Most crate engines come black...
My little brain can't get a handle on that as being true.
I know what you mean CM. I spent several weeks deciding on color before pulling the trigger on black.
I looked at another car sitting at the shop with an orange motor in it. It just looked like it wasn't blending in with everything else.
Everything in the engine bay is black, even the Holley will have black accents.
Black is the new Hugger Orange I guess.
Someone even tried to tell me that a black motor will run cooler
I know what you mean CM. I spent several weeks deciding on color before pulling the trigger on black.
I looked at another car sitting at the shop with an orange motor in it. It just looked like it wasn't blending in with everything else.
Everything in the engine bay is black, even the Holley will have black accents.
Black is the new Hugger Orange I guess.
Someone even tried to tell me that a black motor will run cooler
I have heard this but how is that possible. The heat is exchanged in the Rad.
If it does what does 2 degrees mean.....
Black and orange go together in my mind.
Examples.....
This is the 391 I am [putting in the 64 S/S
In the end it is all in what we want personally.
We built that car nose to tail in my little shop. I love orange, but have a soft spot for light blue engines.
Yeah you could look at it that way I guess.
The Super charged BB engine bay was a deciding factor in my 64 S/S winning its class in the 500 world of wheels.
The gold in the 65 was a bit of a stretch but those were on the shelf. Use what ya got. I was in the depths of building 3 flat out cars in 3 to 4 years. The budget constraints were immense. If you look at the top view big block pic at the suspension brakes etc you already know......
The 391 was for my 70 Camaro that was sold last summer. That marked the end of our racing involvement. I kept the engine and now have a place for it after I take out 2 1/2 points of compression and down size the cam shaft.......a lot.
