Tim, I had the same PC finish done to my Euro intakes for my 82. They turned out exceptionally well and I paid under $100.00 to have them done.

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Vic at Applied just did my whole chassie (http://www.928trackcars.com/anderson/index-f.htm)and it turned out great. Make sure that if you have anyone do your intake (espicially 87-95)you make sure all the blast media is cleaned out before it is installed. I know of one very unhappy person that lost his engine becuase of all the trapped material that was not cleaned out.

 

Good point Mark, I have gone through mine with a wire brush, bottle brush and compressed air.

 

Good Advice Mark,
Before I put my parts back on the car, I took them to a carwash and used the high pressure hose to blast water through all the tubes. Then I used compressed air to again blow them out and even stuffed rags through them. Can't clean those parts enough before re-assembly.
My fuel rails were done too but I had Vic seal off every opening prior to blasting them. I still gave the rails a big going over with compressed air before putting them back on.

 

Tim B,

"By the what color interior do you have ?"

Tan with dark brown. The car will be repainted deep red or forest green in a couple of months.

Greg

 

Better late than never...just got my intakes and covers back from the coaters:

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It will be completed with blue silicon vaccum hoses which match the air intake couplers....and lots of elbow grease on all the other parts. Let the re-assembly begin!

 

Hey Rich,
The parts look awesome! You and Brian are doing some really nice work. Can't wait to see you build it back up-------lucky shark....

Bernie

 

Rich, those look pro! Looking forward to seeing them on the car.

As for the silicone tubes, where did you get them? Turbonetics? I have the old spider intakes and would like to use something other than the black tubes.

Also, what are you using for clamping? I heard/seen there are some clamps that can be gotten from an aircraft parts supply store that look fabulous.

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Stainless T-bolt clamps can be had at quite a few auto-supply houses. The trouble, from my poit of view, is that they are quite wide, and cover a lot of the tube color. They are twice as wide as the originals.

I'm going to use them on the 3" "T" tube in the center but I'm looking for some narrower ones for the other 8 connectors. I don't want the gold color of the originals, so I'm looking for a source of the narrower ones in Stainless.

Any ideas?

 

Another issue with the wideness of the T-bolt clamp is that because it is wider than the material it is clamping to, it will actually try to purge itself off the part. You need to keep the width of the clamp close to the same size as the area on the tube or you will find your runners pushing themselves away from the tubes and popping off.
I also used t-bolts on the main tube but just regular old wormgear clamps on the small ones. 2 bucks for 2 at Autozone or similiar. Stainless and still sittin' pretty.

BTW - The silicone tubing stands up much better to the wormgear clamps. The original Porsche boots deform immediately when compressed by wormgears.