That's just a low buck primer, to keep em from rotting in the box. I don't care if you grind it all off and by the most expensive engine header paint you can, if you break in a new cam with them, all that work will be futile.... if you've got a high temp powder coating kit or somebody local that plays around like that it's probably worth a couple hundred bucks though to just have that done
The motor is broken in, but I see what you are saying. If they fit as easily as I hope I might be willing to pay up to get them coated. Or just run them raw. This is my weekend/fun car. No bad weather.
