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94yellowsleeper

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well the stock intake i bought on ebay came a couple of weeks ago, just thought i would post an update. here is the stocker incase you have forgotten


and then my progress so far. i got most of the powdercoating off, and modified a few things. whatcha think?
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this last one i just thought was cool, totally OT

 

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Stangfreak95

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Keep it up

 

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looks good just dont know why anyone would put that much time into the stock manifold lol

 

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cavscout371 said:

looks good just dont know why anyone would put that much time into the stock manifold lol

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just spent 900 on tires and next week another 850 goes to the wheels so i just wanted a super cheap way to brighten it up under the hood.

 

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how long has it taken so far?

 

94yellowsleeper

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super302 said:

how long has it taken so far?

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i've probably got 3 or 4 hour into it so far, but a long way to go. i can't work on it very often(see last photo) but hopefully i get it done in a couple of weeks or so.

 

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OT: how do you like the SSR??

 

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94yellowsleeper said:

just spent 900 on tires and next week another 850 goes to the wheels so i just wanted a super cheap way to brighten it up under the hood.

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When you love your car you shouldn't have to explain anything that you do to it... It looks good , you can always get it ported later and still have a very nice intake capable of supporting over 300 hp and still have good low end.

I just happen to have a Cobra intake ready to install on mine. I would like to polish it too. I had it hot tanked and then bead blasted on the inside. The outside is very clean, but the hot tank left it sort of a light tan color. Can you tell me/us the process you have used on it so far. I, for one, am very interested. I am thinking of doing my Cobra the same way.

 

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super302 said:

OT: how do you like the SSR??

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it's kinda fun, it's my father in-laws, so i've only driven it a couple of times. it get a ton of attention

 

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Lookin good on the polishing, and that SSR looks pretty good too.

 

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94GT40 said:

Can you tell me/us the process you have used on it so far. I, for one, am very interested. I am thinking of doing my Cobra the same way.

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so far i have been just sanding, using every kind of disc, pad, wheel, and paper you can imagine. once i get all the powder coat off, and am satisfied with the modifications, i will begin working my way up in sandpaper numbers until i get to 1000. then let the buffing begin!!!

 

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Looks good so far...I think anything polished looks GREAT on a yellow car.

 

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i like how you sanded off the elbow part of the intake makes it look much cleaner and probably much easier

 

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89 blue lx said:

i like how you sanded off the elbow part of the intake makes it look much cleaner and probably much easier

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easier being the key word, there was no way i was going to try to sand/polish down in those grooves

 

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89 blue lx said:

i like how you sanded off the elbow part of the intake makes it look much cleaner and probably much easier

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It might look nicer, but I have a feeling those ribs helped the intake dissipate heat. They are like cooling fins on your motocycle's cylinder heads.

 

94yellowsleeper

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Scot_94GT said:

It might look nicer, but I have a feeling those ribs helped the intake dissipate heat. They are like cooling fins on your motocycle's cylinder heads.

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i figured that is what they were for, but they couldn't have made much difference. i was thinking about putting a phenolic spacer in which would at least cancel it out

 

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LOL I gave up on my stock thats why i went with the TFS. I'm happy I'm a quiter lol

What you pay for the stocker off ebay?

 

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I don't think he should have paid much more than 50 bucks for it....I paid 250 for my ported and polished one, but i think the guy that did all the work probably paid bottom dollar for it, roughly 20 to 30 bucks or so....