engine bay pictures

If you really like the flat black, thats great and thats all thats matters. However, you said you "painted it black so the blue engine wouldn't get lost in there". In my opinion (which I know you didn't ask for), if you painted the engine compartment blue (like the rest of the car), and painted the engine hemi orange, it would look cleaner, more original, more detailed and get more attention...just think about it while it is still apart. One of the reasons Mopar engine compartments always draw a crowd is because, when you take a body colored firewall, add a silver and gold cad wiper motor, black and natural booster and master cylinder, nicely wrapped harnesses and so on... it just looks so much more detailed than anything that is covered in flat black.