Disc Caliper red.  

JDC

  

  

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

  

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

  

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I don't know for sure, ..but some say the Hirsch Red has more Orange in it than they like.. Tends to look to much like paint for that "other engine"... 


Paul

I've been ushing Hirsch for decades. Proper color. You can spray or brush it. It actually does a nice job brushing it on. Thats all I have ever done. Easy to touch up down the road with a small brush. Holds up extremely well.

I've been ushing Hirsch for decades. Proper color. You can spray or brush it. It actually do a nice job brushing it on. Thats all I have ever done. Easy to touch up down the road with a small brush. Holds up extremely well.

I use the intake gasket with the small hole and it works good.  Did a cross country trip and it didn't burn off the paint. Hirsch paint





54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

You might look at the red/orange ceramic caliper paint at O'Reilleys or Auto Zone, etc.  It is very near the right shade of red and it is high temp as well as resists oil/fuel fairly well.  Brake calipers get very hot and are subject to harsh environments, so the paint works well for engine paint.  Also, the silver ceramic caliper paint works decent on manifolds/exhaust manifolds.  Joe-JDC

JDC

It's the rule, not the exception, for the intake manifold heat crossover for the choke to burn off the paint on the manifold. Aftermarket intake-manifold gaskets have a smaller hole for the crossover, which claims to prevent the paint from burning off. I live in a climate where the temperature rarely drops to/below freezing, so I will have the crossover blocked off at the intake/heads when the engine is rebuilt. I have a modern carburetor/w electric choke.