Yes, if you have it in an area likely to get much sun, just how much time DOES he spend with the hood up?
Not much, too busy driving
Here's what I ended up doing:
I still need to paint the engine block and head black, which will happen in a couple weeks.
My plan is too use stainless steel and black paint for everything under the hood.
The stuff I used on the headers is rated for 1500 degrees.
The stainless stuff on the valve cover is rated for 250* and will be used on the air cleaner cover, hood hinges and springs, and a few other things. It doesn't match the header pain as closely as I was hoping for. I don't want to use the header paint on a bunch of stuff, b/c it is $34 a can
The black is por 15 engine enamel.
I *hope* the stainless stuff will hold up.
