[terribleonexx88]

i painted my intake on my lunch break at work, its pretty sick now and hopefully ill get it on the car this weekend.

 

[shurb125]

Looks good man!

 

[terribleonexx88]

the sand blasters at my school are both broke so i just went over it with scotchbite and 180 sand paper and it looks alrite for now. i mine clear coat it b4 i put it on also

 

[rodthrower2.3T]

are you going to paint the lettering and grooves a contrasting color on the plate?

 

[terribleonexx88]

i dont know yet i have the exploder 5.0 v8 name plate as well im gonna play with it a little see wat looks good wen i put the intake on the car.

 

[stone84]

Looks awesome. I guess I've found something to do while I wait to find a new trans. How long did it take you?

 

[Burn'nRubber]

Ive been thinking of doing the same thing to my performer intake. What kinda paint did you use on it? Looks good!

 

[baine21225]

just paint the whole 5.0 plate and scuff the top with light sandpaper and all the raised stuff will be silver

 

[terribleonexx88]

i used high temp engine paint. put it on a cardboard box and did it on the side walk outside my work on my lunch break lol

 

[terribleonexx88]

Looks awesome. I guess I've found something to do while I wait to find a new trans. How long did it take you?

what you mean, paint it or find the intake at the junkyard?

 

[Speedstang302]

the sand blasters at my school are both broke so i just went over it with scotchbite and 180 sand paper and it looks alrite for now. i mine clear coat it b4 i put it on also

i would clear coat it, looks better and will last longer

 

[usmcsawgunner]

would you have any kind of heat dissapation issues with that?

 

[Speedstang302]

would you have any kind of heat dissapation issues with that?

i dont think so. but if he went and did that to his valve covers, yes.

 

[coreyschmidt_M]

i painted my intake to but i painted it silver i think you should do the 5.0 name plate and the v8 thing it would look pretty sick man it looks awesome right now though dude keep up the work .....

 

[terribleonexx88]

would you have any kind of heat dissapation issues with that?

well aluminum is a poress material thats why its disapated in the first place so painting it fills the pores and doesnt make it disapate heat as well but painted aluminum is a hell of alot better than cast iron.

 

[stone84]

Yeah, I meant paint it.

 

[coreyschmidt_M]

yeah the cast iron would be way worse than painted aluminum

 

[terribleonexx88]

Yeah, I meant paint it.

not too long, i did a couple quick coats while i was at work.

 

[Speedstang302]

i liked mine in bright red with black plate and the lettering was silver...now its pealing

 

[ryans88gt]

Actually painted metal dissipates heat better than unpainted metal. Physics 101.