I want to paint my ls block before i assemble it with the head, What kind of paint should i use and are there any cons? And also does anyone have any pictures of their paintblocks? Thanks for the help

 

high heat engine paint...usually have it at your local auto parts store...tried to find you some pics but came up empty on google images and im to lazy to keep looking lol

 

Yep, High Temp Engine Paint, there are usually two grades, I think one is 500 degree and the other is 1500 degree? I could be wrong, but the bottomline is if there are two grades, dont cheap out, get the higher one

And spend a good amount of time cleaning your block before you paint it, Hot tank =

 

Yeah its fully built just outta the hot tank, Its all wrapped up with that surram wrap or how ever you spell it thats why i wanna paint it. I know I was suppose to get high temp paint but I thought there would be better paint than that. Now I just have to figure out what color I want.

 

I'd say to use engine paint

 

I'm trying to find gunmetal engine paint myself. As far as pros of painting the block, depending on the finish, it may make it easier to clean the block if you have any oil leaks, and depending on the color of the paint, it may make it easier to spot leaks.

 

i just used the high heat engine paint in silver... looks bling! hah

 

yeah thats what i was thinking.

 

high heat temp paint. get the highest grade possible./ dont want it to chip

 

1500 degree silver metallic, cleaned with brake cleaner and engine degreaser:



it turned out FN sick!
(its for sale by the way...)

 

that looks really nice. I'm gonna go buy some right now. I'll post up pictures of my setup when im done

 

nice, better than machine shop! all you need is a hone.

 

i recomend getting your **** bead blasted instead of paint. that would look 10x better then paint.

also painting it would rise heat temp. trust me i done it look good but preforms