Painting Engines.
 

Thinking about getting my engine powder coated, is this a good or bad idea?

Purely from a bling persepctive, I'd say bad.

Bad............several reasons spring to mind. The main ones are will the powder actually stand up to the temps. involved?? Most powders are cured at about 160-180 degrees.
The biggest problem that I can think off though would be the masking required. The powder will go everywhere when it's applied. You'd need to be 100% you covered all the bearing housings, but more importantly the oil ways.

so what did you do to mine Nelly?

...also, what kind of insulation would it provide to keep heat IN the engine? I know thay're cooled by oil/water rads but there's also a lot of heat which escaped from the engine casing.
Whether neglegible or not I don't know, but just a thought!

Fight fight fight.......:devil::devil:

AK's done a few, the one most have seen is the tri colour one in crackle black.

The prep work took ages tho (some parts, even when split down took over a week of evenings each, to get prepared!) . Drop me a U2U & I'll give you his number to chat about it.

But as Nelly says - hope you have lots of time & patience

stop stirring you or I'm going to teach your son to really eat pound coins!