A few Engine Before & Afters

I did a little Scrubbing and painting today,

Here's the Harmonic Balancer, I bought some Muriatic Acid (30% HCl-Hydrochloric Acid) used for etching Concrete and "cleaning rust" as well as chlorinating pools! I had read it was great at stripping rust, wow it was right! 

 Here's the Push rod Side cover, I read an article about cleaning heavy baked on grease off of engines using "purple power", this stuff is amazing!!! (just don't inhale the mist... you'll choke half to death) 

 Here's the Timing Gear Cover

Here's a photo of an original "stock" engine.  this is the original paint color.  As you can tell in the photos below, the color varies depending on what angle/lighting you look at it under. the bottom left and bottom right photos are of the same part, but at different angles using different cameras.  I have to say the engine color photo on the left looks like a dead ringer for a match. To my eyes the actual parts look like a cross between the 2, and I love it!

Another look at the Engine color.