What color to paint repro Winfield 7:1 head?
 

I recently bought one of Tod's Winfield 7:1 crowfoot heads. The original Winfields came with a fire-engine red paint job, but maybe that's not the best idea. What color should I paint it? Vote in the poll above!

Update: this is a cast-iron head

Re: What color to paint repro Winfield 7:1 head?
 

Is it a iron or aluminum? If its aluminum polish it, iron paint it Chevy orange with a base coat of white, white because it'll make the orange pop!

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Cast iron

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If it's iron I'd paint it the same color as the block. If it's aluminum I'd leave it raw.

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Green with yellow polka dots

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This is what I did to mine

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Classy

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Bright red, that was the original on his 7:1 heads, thus the name "red head". It won't look like a stock head, so why paint it Ford green? The Winfield 6:1 was painted yellow, truck heads green, etc. They were painted at the factory so when shipped, the right one was shipped.

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What Jim Brierley says.:cool:


Bob-A:D

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Red because you almost always get 10 more horsepower if the head is red.

All the engines I have attached to my dyno with red heads have produced at least 10 HP more than a stock engine. A few much more!

Just saying! What Jim B. says makes sense to me also.

Good Day!

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Looks very good. I’m impressed!

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If I do go with red, I guess I'll use this

https://www.rustoleum.com/~/media/Di...FordRed_L.ashx

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https://i.imgur.com/qBCd1qX.jpg

Did it rustoleum regal red..mines the real deal if that makes a difference,Tod does nice work.Goes over big during the holidays,ford green and regal red..don't need to festoon her with lights or tinsel..

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When I was running a Lion head 20 years ago, I painted it red and liked that look.

Will eventually put the Brumfield head that came with it back on our Town Sedan.

Getting more eccentric with age, I might paint it apple green to match the wheels.....

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Nice looking engine. Is that a vacuum advance canister hanging on the side of your distributor?

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Benson & Ruth
The distributor is from a 1979 Honda Civic. I had to machined the bottom of the body slightly to fit into the head. The shaft was then cut to length and the tab machined on the end. I use the vacuum unit from a 1980 Honda distributor. There was way too much advance so I welded up the slot so all my advance was from 10° to 28° btdc.
I time it for 10° advanced at idle. I also limited the travel on the vacuum unit to retard the spark about 5° under a heavy load.
You could also do this with a 1980 distributor which has an electronic module.
I got the idea for this from CORLEY, you might want to scan his posts on distributors.
Dick