Used GT-40 intake: How to finish?
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blksn955.o
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I have a explorer gt40 intake (non tube type).
I ground the P!ss out of it, and painted it.
I am almost done going over it again and getting it powdercoated silver metalic...this time the intake has the bracket removed from the side, and has been worked even smoother...almost to the point of polishing actually. I am also matching the elbow to the sides of the intake to make it look like one.
Hope to drop it off at powdercoat next week.
I ground the P!ss out of it, and painted it.
I am almost done going over it again and getting it powdercoated silver metalic...this time the intake has the bracket removed from the side, and has been worked even smoother...almost to the point of polishing actually. I am also matching the elbow to the sides of the intake to make it look like one.
Hope to drop it off at powdercoat next week.
ES Stangin
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I recently started working on my GT40 intake. I stripped all of the paint off with aircraft stripper, then used a dremel to smooth out the mold line in the center tube.
I made numerous attempts to polish the side where the elbow or TB attaches but had to start over after nicking it with the dremel. My plan is to polish the top, the funs, and the part mentioned above (is there a name for that?), then paint the tubes black.
Its a crappy pic but not too bad for a camera phone..
I made numerous attempts to polish the side where the elbow or TB attaches but had to start over after nicking it with the dremel. My plan is to polish the top, the funs, and the part mentioned above (is there a name for that?), then paint the tubes black.
Its a crappy pic but not too bad for a camera phone..
95COBRA241
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I've seen some nice cars where the intake was powdercoated or painted to match the car color. I think powdercoating might be a better process than paint but more expensive.
xkuntrycowboyx
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95cobraguy
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ES Stangin
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Powdercoat or use some hi-temp paint. Polishing the runners perfectly would be seemingly impossible..
I voted Polish...but I was gonna say just the plenum part...then I saw this pic, which it what I was going to describe.xkuntrycowboyx said:
Chroming although posible is not a realistic option.
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droptopford 5 0
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polish the hell out of it and get a hi temp clear coat... its cheap... and cheap = good in my book, but powder coat looks awesome if money doesnt matter. it all depends on time vs. money
SeventyMach1
Keep it lubed .... keep it straight .... and keep
I will be polishing my Mountaineer intake as soon as I get all the "other" things done to it.
My question here: will applying hi-temp clear coat to it after it's polished still look good?
My question here: will applying hi-temp clear coat to it after it's polished still look good?
95cobraguy said:
You can definitely apply ceramic coating to intakes, I have friends that have done it and it looks GREAT!
I like the polished/painted look.
YEAHLOH95
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95cobraguy
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i'm not saying it's not possible, but powdercoating is definetly the better approach, and probably alot cheaper.Killercanary said:
Why? I powdercoat my own parts so I know the process in depth and I know of no reason why its a better approach than ceramic. You will not get the same reflective coating from powder as you do from the reflective ceramic, nor the thermal properties of it either.
95cobraguy
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well from what i understand ceramic is supposed to keep heat in, as in exhaust headers, so why would you want to keep heat in a manifold? not being a wiseass, just curious.
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