What have you done to your fan housing?, Paint, Polish, or Other? Options

[chris914]

What have people you done to their fan housing to make it look good?

Can you put engine paint on it?

I think that I have seen it power coated?

If it’s polished how do you do it and how long does it last?

Are there other options?

[scotty b]

Powder

[DanT]

paint

[jonferns]

chris, how is everything over there btw? have you lost anything to the fire? praying for everyone over there..... -JON

[lotus_65]

i clear-coated mine.

i understand that the fan housing is an active part of the electrical circuit and provides ground points for the alternator among other things.

given that, i sanded off the clear and cleaned all the contacts. it would have been pretty fugly if it was paint or powder...

paul

[Pat Garvey]

And then again, you could leave it in it's natural finish. Clean it up a bit with proper compounds & forget about it. Paint chips. Powder coating chips. And, neither are original.

Take a look at this one (not mine).

Belongs to Scott Detro. THIS is as it should be (of course that's the opinion of a CW).

BTW, about 25 years ago, I spent 3 days polishing mine with Simichrome & a Dremel - it was gorgeous & looked like chrome. Two weeks later it was back to its former self & it still looks like it should.

But......I wonder. Has anyone ever plated one?
Pat

[thomasotten]

Paint: Base coat / Clear coat

[chris914]

chris, how is everything over there btw? have you lost anything to the fire? praying for everyone over there..... -JON

We have not lost anything.

Most of San Diego was let back into their homes today. The air quality where we live is much better. The winds are going inland now. Which is bad for the people on the other side of the fires now. The last report that I heard had the fires10% contained.

San Diego does well during stressful times. People try to help each other and make the best of bad things. We are very fortunate here. It is very helpful to know that we have the support of everyone across the country coming to our aid. Thanks!

[Demick]

High temp ceramic engine paint (rattle can) on tin and fan housing.

[IronHillRestorations]

I blast it with walnut shells and then clear coat with low gloss clear. Gives the look of an original finish, but holds up a little better.

Powder coating is probably the most durable, so if you aren't worried about originality, that'd be my choice.

[E-Man]

I cleaned it up and used a rattle can silver Hammerite paint. Gives the look of hammered metal and is not too bright like the silver in the photo above. Very nice.
I know, worthless without photo. Will re-post with photo when I get home tonight.

-Mike

[Ferg]

Previous owner did this, it's a darker grey, and pretty sure it's powder. Goes well with the carbs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

This is a old pic... lot's has been cleaned and latch has been de-oversprayed... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/FERG.gif)

[shelby/914]

Used a rattle can of a product called Cast Blast. It's head and intake manifold paint. Sort of a natural silver grey. Has held up well for two years. All my engine install pix were taken a a very hi res so won't post. Will try to downsize.

[jasons]

Powder. The Powdercoater I use has special powder for cast pieces. But there are only like 2 colors, a semigloss black and the gray which I chose. He felt the cast shroud would create bubbles during the curing process.

I did the intake runners the same color.

[geniusanthony]

Ya I know , This thread is worthless w/out pics (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) but I used a Mouse sander and dremel in finer and finer grit cause I was waiting for parts from machine shop and got bored. Came out great, better than the top of the crankcase even. Oxidation is the only flaw in this, as Pat said a few weeks and it looks old again. I know there has to be something out there for keeping polished Mg polished but I haven't been around alot lately to play.

If anyone knows what software to use to pull pics from a Motorola s7vr (Sliver(sp)) phone via USB I can post a bunch of pics.

It will polish but keeping it that way via clearcoat or polish/wax is the challenge. With polished case and shroud though it sure looks nice.

[Joe Ricard]

Painted it yellow of course. Pretty hostile enviroment in my engine compartment. Lasted 3 years and will probably last longer as I will probably stick it back in there with the new engine after a bath of soap and water.

What I want to know is what have people done to the insides to increase velocity and or increase flow.

[Cap'n Krusty]

Only polished one I've seen lasted hours, or maybe a couple of days, before it began returning to it's old state, only it looked a lot worse afterwards. The Cap'n

[chris914]

Wow, there are some nice looking engines out there! I thought I was doing well to keep the motor clean of oil. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I hadn’t put much thought into a color choice yet. All of the pictures have given me a lot to consider. Thanks!

[Allan]

Media blast and paint.

[jhadler]

Dipped, blasted, and painted with high temp engine paint.

My powder coater was too paranoid about putting Magnesium in his oven, and refused to do it. So I just had him clean it as much as possible, and I used high temp rattle can paint. A couple coats. The engine tin and manifolds were powdercoated though.

Here's the pic of the engine tin and shroud...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?aut...ach&id=3692

-Josh2