Another stripping/painting question, Doing just the engine compartment Options

[dmilzoff]

I am having the engine removed and replaced next week. I want to strip repaint the engine compartment while it's out (at the mechanic's shop - outdoors). The car was repainted once and it has the original orange paint showing through the peeling blue car color.
I want to keep it simple and also not make a mess of the area. It is also only the engine compartment so it doesn't need to be a show paint finish. Is a rough sanding then using POR OK or will I be totally unhappy with the result?

[mharrison]

I would suggest that you have it sandblaster after covering the heater tubes and the area where the shift linkage and fuel lines enter the center tunnel. That will make quick work of it, take it to bare metal, and have it ready for primer.

I would think that there are enough nooks and crannies in the engine compartment to make chemicaly stripping it a real pain in the @$$.