I finally had a chance to drop by FPS last week to pick up my crank so engine assembly has begun. I painted the block on Sunday. I've never seen the approach I took to paint the block before and thought you may enjoy some pics.
The block is a new 5.0 roller with standard bore. I picked it up about four months ago with the crank, rods, pistons, ARP studs, and heads. I got a killer deal... more on that later. I had the block decked .015, front oil galley plugs tapped, and the head bolts were enlarged to use ARP 1/2" studs. This was the only machining I had done.
I used a file to remove the sharp edge on the cylinder bores from the milling. I then used simple green to degrease the block in the driveway and used a wire brush on the external surfaces. I then used a pressure washer to rinse it off. The air compressor took care of the drying. It was a nice day in SoCal (about 80 degrees) so it was a perfect day for painting.
I just finished removing the masking, installed the oil galley plugs, rear camshaft plug, Crane 2031 cam, and coated all the exposed metal surfaces with some penetrating oil. I'll install the nodular crank and Ford Racing timing chain tomorrow.
I used Ford Light Blue VHT spray paint. I've had good luck with this in the past. There are a couple of spots that will need some additional paint but I'll apply with a brush after assembly.
The block is a new 5.0 roller with standard bore. I picked it up about four months ago with the crank, rods, pistons, ARP studs, and heads. I got a killer deal... more on that later. I had the block decked .015, front oil galley plugs tapped, and the head bolts were enlarged to use ARP 1/2" studs. This was the only machining I had done.
I used a file to remove the sharp edge on the cylinder bores from the milling. I then used simple green to degrease the block in the driveway and used a wire brush on the external surfaces. I then used a pressure washer to rinse it off. The air compressor took care of the drying. It was a nice day in SoCal (about 80 degrees) so it was a perfect day for painting.
I just finished removing the masking, installed the oil galley plugs, rear camshaft plug, Crane 2031 cam, and coated all the exposed metal surfaces with some penetrating oil. I'll install the nodular crank and Ford Racing timing chain tomorrow.
I used Ford Light Blue VHT spray paint. I've had good luck with this in the past. There are a couple of spots that will need some additional paint but I'll apply with a brush after assembly.