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Re: engine paint

To: P Van Wig <PVanWig@aol.com>
Subject: Re: engine paint
From: Les Myer <lmyer@qtm.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 14:38:10 -0500
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
In-reply-to: <7b0f4a80.34cb6514@aol.com>
Reply-to: Les Myer <lmyer@qtm.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
As long as you get it to permanently stick to the metal, it is a good thing
for oil return.  If it flakes off and travels through the engine oiling
system, that is bad.  For that reason, I don't paint the inside of mine.

Les Myer

At 11:15 AM 1/25/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-01-25 09:34:20 EST, mliggett-receive-
>spridgets@elise.kiva.net writes:
>
><< 
> Vizard reccomends painting the block inside and out with red primer, then
>with a colour coat outside.  Anyone have reccomendations on either paint? I
>assume that ordinary red body primer is not what he means.  The car is a '70
>Midget.
> 
> -- 
>         Matt Liggett, SysAdmin
>         Kiva Networking
>  >>
>
>Matt--
>
>Am I missing something?  Painting the block inside?  Don't think I would
>paintinside by block.  
>
>---David
>
>Hot roders have been painting the inside of blocks to aid in oil return to
the
>pan for as long as I can rember. But use the RIGHT paint.Red Glyptal Eastwood
>has it.
>
>Paul Van Wig
>Long Beach,CA
>60 Bugeye
>60 Minor Woody
>61 Minor Pickup
>
>
>


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