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Anonymous
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Has anyone done this.
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jasegould
Guest
Ive seen loads of cars with painted blocks tho??
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antilag
Guest
loadsa cars dnt run ally blocks though. i will stay outa this one as i dont no the answer but a bita paint ent gonna make a huge difference surely but makesure its light weight paint
skiddusmarkus
Active Member
What colour you are thinking of doing it?Can't say it's tyo my taste but it's something different.
JU5TY
Member
Yes you have seen lots of NON alloy blocks painted, i.e. iron etc, which is fine!
NEVER paint an alloy block! Why do you think F1 engines have alloy blocks!
DON’T PAINT IT! Unless you don’t care, alloy is excellent at dispersing heat, painting it may look nice, but will trap the heat in!
Same reason you shouldn’t polish the surface, it is rough so as more dense to help cooling!
NEVER paint an alloy block! Why do you think F1 engines have alloy blocks!
DON’T PAINT IT! Unless you don’t care, alloy is excellent at dispersing heat, painting it may look nice, but will trap the heat in!
Same reason you shouldn’t polish the surface, it is rough so as more dense to help cooling!
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Anonymous
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If you have a look on takaira site under the tomie full engine specs, you will see that some of there engine blocks are painted and some arnt(the sr20one isnt)now as some have just pointed out, alloy blocks shouldnt be painted and there must be definatly good reasons to this, otherwise tomie would have painted the sr20 block like the rest of there engines.
LEAVE IT AS IS AND SPEND THE MONEY ELSEWHERE......
Luke...
LEAVE IT AS IS AND SPEND THE MONEY ELSEWHERE......
Luke...
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jasegould
Guest
Because they are lighter than cast iron blocks maybe???
I can see exactly what you are saying...but I dont think you would notice any detrimental effects from painting a block. Most engines on the road are covered in sh ite that would keep more heat in than any paint job would.
Plus alloy doesnt need painting because it doesnt corrode like iron, hence its cheaper for the manufacturers to not paint it.