Powder Coating Project (Engine Dress Up)

[Black Gold 380R]

Okay all,

As some of you know I have been trying to improve the look of my engine bay. So, I removed my supercharger and some other parts in order to have them powder coated.

I thought about having my valve covers powder coated, but even with the supercharger off it was still looking like too much of a pain in the @$$ to remove them so, I cleaned them up and left them alone.

Here is my progress so far:

Engine before project:

Some pictures during disassembly (This is where some of you mentioned to upgrade my performance level. I went down the rabbit hole for a bit, but came back to my senses to complete this project instead LOL):

 

[Black Gold 380R]

Okay here are some before and after of some parts that were powder coated

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[Black Gold 380R]

More After.......

I had my dad hand paint the Ford and SVT for me:

I'm still waiting on some new PCV hoses to come in that connect to the back of the supercharger. Once I receive those I will put the supercharger back on and finish the installation.

Also, if you look closely you can see I'm also upgrading my bolts. You can see them on the supercharger snout above and here on my valve covers:

 

[jrichber]

Wow looks a lot cleaner. Something like this might have to be next years project for me. How much did all your powder coating run if you dont mind me asking?

 

[Black Gold 380R]

The guy who did it said the supercharger was a major pain in the @$$ because he had to very precise with it (I gave it to him complete so he had to take it apart) and he said it took a lot of his material for masking as well. He also bead blasted everything he could and acid dipped other parts.

So, based on the amount of time it took him and the amount of material/supplies he had to use he charged $450 for everything.

 

[Beavis281]

Looks killer! I like it

 

[Silverboost]

$450 for all that seems really fair/cheap to me. I know I paid about $200 or $250 just for my valve covers some years back.

 

[Black Gold 380R]

^^^ I agree with you silverboost. He did a great job and did a lot of work. He is a retired guy that does this as a hobby. When I asked him how he decides price he said as long as he can buy powder and materials and he has enough left over for beer money he was good LOL.

I have no complaints at all and I'm very happy with the results so far. Can't wait to get it all back together.

 

[HudsonFalcon]

Looks great! I think the price you paid was very reasonable. It looks like a high quality job.

 

[03 Indy Cobra]

Powder coating looks good. Looking forward to see it all together.

 

[TxCobra76]

Looks sweet bud!

 

[ctgreddy]

Looking good! at first I thought you'd really end up dissapointed by not doing the valve covers. but with you doing everything in a clean silver the stock covers will still look good with it.

 

[Bdubbs]

Looks very nice!

 

[jojomofo21]

Looks awesome! Love the color. I went a bit crazy with the powder coating as well.

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[01yellercobra]

That looks good. I like how clean and simple it is.

 

[Stevenbekah]

Nice job op!

 

[CobraBob]

That looks good. I like how clean and simple it is.

Yeah, that is my exact take on it, too. Clean and simple. No heavy use of color, just a nice, clean silver finish that looks very factory. Color parts are nice, too, but it's nice to see parts done "clean and simple". Your work shows how nice everything can then work together. I'm impressed with how nice everything came out. Love that the blower was powder-coated silver, too. Nice!

Black Gold, can you post a photo of your engine bay when everything is assembled?

 

[03 Indy Cobra]

Looks awesome! Love the color. I went a bit crazy with the powder coating as well.

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Nice! Please post pictures when you are finished installing everything?

 

[Franco]

Looks great

 

[jojomofo21]

Nice! Please post pictures when you are finished installing everything?

Already done.

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