Well here is a pic of my motor all painted. I had it all apart getting rebuilt so i figured i might as well paint it. The valve cover I stripped sanded and polished and then painted the blue stripes. i know it is not the best in the world but it cost me 20 bucks and looks a hell of a lot better than factory IMO. The only downside, I didnt polish the timing cover which I will probably do since it is still easily accessible. the intake on the other hand seems a little more tricky. If you don't like it fine, but i thought i needed pics on here. O and I am going to paint the engine compartment black before droping the motor back in. Thanks guys.

Not bad.

Don't really see that color on a block.

Alot better looking than most our Js blocks. Nice work, looks good.



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Trevor Blesh wrote:Not bad.

Don't really see that color on a block.

huh?!

its an old pontiac engine color...

they did it to a lot of v8's.

looks good.




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well i ordered a header that i thought would look better than the stock rusty manifold, but it isnt the right one. So if anyone needs a header for and 03+ 2.2 eco then i have one. This is why I haven't ever wanted to buy off of ebay. Any other ideas on anything under the hood i should accent? i will probably do some wire loom and buy and paint a strut tower bar. Any ideas welcome.

Looks pretty, I hope you taped those ports off.


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A polished strut bar would look good under there. Other than that I think you have everything covered.



1/4 Mile ET 15.2579 at 89.97mph

You can call that polished all you want but it is not. Still way to rough to be anywhere near polished.



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its polished as well as i could get it. And I would think since I used aluminum polish and a polishing ball that it is polished. it may not be a very refined form, but polished none the less.

BlackEco wrote:Looks pretty, I hope you taped those ports off.

Doesn't look like he taped anything off!!










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yeah I don't think I would have painted the entire area where your exhaust manifold mounts to.



1/4 Mile ET 15.2579 at 89.97mph

the reason its not polished is because you did not sand it to a high enought grit paper before you started polishing it.......


looks good but i would take a wire wheel to around the exhaust ports so it seals......

Yeah the exhaust ports are an issue that I have already had fun with. I had rhe motor in the back at work and a now ex employee, for various reasons, decided to help me paint some of I am going to redo the valve cover wednesday when I have more funding, see if i cant do a better job. thanks.