Painting the engine

Everything is bolted on (except the intake) and we painted with lots of overspray, just like the factory.

Yep, lots of paint on those exhaust manifolds.  That will burn off fairly quickly.  

Water pump...we did cover the timing cover with some paint as well, although in the factory, the engine was painted with the water pump bolted on, so the timing cover didn't get a lot of paint.  We painted lightly to help prevent rust.

View from the rear of the engine, bell housing has engine paint on it as it was bolted on when the the engine was painted.

We had temporary valve covers on the motor for painting.

Water pump bypass host also was painted in the factory.