I think painting the intermediate and end housings definitely makes the engine look nice. What kind of paint should be used to withstand the high temps of the engine? I was thinking blue sure would look nice since my car is blue.

I think any high temp paint should work. They sell that **** at any auto parts store (I bet you already knew that though).

I used some 1200 degree crap on the sandrail exhaust, hled up pretty good considering pretty much any paint is blasted off in the sand.