Powder Coated Long Block

[Justin9]

Thought I'd show off my long block assembly I just got done powder coating for my second Baja. I used a Matte Black powder and masked off all the matting areas before spraying. 15 minutes at 375 and this is the result... I'm really happy...

I'm hopefully have everything back together on the top end for a test fire by this weekend.

 

[Justin9]

One more, from the flywheel side.

 

[aggertgall]

very nice job

 

[Strigoi]

let us know how it holds up. i was told by people on here that powder coating won't last on an engine due to the heat.

 

[Justin9]

will do, that's kind of why I wanted to try it, but I see PC being used on other engine applications so why not...

none the less, it will look good for a while... lol..

 

[minidragbike]

I have painted my engines different colors with no problems. So the powdercoat should work out just fine. :grind:

 

[Justin9]

that's what I always wondered, if paint did so well on engines, surely powder coat would be ok... only place i would be worried about is the exhaust port area, other than that, I expect it to hold up well.

 

[gbabins1]

Looks good, keep us posted!

 

[Justin9]

Just an update, I have the bike about 90% rebuilt, just finished my header and cranked her up... looks good and sounds good.. so far, after about 25 minutes of run time, no problems...

I haven't decided what color to powdercoat the flywheel cover/pull rope... I thought about Chrome or maybe just painting it with the header paint...