FORDSIX PERFORMANCE

by **300Straightsix** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:10 am

Getting there

by **ordodraconis** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:31 am

nice prep on the motor what did ya use to clean it?

by **300Straightsix** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:13 pm

the machine shop used some sort of bake on chemical

by **mutt** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:39 pm

ya gonna paint it? They got nice shiney "cast iron" colored engine paint.....
and dark green & black are cool. (Ford Blue is kinda wimpy...)What fun. What a sturdy, purposeful ingot!
Straight & true, not bent & twisted as its unfortunate distant relations, the lesser types. We should pity Quasimodo motors, not make fun of them.....
Id love a twin screw powerboat with two of these beasts midships! Avst!!!!

by **300Straightsix** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:44 pm

yeah actually anyone got any suggestions for paint color?
Its going in a flat black f150, so there is alot of choice for colors.

I was thinking like that grey color ford used to paint their tractors, for the block, and then black for oil pan and rocker cover

but thats not very creative haha, so i am open to suggestions

by **mutt** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:55 pm

Since you can actually SE it- its not in a Econo- you ever see Hammerit paint by Rustoleum? You lay on a silver undercot, & hit it with the hammerit, looks pretty nice. That would be for the tin bits.
Black tin/intake/dark green block, or if you hit the archives teres pics of a guys Catarpillar Yellow engine, admittedly not for everyone.

Then theres black block, dark green tin....black aircleaner, brackets.....
or "cast iron" color block & black tin......black transfers heat, dosnt keep it in....not that thats a problem with the greatst mass produced 6 ever built....

by **American Thunder** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:25 pm

I always go with dark corporate Ford blue on the block, then bead blast and clear coat the aluminum pieces.

by **300Straightsix** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:41 pm

ive been checking out engines on the internet and looking for ideas, ive been thinking a battle ship grey for the block and flat black for everything else

im going for a very industrial or military kind of look (truck will be either flat black or military green)

anyways it will be done and painted in the next week or two, so i will put some more pics up then

by **ordodraconis** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:09 pm

im doin satin black on the motor and fire engine red on the oil pan and valve cover is finned aluminum. the accessory brackets are gonna be red as well.

by **StrangeRanger** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:22 pm

Slap a turbo on it, build it for about 400 HP, paint it hot pink and just wait for someone to open his mouth. :lol:

by **THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:32 am

Before painting my blocks I usually spend an hour smoothing the casting with a die grinder and an abrasive tootsie roll. It gives any paint a glossier effect and makes cleaning the engine grunge easier.

by **mutt** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:24 pm

battleship grey- both apropo & fashionable!

by **zacd** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:10 pm

For those indicating "battle ship gray", I don't know if you're aware of this or are speaking of a different shade of gray, but Ford used a light gray on many of its engines in the '80s and early '90s.

by **300Straightsix** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:46 pm

yea on those old 8n (?) tractors they had the red and grey paint job, someone called that battleship grey and its just what ive been calling it.

by **crash-harris** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:58 pm

9N's, 2N's and 8N's. The red/blue/black/any other color was added by dealers and the individuals that bought those tractors. I think they started using a different darker gray on the 2N's or 8N's, probably the 2N's would have the darker "Battleship Grey" since those were the war-time cost savers.

by **mutt** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:05 pm

Then of course in the Battleship Grey department we have pre Radar "Admiralty Disruptive" paint schemes......hmmmmmmmmmmm
The Huns had the most interesting take on that, as thier lines were usually straight, & not wavy.

by **J.R.** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:57 pm

My BB6 will be installed in a Willys Jeep truck, so it's the only color that would do... in-your-face Ford Blue! Contrasting & shiny bolt-on pieces being added, however.

J.R.
SoCal

by **crash-harris** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:16 pm

I'm either going to paint my block a dark red or dark green with black covers/brackets. I woulf go with a nice red, but everything else under the truck is red and I don't want to be TOO redundent :lol:

by **STEVEN.** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:07 pm

Seems the Germans painted up that Bismark of their's SEVERAL TIMES in Her short existence. First Grey,then Black,then the 'Zig-Zag' scheme at one point. Go with the Grey/Gray :wink:

. ~OO6.

by **mutt** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:41 am

Damn. wish my mill wasnt buried away in the econo's bowels.....not much to see....

by **American Thunder** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:08 pm

STEVEN. wrote:Seems the Germans painted up that Bismark of their's SEVERAL TIMES in Her short existence. First Grey,then Black,then the 'Zig-Zag' scheme at one point. Go with the Grey/Gray . ~OO6.

Our Iowa class went through a few different camo paint schemes, too. (one of those camo designs is going on my '78 Bronco, in fact)

by **mutt** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:45 pm

Check also the Graf Spee......the false bow wave was a common pre radar idea.
War 1 saw astounding "Admiralty Disruptive" paint jobs that must have been an incredible amount of work.
Sigh. about all the nifty paint I can see is my highlighting the timing marks on the cam gear case.......im a frustrated artist......

by **American Thunder** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:48 pm

mutt wrote:Check also the Graf Spee......the false bow wave was a common pre radar idea.
War 1 saw astounding "Admiralty Disruptive" paint jobs that must have been an incredible amount of work.
Sigh. about all the nifty paint I can see is my highlighting the timing marks on the cam gear case.......im a frustrated artist......

Iowa class camo:

And my lame photoshop skills on my Bronc: (it'll have "BB78" on the front fender)

It'll look badass in person.

by **mutt** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:02 pm

id like to do a splinter luftwaffe design on the Senator....but that grey is SO fashionable!!!

by **mutt** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:09 pm

http://books.google.com/books?id=0vomT0 ... t#PPA96,M1

there you go......

by **American Thunder** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:52 pm

You can't go wrong with haze grey.

by **300Straightsix** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:31 am

so this is how it ended up being, with the timing cover installed and with the valve cover just sitting there to show how it shall look

anways

by **American Thunder** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:16 am

Looks good, now all it needs is some dark camo stripes.

by **mutt** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:24 pm

drag a file over the timing line & numbers- looks great, easy to see.....

by **shmoozo** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:20 pm

mutt wrote:drag a file over the timing line & numbers- looks great, easy to see.....

Or highlight them using a fine brush with paint of a contrasting color nearly wiped off so the brush is nearly "dry". You only want paint on the tops of the raised areas.

by **Stealth Bummer** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:30 pm

shmoozo wrote:
mutt wrote:drag a file over the timing line & numbers- looks great, easy to see.....

Or highlight them using a fine brush with paint of a contrasting color nearly wiped off so the brush is nearly "dry". You only want paint on the tops of the raised areas.

Or a silver Sharpie pen. Real easy to control, and permanent.

by **American Thunder** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:03 pm

I painted my timing cover with clear coat after I bead blasted it, so I used a black sharpie to do the marks.

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