blue does a great job of showing oil dripping past your valve cover seal

Tom V.

[1967Tempest]

My engine builder knew I didnt want Pontiac Blue, but said trust him.. He came up with this. Its been in the car for awhile and I have around 1300 miles on the car. Runs great!!! I love it!!

[Formulajones]

I paint an engine what ever color they are supposed to be. It's what I prefer being more of a purist restoration geek, so seeing anything different looks odd to me. I was at the local cruise recently, Pontiac night. A long row of Pontiacs parked together and heard one guy commenting "why is everyone here painting these engines blue?" Hahaha, he didn't look old enough to know Pontiacs (engines were extinct before he was born) so he likely didn't understand that was the factory color.

I can understand someone like that though, looking at a black Pontiac, or a green Pontiac, and seeing that blue engine for the first time might look out of place, lol.

[yahooskidoo]

Mine

[gtofreek]

So he painted it the color you said you didn't want? Makes sense to me. Or am I missing something? He should have put a second coat on it.

Originally Posted by 1967Tempest

My engine builder knew I didnt want Pontiac Blue, but said trust him.. He came up with this. Its been in the car for awhile and I have around 1300 miles on the car. Runs great!!! I love it!!

[1967Tempest]

Originally Posted by gtofreek

So he painted it the color you said you didn't want? Makes sense to me. Or am I missing something? He should have put a second coat on it.

No he talked me into the blue..

[Blued and Painted]

I still prefere the non metallic.

[ta man]

I've been 30 years in the Pontiac Hobby..I was thinking about painting my new engine black...just can't do it.Pontiac Blue again!