Re: Block painting
Agreed with Kube - depends on the project. In my opinion, there's nothing like an engine that's been taken apart, painted, then assembled. Nice crisp seams and contrasts. But if it's going into a driver, then I wouldn't mess with taking the engine apart. you can do a pretty good job painting an assembled engine if you're willing to do some prep work masking it and you approach it with some patience. I prefer to spray the engines with rattle cans, but I've seen some brushed ones that came out great. It all depends on what you're comfortable with and what kind of expectations you have for the car.
One thing I would recommend is taking off the exhaust manifolds, cleaning them, and spraying them with a high temp paint. Gives a nice look.
Nick
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