painting orange over blue!

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by cometkurt!, Mar 20, 2012.

  1. cometkurt!

    cometkurt! Member

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    well after much debate in my own mind iv decided that an orange 351 with blk finned valv covers in a black engine bay would look good in my orng bearcat clone. eny pics of an org engine sitting in a blk bay would help too. time to run it buy you guys so whats your opinion?
     
  2. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Mines orange and looks absolutely amazing! But it's still on a stand lol.. Not in my black bay yet :( sorry
     
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    Orange is my personal favorite color, I just don't think a Ford engine should be painted orange in my opinion. I think it will look great but, I'm pretty sure Chevy orange would hurt the performance a little :rolleyes:
     
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    sportyfamilycar ElMaverick

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    I plan to paint the motor I put in my 2 door hemi orange. I like an engine to pop at you visually
     
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    ford84stepside Lone Wolf

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    Orange is for Chevys! :thumbs2:
     
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    orange chevy paint on the outside......but the engine is blue!
     
  8. fan2488

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    Heres the one in my old car. Hard to see but the engine is orange.
     

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    chevy orange in a mav..not a black engine bay though

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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    I likie the orange alot. But I painted a Chevy engine orange once. So Chevy always comes to mind when I see it. Stay true to Ford blu ;)
     
  11. Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt BBF life

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    Might just make it faster :wink:
     
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    Fish OutOfWater Brian

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    Damn thats nice.
    Thing is, with unmodified shock towers and stock export braces, You can barely see the engine or the headers for that matter. I think I would prefer the dark blue. The previous owner matched my engine to the car's color, which is impossible to match. I put goodies on it to draw your eyes away... :yup:
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  13. cometkurt!

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    o those are nice i like slicks pics haha i rymed. but that cold are set up is nice it looks like he could fit a grabber hood over it and it would draw air nice. ya orange aaah i dont know. what i do know is the engine bay will be black. and im going with the edelbrock tall finned valv covers.
     
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    Mine was actually painted Chrysler Hemi orange. Didnt help it run any faster, so I dont see what the big deal is about hemi.:rofl2: The orange went good with the orange, aluminum, and black that i was going with.
     
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    Yep we like those ford bodies (y). :tiphat: THEY DO THIS:chirp:. lol PEOPLE
     

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