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Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:00 pm

Can anyone help??? Looking to dress up my dune buggy engine. I am looking to dress up the block. Thinking paint to go along with the doghouse color and cooling fins color. Please advise proper steps, type of paint, or to not do it at all. Thanks!

Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:01 pm

Not at all.

Some say yes and others say no.

I say no, it looks like crap after some time. And the paint can cause it to run hotter.

This is not a Cheby, the case is part of the cooling system and some paint can be a thermal barrier.

Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:02 pm

So just clean it up and stay with the color on the tins....

Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:21 pm

Works for me. Honestly you don't see much of the engine case once the tins are on.

Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:37 pm

Thank you for sharing those pictures. I appreciate your help, I have asked a few of the members on the site and was not so lucky. I am newer at restoration of VW's, may I contact you with further questions if I run across something? Thank you in advance.

Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:29 pm

I paint mine with dupli color 2 light coats.

In a buggy you wont have any heat problems unless you run a big motor with tons of compression.

Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:22 pm

Thank you for the info, I have not started rebuilding the engine yet (last year got a real bad sqeal to it (internal)) so gotta tear er down and see what the problem is, and then dress it up. Thanks again

Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:42 pm

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use these steps or the paint will not stick and you could have filaform cororison with a mag case. the important thing is clean and use a converson coating called Magnadine (spelling?) and a non ect epoxy primer..heres the deal we use in the aircraft world...

http://www.vintagebonanza.com/prep_magnesium_for_painting.htm

Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:28 am

Here's an engine i done for my bus in satin black.- never had any problems with flaking paint or overheating.

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Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:58 pm

686 bus-boy wrote: Here's an engine i done for my bus in satin black.- never had any problems with flaking paint or overheating.

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I have never seen a full flow setup like this, how / where is it tapped into the case? Especially the upper return (?) line?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:10 am

Cant be much help i'm affraid , it was built by a local vw specialist before i bought the bus,i just removed it and gave it the 'bling' treatment. I know the guy has been into vw's for a long time and does all his engines this way.