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I think it's a waste of time and a perfectly good paint brush. It does look cool in the magazines.

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I would disagree on this. It does much more than just look cool...lol.

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I think it's a waste of time and a perfectly good paint brush. It does look cool in the magazines.

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What functional purpose does it serve. I use oven cleaner to remove it when I get an engine that someone has applied it to.

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I think it's a waste of time and a perfectly good paint brush. It does look cool in the magazines.

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What functional purpose does it serve. I use oven cleaner to remove it when I get an engine that someone has applied it to.

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Do you know why its put in there? to allow the oil
to return easier... every bit of rough casting slows
the oil from returning... if you want you can polish
it but the paint is easier and does work

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Funny, on modern race engines oil is trapped in the top of engine and routed to the pan at the very rear or very front to keep the oil from attempting to pass through the rotating crankshaft assembly where most of it will churn in the crank and will cause drag and loss of power. And very little will make it to the pan anyway under hard accelleration. Ever look at a GM rocket block or a ritter small block mopar? Ideally, a dry sump would be best, with 3 scavenge lines in the pan and one in the valley. You don't see glyptol in a pro/stock or fuel engine. Waste your time if you want, I will trap the oil and let it return to the pan on coast or deceleration.

P-body, I would love to buy your car and put a flat tappet cam, strip the glyptol paint, freshin it up, put a Dana 60 in it and go run some 8.50s on gas.

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I'll keep the paint in it...it does have a dry sump..
I will refresh it for who ever buys it.. and yes it
would
run 8.50 if I regrind the cam... but I wimped out
on the cam the first time

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I think it's a waste of time and a perfectly good paint brush. It does look cool in the magazines.

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I would disagree on this. It does much more than just look cool...lol.

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And I'd like to add
Mine has been on there 15 years. After the block was clean. I washed it with laquer thinner, then hit it with Brake Kleen just before I brushed 3 coats on, top to bottom.

I find it easier to notice any little bit of debris. Fine metal particles, valve train parts, etc.

If there is dirt anywhere it can be wiped out with a paper shop towel, in one piece

Hope I never have to find out but I think you might be able to find a crack, should one appear

And...... It Aids Oil Drain Back! New motor technology starts with race motor technology. My 1969 block from an Imperial was never meant to push 650HP @ 7,200 RPM with a tall rotor Milodon pump. I'll take my oil to the pan as soon as I can get it there while keeping it off the rotating assembly.

I know I'm missing something, it's been so long since I've touched the Barracuda

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I think it's a waste of time and a perfectly good paint brush. It does look cool in the magazines.

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I would disagree on this. It does much more than just look cool...lol.

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I think it's a waste of time and a perfectly good paint brush. It does look cool in the magazines.

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I would disagree on this. It does much more than just look cool...lol.

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Can you enlighten us with a list of the "much more"?

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I worked for a utility company in Pittsburgh and we used it on high voltage Transformer tanks and winding leads. We had a huge problem with insulating oils becoming acidic due to degradation over time and condensation. Glyptal was the only thing that solved our problems. I have never seen it fail or degrade even in the very worst super high voltage, high temperature situations. Our Network operators and mechanics developed all kinds of uses for it including spot rust proofing on Downtown Network Transformers which are almost always partially submerged in water that had salt in it from winter sidewalk maintenance. A couple of coats of it on Breaker or Transformer leads often served as a very good insulator when normal insulating materials could not be used. I have also seen it used as a gasket sealer on high pressure Transformer oil Tanks. I can honestly say that this stuff was on every one of our trucks and is the first thing restocked if there was any danger of running out. Just from someone that used it daily for over 40yrs.

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It's not to be used on alcohol. The paint can says so.

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