Heat shield

[abodybill]

That's what I call them that bolt to the exhaust manifolds over #6&8 and #7 plugs.
This is on my 383.

Are they suppose to be bare steel or painted engine color?

 

[A31PKG]

All painted... To my knowledge, the only thing that was not painted on the basic long-block assy was the dipstick tube. The fuel pump, heat shields, wire seperators, exhaust manifolds, negative cable, negative ground strap, pcv valve, bellhousing, and I'm pretty sure the oil & temp sending units (I'll have to check on those) all got sprayed...

Of course, someone else may want to chime in on this....