BB Corvette Engine Paint

[Joe R.]

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Here is a video of the motor on the dyno where it cranked out 444 HP and 513 lb ft...

Mark,

Congrats, she runs as good as she looks! Would you have a dyno chart you could share with us? I plan to dyno mine too. Is it a L71? Are all parts OE or OE equivalent?

Joe

[Scott S.]

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I see that, Cranky. I'll address that when the car comes back from paint. BTW, this coupe is being painted with a Marina Blue Factory Pack.

Mark,

What's a "Marina Blue Factory Pack"?

[Mark D.]

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Thanks, Joe. It is a 435. I was fortunate to find original plug wires and a 1st design 736 PCV valve for it...

[Mark D.]

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Mark,

What's a "Marina Blue Factory Pack"?

It is originally packaged lacquer paint with correct metallic size and content.

[Mark D.]

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Here's the printout. It shows 498 as max torque but I know the builder mentioned 513 during our conversation.

[Rich P.]

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Mark,

that motor looks awesome!!!!! I'd like to hear what folks think of this. I think the AIR stud by the stamp pad should have the threads taped when painted leaving paint on the hex and the tip of the stud. I totally agree with the sharper lines for the overspray on the intake!!!!!
Make sure that they dont use dupont thinner for the factory pack paint or it will be ruined!!! Use PPG thinner. dupont thinner is of a less quality than gun cleaning thinner. They changed the formula!!!!

Rich

[Mark D.]

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Thx, Rich....I'll make that change on the AIR nut and tip.

[Dick W.]

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[QUOTE=Mark Donnally (13264);610949]I got a PPG code from Dick Whittington,
[/QUOTE The engines we painted with that mix were definitely orange. Your paint jobber must have missed the mix.

[Mark D.]

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Dickie,

He may have missed it. The issue on that formula for me was the gloss but, like you said, it would've dulled over time.

Bob Jorjorian informed me it was policy that the ends of the bellhousings intentionally did not receive paint. This picture from John Hinckley shows two things...one is that the exhaust manifolds look painted and the other is that the bellhousings appear fully painted with the exception of the ends...



When the car gets back from paint, I'll remove the orange from the end of the bellhousing.

[Dick W.]

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He left the flattener out then. The formula they mixed for me locally had flattener in it. I know as I went in the back at the paint store and mixed my own.

[Joe R.]

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Mark,

Thanks for posting your dyno results! I reread this thread, I see you said it was a 435 in the first post. So much for being a master of the obvious!

Joe

[Rich C.]

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Indeed a sharp looking engine paint job!!! I've never seen those Tonawanda photos before either, neat! Hard to tell from photo, what about the spark plug shields? Wouldn't they be installed before paint?

'73 LS-4 454, owned 22 years

[Joe R.]

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Hi Mark,

That's a boat load of torque. Are you running a 454 crank by any chance?

Joe

[Lawrence M.]

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Indeed a sharp looking engine paint job!!! I've never seen those Tonawanda photos before either, neat! Hard to tell from photo, what about the spark plug shields? Wouldn't they be installed before paint?

'73 LS-4 454, owned 22 years

An article in Corvette News Volume 9 Number 5 from 1966 titled Building The 427 included those photos.

[Bob J.]

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Dickie,

He may have missed it. The issue on that formula for me was the gloss but, like you said, it would've dulled over time.

Bob Jorjorian informed me it was policy that the ends of the bellhousings intentionally did not receive paint. This picture from John Hinckley shows two things...one is that the exhaust manifolds look painted and the other is that the bellhousings appear fully painted with the exception of the ends...



When the car gets back from paint, I'll remove the orange from the end of the bellhousing.

Very nice job, Mark.
I see the clutch fork was absent during painting.
It should have been installed and the fork's end needs to be painted orange.
It will be an easy fix when you make your corrections. Bob