Hot Rods Black painted engines

Looking for some older mills done up in black paint and brushed or polished aluminum.


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292 y block in black


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Black engines don't leak oil...

 

We all know Black is the fastest color to!

 

Im having a hard time trying to figure what color to paint my block. The truck is just staying in primer


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the black small block in my 32 coupe.

Mick

 

I think Studebaker painted some blocks black in the late 50's and 60's.

 

Looks damn good just like that.

 

390 in the panel truck.

 

I did a 64 Mercury for a guy that was factory black with Gold valve covers and air cleaner.

 

Mick that's a good looking engine. Gimpy thanks that was in the mock up stages


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All the new crate motors from GM are coming out in black.

 

Crate motor that just came out and new blower motor ready to go in, love the black blocks!

 

All my crate motors I buy are black. I really like it as all the chrome really jumps out. Here is a pic of one of my 302's.

 

A black engine is hard to see. Black will make the engine disappear if you'd rather accentuate the chrome or other features. If you don't want people to see your engine, you might as well put a hood on it. Under a hood, black makes it especially hard to see while you're working on it.

 

I really really like those flatheads. That's what I was thinking of. Paint and polish the find in the valve covers and valley pan and chrome acorn bolt covers like I put on my quickchange


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389 in the '36.



462 incher in the '34.



Another 462 for the '39.



389 in the Merc.



Undisclosed cubic inch in the Model A.



They are all black and they are all Pontiacs. Does that mean I am a weird-o?????

-Abone.

 

This is an exact quote from the guru that taught me many of the secrete handshakes of drag racing when I was just a pup in the pits.......... "There's only one high performance color and that's black!"

 

X2 .. I made the mistake of painting one engine black, and unless there was a very special reason, I would never do it again.

 

I've never been a fan of black engines as they always seem to look greasy from the start.

 

It doesn't necessarily jump out at you, but I think you still know it's there...

 

The last block & heads I painstakingly ground smooth. Chevy orange. You could hardly tell when installed in the car. Windowed the block and hurt one head. This time I tried basic black with satin aluminum.

 

Black Pontiac, Jack.

 

Whatever you do, don't put a hood on that.

And this thread delivers!

 

427 SOHC in a 1963 Ford 300....

 

I don't have any pictures, my 289 is blue, but didn't the early 260 small block Ford engines come black from the factory with gold valve covers and air cleaner?