Slow Racecar: Now With 100% Bluer Engine

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 02/01/2020 at 17:09 • Filed to: Slow Racecar

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Well, there it is. My engine is officially Pontiac Blue.

I’m reallt happy with how it came out, it was absolutely worth cleaning it up and doing it. Plus I only used about 2/3 of a can of primer and paint each, so I can return the full cans tomorrow.

Next up is installing the oil pump and buttoning up the oil pan for good. I think that’s likely what happens tomorrow, so that’s exciting.

Boxer_4 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 02/01/2020 at 17:26

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Looks good!  I wish painted engines would make a comeback in the modern age.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Boxer_4 02/01/2020 at 17:31

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I’d probably settle for just being able to see the damn engine in modern cars. 

jimz > Boxer_4 02/01/2020 at 17:47

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Paint doesn’t like to stick to aluminum, sadly.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 02/01/2020 at 18:26

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I really dislike those plastic vanity panels on engines, so silly.

jimz > gin-san - shitpost specialist 02/01/2020 at 18:29

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They’re also sound deadening panels to quell noise from the HPFP in DI systems.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > gin-san - shitpost specialist 02/01/2020 at 18:40

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I can promise this car will not have one. 

gin-san - shitpost specialist > jimz 02/01/2020 at 18:44

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Neat, I didn’t know that.

DirtyDodge > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 02/01/2020 at 21:25

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Very nice, i always find it strange when someone goea through all the trouble of pulling an engine to do something and then not painting it before reinstalling it, painted engines always run better and make more power, its a scientific fact.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > DirtyDodge 02/04/2020 at 11:37

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Pretty engines are powerful engines, this is the way.