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Old 05-23-2016, 10:10 AM
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While my engine is out I want to do a bit of painting. I have already bought a can of wrinkle red, and a can of wrinkle black. I want to paint the cam box, intake manifold and inter cooler pipes, but I'm not sure on which combination.
I'm leaning towards red cambox, with black manifold and piping but would like to see some pictures of what others have done before I make up my mind.

Ideally looking for pictures red and/or black combinations in a white engine bay.
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This is my cam tower, not installed yet. Nothing super unique... I've seen this color scheme a lot, but the steel plugs make it pop.

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I kept my approach simple, especially since it allowed me to do it all on the car.

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Engine in it's current state after a ground up rebuild:


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Awesome, once I get some garage space would love to tackle a project like that.
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Nice pic Drgon!
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Matte black powder coat with metallic red.

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That looks downright nasty. What an engine bay!
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Damn your clean engines!
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Sorry it's orange.
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Thanks for the pics guys, keep em coming!

Michael, your cam tower is pretty much how I'm gonna do mine. I've already polished the plugs and lettering. Just need to decide which colour to paint it, wrinkle black or red.

Aaron, your bay looks great. I think the black manifold and piping looks good in a white car. I'm kind of tempted to match my cam tower in black as well.

Thanks Van, the orange matches your car nicely. Having the cam tower and manifold the same colour also looks nice.

Anyone have a pic of a red cam tower with a red intake manifold in a white car?
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Originally Posted by Van
Sorry it's orange.
Van , what is the little gizmo running off the throttle cam ?
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Looks like an input for data acquisition (% throttle)


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