Engine Paint
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Is there any technial issues with different engine paint colours?

I'm tempted to paint my gearbox and transfercase black... any thoughts?

Anton

other than painting it pink or white, i dont see any probs? Anything on your mind?

Spam paints his engine transmission parts black IIRC

Edited by andeh on 5th Jun, 2006.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

From Miniresource, gaz's engine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/mod...gaz-engine2.jpg

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

dont use fancy engine paint that costs a fortune!

just use normal house hold gloss

2 coats let it dry a day between coats
i seem to get better results using the jelly paint for some reason ?

make sure the its de greased well !

if you want the ultimate finish
use red oxide paint as a prima first then 2 coats as mentioned above

good luck lets have some pics when finished

cool cheers guys... wheres that black paint then...

*wanders off looking aimlessly*

I didn't think it was a good idea to paint the gearbox in anything other than paint that contains aluminium. In my mind it will otherwise reduce the effective heat transfer resulting in hotter oil????.

Maybe not as much as i think though, but we use a special aluminium rich paint at work for stuff like that, keeps the heat transfer up, but we are talking large heat rejection areas rather than a small gearbox.

its harder to see where leaks are coming from on black gearboxes if its shiney

Edited by jamesfawcett on 5th Jun, 2006.

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