Thread: So how many of you guys restore your engines correctly
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Old 03-15-2020, 07:35 PM
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I use an airbrush with the engine paint so I can lightly spray the manifolds and other high heat areas to allow the heat to dissipate through the paint or burn off like appears on original low mile cars... this is prior to firing the engine... and after







one of the masking of the pad...

JOHNZ's photo of the pad masking in Tonowanda
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