Thread: Painting the intake or not
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11-07-2008 07:44 AM #1
Painting the intake or not
I bought a new intake for shirleys mustang. The one she has now is a polished Parker Funnel Web. Two things wrong with it,
1.-It is way too much of an upper rpm flow manifold for her driving style. She is a crusier, 2500 rpm max driver, whereas I am a bruiser, hold it to floor for as long as I can, driver. She wants to have it more driver friendly for her.
2- It is polished and is a lot of work for here to keep looking nice.
So anyway, I bought this nice unpolished dual plane and am thinking of having it painted the car color with matching painted finned valve covers. But I am not sure how that will look. I might add that all of the engine bay panels are now polshed aluminum but they can be painted as well.
What do you guys think of the monochromatic engine look?
John
PS, here are the differences in manifoldsLast edited by 41willys; 11-07-2008 at 07:48 AM.
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11-07-2008 08:03 AM #2
Kind of depends on the rest of the car.... I think the painted engine would look good with the polished panels--but then I'm not the one who would have to keep the panels polished!!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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11-07-2008 08:08 AM #3
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
I think that is really the driving force behind our thinking too. It does get tiring having to worry about all that polished stuff every time you open the hood.
John
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11-07-2008 09:11 AM #4
just for kicks, does anybody have a paint program to color the manifold in HOK Kosmic Red (a darker blood red) so I can see what it might look like?
thanks,
John
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11-07-2008 03:20 PM #5
The first principle of engineering is "Form follows function". As long as the manifold functions the way it is supposed to for your needs, paint it red and forget it.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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11-07-2008 03:27 PM #6
Originally Posted by techinspector1
Tech,
engineering - smengineering
Dont' you know that "Image is everything" what happened to your artistic side?
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11-07-2008 03:34 PM #7
Originally Posted by 41willysLast edited by techinspector1; 11-07-2008 at 03:43 PM.
PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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11-07-2008 08:21 PM #8
I have considered painting my intake and the area between the fins on my valve covers the same color as my engine. Uncle Bob suggested that to me one time, and I sort of agree that it might tie in everything on the engine better than having the aluminum jumping out at you. But the other side of me says I paid extra for that aluminum intake, so why mess it up and make it look like any other cast iron one? Plus, maybe I have waited too long and the paint on the rest of the engine has dulled down a little from use, so maybe the intake wouldn't really match after all.
That, and I have gotten lazy in my old age and don't feel like doing anything but driving it, and maybe washing it once in a while.
Don
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11-08-2008 12:18 AM #9
Paint?
Usually no matter what paint you use on an engine in time it deteriates and on finned covers chemicals will make it flake and look ugly between the fins .Spend the xtra $$ and have them powdercoated.
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11-08-2008 12:41 AM #10
"That, and I have gotten lazy in my old age and don't feel like doing anything but driving it, and maybe washing it once in a while."
I haven't washed my old beater truck in over two years and have discovered that as much dust and dirt falls off of it as accumulates on it, so it balances out.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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11-08-2008 08:21 AM #11
Consider powder coating.
I've done three and still have two of them.
One stocker that got left behind in the move and two aluminum intakes.
Many miles down the road, they still look good and clean up easily.C9
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11-08-2008 09:03 AM #12
Originally Posted by C9x
I find myself getting less interested in bling than I used to. The Willys takes way to much time and it isn't always fun to drive knowing that all of the billet and chrome will need to be cleaned when I get back. I suppose I could just not clean it but then I should have not done it in the first place . 20 years ago I enjoyed all of the polishing but now my arthritus say to he77 with it!! I guess that is why we only made it to two shows this year.
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11-08-2008 09:08 AM #13
Bling can be cool.
Showin' off taillights - even cooler....C9
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11-08-2008 09:11 AM #14
Here's one:
The other:
Can't hardly see the intake anyway.
I like chrome and aluminum as an accent.
Too much is simply that . . . too much.C9
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11-08-2008 09:37 AM #15
intake
if it helps any i powder coated mine! it handles the heat well and oil and dirt just wipes away
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