I'll check out what Canadian Tire has in terms of high heat paint and weigh up the options. Wasn't planning on using an engine stand as, well, I don't have one. But, thinking about it, my wife bought me a one day welding course for Christmas so maybe I could have a go at making one for my first project. Would have to make painting the engine a lot easier - presumably with the engine on the stand there's no need to rotate the engine in order to paint it? Hit the thing all in one go?
I'm not painting the covers, they'll get a different treatment. I do have a small toaster oven in the garage I picked up for $5 - used it for baking Rhonda's calipers. I'll cure the engine paint once the engine is running, but yeah I've heard that it's not much cop against oil and gas until it's cured. Duplicolor is better in that dept?