Painting iron block

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by blykins

I wouldn't worry too much about what the block looked like. When they're sitting in the car, you see nothing but valve covers, intakes, and water pumps anyway.

Brent's right. It's pretty hard to see the sides of the block. If they're painted any shade of black, even a half-ass paint job, you really can't see them at all. And you can't tell if the block has been cleaned up, deburred, etc. -- you can barely see it. This is the eye angle on most of our cars with an FE in them (small blocks are a different story).