This ’69 Camaro was purchased with a 383 small-block and a yellow engine compartment. Body-colored engine compartments are not for everyone. The small-block was ditched in favor of a 496 big-block.

Some of the most iconic engines ever made, especially engines from the muscle car era, feature painted engine blocks. Look at the 426 Race HEMI, for example. It was one of the most well-known and ...