we do appreciate all the feed back. when we bought the car in 94 and rebuilt the engine we had it repainted then to the original pontiac blue. and yes the color is an eye catcher/graber with the car being a 250 ohc we get more conversation on what the engine is more so than the color. we have always appreciated the pontiac blue but after seeing other engines repainted to other colors has us thinking unique rather than original.... speaking of this hey joe could you pm me a couple of pictures of your engine again it seems i cant find them any more thanks... and speaking of unique take a look at ohc engine on the front of primetec web page,and i think quenton also has an ohc engine in a diffrent color also.... dont get us wrong we are not knocking the blue if that were the case our minds would have already been made but like many of you we also like the original blue! loved all the feed back we got we will keep everyone informed as to how we go when we get there. thanks , albert, teresa