engine colour indecision

I am painting the engine tins this week after extending them to fit the wider 2332 engine, in a classic style body.

I am waffling between the body colour (ivory) or black. Engine compartment is aluminium lined
What thinks the list?

I personally like a light gray tin like what Porsche supplied with the S version 356.

What Michael said x2

Could you Jet-Hot them and bounce some of that 2332 heat back down below?

Jet Hot is a wet dream in Thailand

I did not even think about grey, and this sent me on an Google expedition and I came up with the following info about engine colours:

http://porsche356registry.org/resources/tech-articles/research-and-identification/97-fan-shroud-colors.html

From the above link the grey colour code is:
"Sherwin-Williams Lt. Charcoal 35-3268600 Code: M5683A. Used on 1985 Fords. It is a special mix not available in a rattle can."

Since I already had my alternator stand, alternator, fan plate, air-con bracket, and hinge brackets powdercoated grey so I think I will have the paint supplier match that colour for the engine tins. Darker than the P colour but I think it will still work out nicely.

I would powdercoat the fan shroud but I have to do a bit of body work hiding the blocked off heater holes and bondo cannot go in the powdercoat oven.

The all grey look should go well with the aluminium engine compartment.

Thanks for the suggestion

Nice job, Robert. I remember when you started that car.

This is actually the second one for my wife, and mine with all the trick stuff got shuffled off at the rolling chassis stage. In the meantime I also built a 3rd rolling chassis for a friend so it has taken a long time but almost there on this one.

Normally I would say black or original Porsche gray, but I've done some body color matched tins lately, and I really liked how they turned out, so I'd say go ivory.
I am doing a hammertone set now for a spyder. I'll be picking them up from the powdercoater this afternoon and will have to shoot some photos. I have high hopes for the hammertone look, we'll see...

I used an original Porsche grey for mine. Goes well with the aluminum
engine parts that show as well as the carbon fiber firewall.

I like'em all though; red, green, blue. color of the car or whatever.

Suit yourself because you are the one to enjoy it.

i went with aluminum colour on mine. i cleaned and cleaned the case, but it still wasn't what i had in mind, so i just assembled the short block and painted the case.

i'll show you in Aug when you visit.

I've lined my bay with aluminum as well and have black powder coated shrouds and tins. I like the contrast. Please forgive the low quality of the photos, the uploading process here really negates the original quality of the photos (right Cory?).

Rich, I believe you win the "Cleanest Engine Compartment" award. Very nice.

Lane, I'm not so sure about that, yours looked licked pretty clean to me when I saw yours at Carlisle.

oops - sorry Robert i misunderstood/misread. i was thinking you were talking about the block colour. i did my 'tins' (which is a fiberglass shroud) body colour.

Body color.

ONE WORD CONTRAST the more they differ the hotter it will look But a dark for a shiny bay not nessasarly black , will work . Chrome is kinda like white. and dark red or blue or what ever will contrast nicely with it.

Find a recessive color, like red seat piping or the seat belt straps, and give that a shot.
I went with the color of my chassis.

Black...and no chrome, please....

did it ivory body colour

Just for the record, there is a powdercoating compatible bondo. There is also body-work done with JB weld-bond. It will also stand the heat of the powder coating oven. When we built the spyder, we had to modify the tank as it didn't clear the hood. Steve did the bodywork with JB Weld-bond and then had the tank powder coated.

Still looks new.

angela

Do the tins require a heat resistant paint or will any spray-can paint do the trick? Thanks ,Tom

You might like an original Porsche grey named "Porsche seal gray" and the color code is 6B4/Y1. It is a medium shade ; easy to keep clean and a good looking gray to me.

Just got my pieces back from Awesome Powdercoating (gloss black). They do good work. I ordered several replacement pieces after reading how the standard "knock-off" pieces do NOT have some of the pieces to direct cooling air that the original pieces have. I also had them add a thermostat/mounting bracket and the vanes in a new fan housing to my order. Their website has good info and an almost infinite number of colors.

http://www.awesomepowdercoat.com/

Tom - Regular pain works fine for the tins. Just need to clean and sand them real good before painting.