Painting the upper intake?

Vaz88GT

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I was wanting to know if it is possible to paint the intake manifold without taking it off the engine?

If i cover everything, and I only want to paint the part you can see will it work? In theory I think it would but ill let you people give me the answer!

 

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Take 2-5 minutes and just unbolt the upper...easy enough.

 

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It will look like total crap if you don't remove it, and prep it properly.

 

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Vaz88GT said:

I was wanting to know if it is possible to paint the intake manifold without taking it off the engine?

If i cover everything, and I only want to paint the part you can see will it work? In theory I think it would but ill let you people give me the answer!

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It'll look about the same as if you applied the same method to plainting the entire car.

 

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Seriously? Buy a new upper plenum gasket, remove the four screws holding the intake plaque on, remove the six bolts and go to town with it.

 

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wythors said:

Seriously? Buy a new upper plenum gasket, remove the four screws holding the intake plaque on, remove the six bolts and go to town with it.

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I doubt its as simple as that but ill give it a look over and attempt it.

Can I get a guide?

 

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Vaz88GT said:

I doubt its as simple as that but ill give it a look over and attempt it.

Can I get a guide?

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Ummm... yeah. That's pretty much it. You have a few vac lines and you want to ensure that you don't over torque the thing and strip threads when you reinstall.

 

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Vaz88GT said:

I doubt its as simple as that but ill give it a look over and attempt it.

Can I get a guide?

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Noobz is just the one to guide it in

 

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Vaz88GT said:

I doubt its as simple as that but ill give it a look over and attempt it.

Can I get a guide?

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Okay, here's your guide.

Pull the rubber boot off the throttle body.
Carefully disconnect the throttle cable from the bottom of the throttle body.
Use small visegrips or some other clamps to block off the coolant lines going to the EGR spacer and disconnect them.
Remove the electrical connectors from the EGR valve and IACV.
Remove the vacuum lines from the EGR valve and the fittings on the bottom of the upper intake.
Remove the four screws holding the intake plate and set the plate aside.
Remove the six bolts holding the upper intake in place.
Lift the upper plenum off and set it on your work bench.
Prep it and paint it.
Allow paint to dry.
Reinstall in the reverse order you removed it.

For a first timer, the removal and reinstallation will probably take a total of 45 minutes. Those of us that have done it more than once can probably do it in 25 minutes or less.

 

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Well i pulled my back out at work, was looking forward to messing with it tommarow. It doesnt sound too hard just a little ignorant on my part

 

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I painted mine when I had to remove it to replace valve cover gaskets. Didn't really do any prep work just hit it with the high heat rattle can and it came out nice. But I did however touch it up some once it was back on and it was ok, just put covered up some stuff w card board that I didnt want sprayed. I didn't go crazy with it or anything though

 

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I like VHT hi temp paint. it actually seems to hold better to old finish. just make sure all the oil and grease is scrubbed off.

 

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I used duplicolor, came out well just gotta see how it'll stand up to time I suppose

 

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Busy weekend ahead of me! Going to paint my gt body kit scarlet red, and paint that intake!
Also replace my fuel pump, fuel filter. New Coolant reservior/over drain ( whatever ) and mount in a new spot so my CAI will fit properly.

 

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a little while back I bought a new reservoir and the damn cap never would close right, got it from latemodel. It's ok I guess cause its always empty

 

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Vaz88GT said:

Busy weekend ahead of me! Going to paint my gt body kit scarlet red, and paint that intake!
Also replace my fuel pump, fuel filter. New Coolant reservior/over drain ( whatever ) and mount in a new spot so my CAI will fit properly.

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What color are you going w/ the intake? I did mine in black

 

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90lxwhite said:

What color are you going w/ the intake? I did mine in black

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Gray, and im outlining the square black, and the 5.0 Ford H.O. red

 

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ya prob know but there are two long bolts under the 5.0 plate that need to be removed to get the intake out