68 GT convertible project
Before painting the engine, I wanted to test fit the TTI headers just to make sure they were going to fit without any issues. It's a good thing I checked because the newer truck block has some extra mounting bosses that an older blocks don't have. One header tube hit the mounting boss so I had to grind it down. I'm not sure if the shorty TTI's would clear this area or not.
Once that issue was taken care of, I painted the engine. Like I said earlier, I'm tired of orange so I went with a cast coat iron paint. It looks a little funky right now without any other color to help set it off. It should look really good in a blue engine bay though. While the paint was drying, I started to assemble the K-member.
Once the paint was dry, the engine/trans got bolted together and set on the K.
I'm planning on having all the accessories painted black. I don't want everything to be polished. So, for that reason, I had a friend of mine photoshop the valve covers black so I could see what it would look like. I like it. Once the engine compartment is all together, everything will flow together and I don't think it will look out of place.
Before painting the engine, I wanted to test fit the TTI headers just to make sure they were going to fit without any issues. It's a good thing I checked because the newer truck block has some extra mounting bosses that an older blocks don't have. One header tube hit the mounting boss so I had to grind it down. I'm not sure if the shorty TTI's would clear this area or not.
Once that issue was taken care of, I painted the engine. Like I said earlier, I'm tired of orange so I went with a cast coat iron paint. It looks a little funky right now without any other color to help set it off. It should look really good in a blue engine bay though. While the paint was drying, I started to assemble the K-member.
Once the paint was dry, the engine/trans got bolted together and set on the K.
I'm planning on having all the accessories painted black. I don't want everything to be polished. So, for that reason, I had a friend of mine photoshop the valve covers black so I could see what it would look like. I like it. Once the engine compartment is all together, everything will flow together and I don't think it will look out of place.
