engine and drivetrain Style question

[wagnerf15]

Engine comes back from machine shop this week and reassembly will begin. I'm trying to decide on finishing touches prior to paint and am interested in opinions on the following configuration:

Car is gonna be inka with white stripe. Engine compartment is already black. I was going to paint the block gloss black with valve cover powdercoat black and remaining parts unpainted aluminum. At auto parts store yesterday, I found this orange engine paint and thought maybe that would be a nice offset to the black engine compartment. So, how about orange block with black powder valve cover and remaining parts naked aluminum? This engine mount is an example of the orange. Tacky, or a stroke of tasteful genius?

[kris]

Too many colors given that the car is going to be striped and the engine bay is a different color to begin with. Keep it clean and simple IMO...black block and maybe some of the naked aluminum you were talking about.

[napa02]

Just in time for halloween. sounds too busy for my tastes, but ya never know it could be cool.

[wagnerf15]

Nice current event usage.....I hadn't thought about the halloween connection!

[jerry]

bump it up a notch....

.....and go with flourescent orange against the black background.

you know, the kinda color used to demark areas on construction sites.

[c.d.iesel]

Green or yellow would be nicer .

[Mike Self]

ask, hey, is that half a Chevy V8?

Stick with black...nice and understated, easy to keep clean.

mike

[NickVyse]

what they said. you might love it for a week and then regret it for years.

[yeewiz]

agree with Mike, the orange will look like a Chevy engine rebuild ...

[bueller]

creeeeeepy obit page under the part in first post. YIKES!

[72touring]

Daytona yellow is cool, but this one is living in a Verona engine bay...