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[t5mission]

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

[ath748]

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

[nelly]

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.

[chicken]

so what did you do to mine Nelly?

[NBs996]

...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!

[FiscusFish]

Originally posted by chicken
so what did you do to mine Nelly?

Fight fight fight.......

[AK]

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

[chicken]

Originally posted by FiscusFish

Fight fight fight.......

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