Crazy! I'm doing the same thing right now...same engine too...I bought another cover from a junkyard so my car wouldn't be out for a week or so...cleaned mine out like crazy...got the gunk out...used a shite load of paint thinner on it...sanded it down a little more and I paint tomorrow! I'll have to use the beer bottle trick! :naughty: Very clever. Mine's gonna be blue though...matches what I'm trying to do underhood-wise. I'll post when it's all done.