mje_wrx

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best place 2 buy engine paint for block and heads, manifold etc, looking for blue, silver and black.

dazdavies

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Any DIY Store.
Hammerite Smooth is your friend.
Have painted a few engines now and they have all been fine using this. No cracking or peeling.

Ows

same hear,i used black hammerite on the block then green on the inlet manifold, to match the car.

STI_Baly

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Just to clarify guys, that was 'Hammerite Smooth Spray Can Paint' you used rather than the conventional paintbrush cans which they offer in 1 litre upwards?

Also how many spray cans did you guys use to do the complete job? i.e. Block, Heads, inlet manifold?

Ows

i used the paint brush style, perfectly decent finish.

minty

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is it ok to paint the block, i heard issues with it cooling properly with paint on it, and in that case if you were to paint wouldnt white be better??

dazdavies

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Minty, its fine to paint the block. When I did my first one black it was fine at 400bhp for 30,000 miles