The phoenix rising

[4DSZR1]

I love seeing this.... this has been my dream scheme. Even built a model with the wrinkle red LT5.

Love it, why should Ferrari have all the good wrinkle red engines :-)

[XfireZ51]

As an FYI, the Ihs and plenum will be blue as they were. I haven't stripped them yet for the purpose of getting motor done and out of Pete's (graying) hair. I'll be doing that later this spring. Still thinking of the paint scheme for the plenum, although I will be using same colors. Any suggestions welcome now that you've seen cam covers.
Breather vent tubes and PCV to IH tubes will be "polished" along with fuel rails.

[sammy]

what you have done looks great. if i can add an idea, when you do the plenum ,dont paint the low top center of it l,i think it would match well with the valve covers .jmho

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by sammy

what you have done looks great. if i can add an idea, when you do the plenum ,dont paint the low top center of it l,i think it would match well with the valve covers .jmho

Brad,

My thought is to paint the top portion of the plenum in the same wrinkle red, leaving the center depression in silver as in the cam covers. The runners, coolant tubes and IHs would be done in silver.

[4DSZR1]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Brad,

My thought is to paint the top portion of the plenum in the same wrinkle red, leaving the center depression in silver as in the cam covers. The runners, coolant tubes and IHs would be done in silver.

That would be my opinion as well. I go back and forth on the two coolant tubes. All red, all silver or a combination. I kind of like how the model looked with red where they attach to the plenum and then silver tubes....

Whatever you decide, its looking great!

Rick

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Brad,

My thought is to paint the top portion of the plenum in the same wrinkle red, leaving the center depression in silver as in the cam covers. The runners, coolant tubes and IHs would be done in silver.

please don't take this the wrong way but that seems like quite a lot goin on in a rather small engine

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Kevin

please don't take this the wrong way but that seems like quite a lot goin on in a rather small engine

Finally, somebody that almost thinks like me,scary

Pete

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by Kevin

please don't take this the wrong way but that seems like quite a lot goin on in a rather small engine

I appreciate the input. I believe it may sound more complex than it would look. I'm not a proponent of single color LT-5s, except for possibly all silver.
Overall I think it looks too "heavy". I'm looking to accent the motor. Maybe my
Photoshop guru =Jeff= can whip something together to indicate what it would look like.

[LGAFF]

[XfireZ51]

Lee,

That's what I'm talking about. Way too much color IMO.