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[MickB]

Just a quick question, does anyone know where I can buy that lovely grey paint that is plastered all over the cylinder block on the EFI? Need to do a bit of touching up. Thanks in advance.

[papasmurf]

Our hosts don't seem to stock high temperature paint. (But I would check with them first) But it is widely available. It used to be VERY expensive but no longer is. I have used in on a plain steel motorcycle drag racing exhaust system and as it was developed for the exterior of the space shuttle a motorcycle finned cylinder block should be no problem.
Try Halfords or a similar outlet or the internet.

[Leon Novello]

Auto accessories stores stock high-temperature paint usually called Engine Enamel, and most will mix the colour that you want.

[Adrian]

I had an Electra-X cylinder head and alloy barrel stripped and vapour blasted recently, the EFI components seem to have a similar finish. The paint is actually very tough, and the blast medium was struggling to touch it until it had been soaked in strong chemical stripper. The guy with the blast cabinet reckoned it was actually powder coating rather than something we can get in a tin. This doesn't necessarily mean you can't find something that will do the job, but this is the finish that you will be trying to touch up. A.