Engine Paint

[ares360]

I have my engine pulled for some clean up and gasket replacement. I want to paint it but don't know where to get engine paint from, what vendors sell this?

Also, I am planning on painting to engine compartment. Does the paint need to be high temperature like engine paint or can it be regular paint?

[hotrod ford]

your local auto parts store will have it. auto zone, napa, oriley's or maybe even wally world's auto are.

[fordman]

the auot store has engine paint. the compartment doesnt have to be hihg heat paint. it can be regular auto paint.

[ares360]

I knew o'reilly has some. didn't know if there was anything better.

I am just getting some spray cans for the engine compartment in that case. get it nice and black.

[willowbilly3]

There are several shades of Ford blue, almost every brand is different and some is more like late 70s green. Check several sources and find the one you like best.

[hotrod ford]

old ford blue looks the best out of all of them.

[LANCE65]

I have found that VHT engine paint looks/lasts/works the best.

[Dragon]

The deep dark Ford Corporate Blue is what 67 to 7something had for engine color.

It also depended on model of car as some cars used black after Falcons and such had that color. Early 352s and 332s were black and so were Y blocks (239,256,272,292 and 312)

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/173 ... ndex1.html A better list with specific dates

Duplicolor DE 1621 Old Ford Blue

[fordman]

i didnt read that all the way through. but iused the dark color on one of my engine parts when i replaced it and it was the wrong color as far as im concerned. i think a medium blue is more correct. these colors havent faded that much over the years. i remember the same shade when i was growing up and it wasnt as dark as the paint i was sold and used once. i do not know the color name it just said ford blue and the cap looked close but the actual color was wrong.

[DuckRyder]

In the spray bomb I like Duplicolor Ceramic best.

For the ultimate in durability (and intensive prep work) POR15 engine enamel.

[Dragon]

i didnt read that all the way through. but iused the dark color on one of my engine parts when i replaced it and it was the wrong color as far as im concerned. i think a medium blue is more correct. these colors havent faded that much over the years. i remember the same shade when i was growing up and it wasnt as dark as the paint i was sold and used once. i do not know the color name it just said ford blue and the cap looked close but the actual color was wrong.

Ford had a Darker blue and a lighter blue than Corporate Ford Blue applied to engines.

DE 1601 is too light I found DE 1621 was much closer.

[ares360]

autozone has a "ford blue" paint. that is the one I am going to go with. don't know which lighter or darker that would be.

[SteveC]

i believe that this is the darker color blue could be wrong though

[averagef250]

That's the dark blue.

I used the duplicolor ceramic engine paints with outstanding results. I won't use anything else anymore. I've painted countless engines, axles and several entire chassis with the low gloss black, held up for several years now which is several years more than any other engine paint I've used. The dark Ford blue also works great, put 140K miles on a 390 painted with it and it still looked great when I pulled it.

[Dragon]

i believe that this is the darker color blue could be wrong though.

That is the real late model Late 80s.

I have worked on 3 colors of Blue, Black and Grey What can Ford paint them next. I painted all my F350s new suspension and steering parts light Ford Blue. But my engines have to be black(racing) or Corporate Ford Blue (Street).