Race Hemi orange paint

Just curious what people are using for race hemi orange engine paint.

My local auto value store mixes it up for my and puts it in a rattle can. It's a very nice color match.

Two favorites:
Shot with a gun: PPG 3116 Chrysler Mandarin Orange
Rattle cans: VHT SP120
These two are really close in color.
The gun paint gives the beautiful, thick "dipped in plastic" appearance
Which sometimes I like and sometimes to be honest I can't stand it.
The rattle can looks more like a thin assembly line job which I like.

The Mopar performance resto orange is also good but I think they discontinued it.

Rattle can, based on reputation probably worth a look:
Seymour 620-1450 Omaha Orange
Never tried it personally

Plenty of others!

I buy the restoration stuff by the pint from Frank Badalson. It's PPG Delstar. Last time I bought it, it was $80 for a pint, but painted two engines. I brush it on. I have engines that I did 8-9 years ago that still look good.

Is this the lighter color race hemi orange?

Yes, that's the only color I paint my engines. I used to use the MP stuff, but it got to the point where you had to buy a case of 12 to maybe get 6 usable cans. If Badalson doesn't have it listed on his site, call, he has it. It's mixed off of a really nice survivor. The color is dead on.

Is that paint ready to be applied or does it need to be mixed with anything?
Thanks!

Body color EK2, have it mixed without the metallic.

I've never mixed it with anything. I crack it open, and start brushing.

POR15 HEMI ORANGE . Small can will do about 3-4 engines, need your spray gun.

This is the Resto stuff from Badalson, and a photo from this summer of an engine I did in 2010. The valve covers are a little more faded as they were done in 2007.

I use por15 also and it's a good match. The turquoise looks good too. Otherwise I mix my own in urethane. Either way, using a good spray gun works much better than a can and using a paint with an activator.

Is this a good match for the darker Hemi orange or the lighter Race Hemi orange?

Is this a good match for the darker Hemi orange or the lighter Race Hemi orange? [/quote]
The race hemi orange compared to the street hemi orange is a lot different, there is no light and dark Race or Street hemi orange, they are two distinct different colors
There are a lot of choices on which brand of paint to use on both colors though

Seems to me that early Race Hemi Orange is different from later, with the earlier Hemis using the Max Wedge shade, which is browner.

Max Wedge/Race Hemi orange was also used on the Street Hemi up to mid/late 1968 model year. After that a darker Street Hemi orange was used on Hemis and in the 1970/71 model years most of the high performance engine line.

Me thinks you are misinformed, I owned and race both M.W. and street hemi The 1964/65 and 1968 race hemi used the same engine paint as the M.W. engines, I've never noticed a difference in between the 1966 street hemi engine paint up to the 1971 street hemi engine paint in original cars

Cab, No question on the Street Hemis. Race Hemi orange up to late 68 then the darker Street Hemi orange till the end. On the 68 Race Hemis I am not certain on those you could be right on that.

I've got a case of Race Hemi orange a guy gave me probably 20 years ago. I paint everything black so maybe my kid will paint a BBQ or something with it.

Last engine I painted was 69 383 hp engine... it was a perfect match to the paint mopar sells in cans. Except it won't fade in a few months

Here is a good pic of the difference between race Hemi orange and street Hemi orange...

There ya go ^^^.

What color orange are they painting the new Hell cat motors??

Thanks Rhinodart, thats what I'm talking about.

Great pic Rhino!

Looks close to Allis Chalmers orange...

One Looks Like Hemi Orange and One looks like Vitamin C Orange.

I bought three different brands of both Street hemi and Race hemi orange in rattle cans to paint the last 572 C.I. Street Hemi motor I built last year, none of them where exactly the same for each color

Here is a quick hemi orange color study I did.

Up front I don't care if it's street, or race, or the great pumpkin.
I just want it to look cool, and "Look like a Chrysler" whatever that means. It does mean something I just can't describe it.

PPG 3116 Chrysler Mandarin Orange on the block, and VHT SP120 on the piece of cardboard.

So close. Close enough for me.

I was a bit of a gun snob for awhile there, but having gone back and forth a few times the rougher and thinner appearance of spray cans is for whatever reason really appealing.

chevy orange lol its brighter and looks cleaner.....

I have an old spray can of Rustoleum Chrysler Hemi Orange

Couldn’t find any locally this past summer , discontinued

So I went with Rustoleum Chevy Red - Orange

Now that also is discontinued

I thought the Chevy Red - Orange looked good enough for me LOL