And when you are finished the outer side, you can crawl inside and keep working. That will lighten your block a bit too and it also helps the oil to flow back to oil pan. Is it worth doing? Absolutely, if it keeps you away of doing something more crazy... . And if I would have to decide, just a layer of clear coat over the polished block.

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

Can I do that? I LOVE the looks of raw metal, but didn't think that a clear coat would bond well enough to any type of metal without a primer- let a lone an engine block which will get REALLY hot.



Anyone have experience clear coating an enigne?

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

Throw some pics up of the polishing you're doing on those covers. I'd love to see them! (They're probably the same valve covers I was out-bid on last week Ha ha ha!

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

I cleared all of the aluminum parts on my engine. So far it's doing well. I have over 5000 miles on it.


Lawrenceville, GA

Thanks for the heads up Doug! I'll go check the measurements to see where they're at! And I'll post some more pics as I progress.

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

So, I loved the Y block at the top and decided to paint mine gold. But I want some opinions 'cause I'm on my third brand of paint. I hated the Eastwood high temp oldsmobile gold. It looked like the color of my moms walls. NOT HOT ROD! So I bought two rattle cans of gold paint, the universal gold by duplicolor, and VHT metal flake gold.



What are you're opinions. Speak now or forever hold your peace. I really am torn between the two.



Duplicolor is the lighter gold on the left. VHT is the more "redish" gold on the right. Sorry I don't have a better pic.





Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

I'm actually kind of leaning more towards the VHT on the right. Any opinions are accepted. 'Cause in the end I'm the one who chooses and lives with it.

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

I think you should go with  the VHT and I'm never wrong, just ask my wife.

1956 Fairlane Victoria (ORREO)

 

Overlooking Beautiful Rimrock AZ

If it was mine, I'd go for the left, but it's not. I just thought it would look sweet with aluminum valve covers. Well, just about everything else aluminum.

I used the VHT universal gold on my engine and then cleared over it with a two part R-M Diamont clear.  The clear seems to have bonded very well with the VHT.  I think it turned out great and the clear should help to keep it looking clean longer.

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN