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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
The Blower Bistro
Paint a kenne bell case?
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<blockquote data-quote="CV355" data-source="post: 15767056" data-attributes="member: 181885"><p>I painted the aluminum lower intake before on a KB- turned out great. I used silver engine enamel and then followed up with several coats of clearcoat engine enamel. Held up wonderfully.</p><p></p><p>The next owner of my old 2.1 KB had the housing stripped and powdercoated red. As Trump would say, SAD!</p><p></p><p>We left the case alone, but I will give you a word of caution. If you disassemble the blower unit, make sure you use the correct torque spec during reassembly. Sounds obvious, but incorrect torque will bind up the assembly quite badly.</p><p></p><p>If it was me, I would completely disassemble the blower, mask off areas to leave bare, and send it to a trusted coating supplier for re-anodizing. Paint would work just fine too, if you're looking for a fun weekend project. You wouldn't even really need to disassemble the unit for this - just be careful with masking. The snout could stay on the blower.</p><p></p><p>Kenne Bell would probably advise against painting the housing, but from an engineering perspective it won't affect anything. Heat dissipation would be so minimally affected it wouldn't even matter. KB just wants to protect their interests in case someone goofs up and tries to blame them for a faulty blower (can't really blame them there).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CV355, post: 15767056, member: 181885"] I painted the aluminum lower intake before on a KB- turned out great. I used silver engine enamel and then followed up with several coats of clearcoat engine enamel. Held up wonderfully. The next owner of my old 2.1 KB had the housing stripped and powdercoated red. As Trump would say, SAD! We left the case alone, but I will give you a word of caution. If you disassemble the blower unit, make sure you use the correct torque spec during reassembly. Sounds obvious, but incorrect torque will bind up the assembly quite badly. If it was me, I would completely disassemble the blower, mask off areas to leave bare, and send it to a trusted coating supplier for re-anodizing. Paint would work just fine too, if you're looking for a fun weekend project. You wouldn't even really need to disassemble the unit for this - just be careful with masking. The snout could stay on the blower. Kenne Bell would probably advise against painting the housing, but from an engineering perspective it won't affect anything. Heat dissipation would be so minimally affected it wouldn't even matter. KB just wants to protect their interests in case someone goofs up and tries to blame them for a faulty blower (can't really blame them there). [/QUOTE]
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