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Old December 28th, 2008, 02:17 AM   #1
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Picked up a brand new set of gt40s today, they have never been installed or ran. Should I paint them with an anti rust high temp paint for protection ?
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Old December 28th, 2008, 02:37 AM   #2
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i would just paint them with black high heat engine enamal.
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i painted my heads with regular blue paint about 5 coats and they have never flaked the motor doesnt get hot enough to need a high temp paint. headers are different
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You should have them air brushed with a nice south American scene. Maybe a Incan warrior caring a half naked princess or something.
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i painted my heads with regular blue paint about 5 coats and they have never flaked the motor doesnt get hot enough to need a high temp paint. headers are different
meh. blue looks ok if you have a 1977 LTD

i'd go with new ford gray





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You should have them air brushed with a nice south American scene. Maybe a Incan warrior caring a half naked princess or something.
maybe Christopher Columbus finding the americas?
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Old December 28th, 2008, 12:05 PM   #8
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black engine enamel FTW
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meh. blue looks ok if you have a 1977 LTD

i'd go with new ford gray






that looks so bland...

ill stick to my 1977 ltd blue. this is with gt40p top end too and stock fuel system




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Originally Posted by e3sean View Post
that looks so bland...
i was going for the factory look. ford hasn't used blue forever
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black is the best to disperse heat.
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Originally Posted by viperlocc View Post
black is the best to disperse heat.
your saying that black paint is going to get rid of heat better than blue paint?

im sure if that is true the effect is minimal

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^ that looks more like smurf blue then ford blue. ford blue is alot darker then that

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i like the blue
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i guess
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