I recently purchased an Aeromotive Fuel System for my 1969 Camaro. The fuel tank is a stock type fuel tank with a sump area added. The fuel tank is I think aluminum and the material of the sump is unknown, however, it has been primered. I took it to a Powder Coating Facility to have it coated and they were afraid to do it. Among the reasons was that they didn't know what the tank material or the primer would do when it was heated to cure the powder coating. Any suggestions on whether to Powder Coat or to just Paint? I am located in the Northern Virginia Area. Any recommendations on a Powder Coater in this area that specializes in Automotive Powder Coating?

I'd call Aeromotive and see what they have to say as far as material type, primer type etc....as far as I know powdercoating usually requires about 400 degrees to cure...

Ditto the last post and find out what kind of material it is.If it's alum you may want to have it anodized.I called my powder coater and he says 800 degrees is what his shop heats the ovens to.If you anodize,polishing the part first will yeild a glossy finish.

Brian W.

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71 camaro 540 CI Th/400 3500stall,Cal-Tracs,4:10,1050 Dom on Pump Gas.

If its a stock type tank it is made of galvanized steel.

Paint it POR15.... At least if you happen to get any gas on it you could touch-up the affected area rather than having to remove the tank and have the Powder Coating shop redo the whole thing!

My .02


Good Luck

Tom

I spoke today with the tech rep at Aeromotive and he confirmed that the Fuel Tank is manufactured form galvanized steel and the sump is also made of galvanized steel. He mentioned that to Powder Coat the Tank it would have to be shot peened to remove the primer from the sump area. His recommendation was to paint the tank. That now opens up the option of Por15. What is its pros and cons? Also is it available in any other colors except black? Any recomendations?

You can POR 15 the tank and then topcoat in any color you wish. You can do this two ways... you can paint on a colored coat while the POR-15 is still tacky, which will sort of just dye the POR and give a pretty tough finish, or you can let the POR dry, and then use their TieCoat Primer. After the primer has dried, you can paint over with any color, but I've found that it is more chip prone.

You can also clear coat it with their Glisten PC which is what I did.

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Rick Dorion
69 RS Conv,355,M20,4.10's and I don't worry about stone chips ( yet ).

Have your paint jobber mix set you up with the correct color in epoxy primer. They can flatten it to the desired finish and it will never chip or be damaged by any chemicals.

I've seen some terrible results with powder coating that didn't hold up more than a couple years before any sharp edges started to rust. I'm sure if done properly it works well, but I'd personally never use it if an epoxy primer is available.

paint the tank, the neck is soildered to the tank and it will melt in the oven