Intake manifold
11-12-2006, 02:58 PM
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Oh yeah...if you use high temp engine paint...like header paint...it will cook on to hot areas and becomes very very tough...not sure if intake would get hot enough but cam box will, I painted one and I swear it was to be almost as hard as powder coating..it doesn't ship, scratch, dull
11-12-2006, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by C. Beau
Powder coating shouldn't be too expensive and it is bullet proof.
Because I was at the time living with a girlfriend I couldn't stand...I hi buffed my intake....it takesd a good long while to do a good job
The intake casting is pretty rough so it needs to be knowcked down / smoothed out / wet sanded a good bit before using real buffing compunds.
Aluminum is about as nice a metal to polish as any...and once it is dead smooth and polished nothing sticks to it and is easy to keep clean....keep cooler cleen...think paint and powerder coating will retain some heat but probably negligible
On buffing...must use a real hi-rpm buff wheel / machine, a polish wheel on a grinder won't do it...but if you have the machine and go thru all steps...knock down / sand, sissle / rope wheel greasless compunds first...to spiral sewn wheel and agressive bar compunds, to loose cotton wheel and finishing compounds last and it will shine like a mirror....any step skipped and it won't turn out
this place has everything you'd ever need...and powder coating equipment too...you can get cheap systems and cook in a house oven...also has an in depth PDF buff guide on the site somewhere
http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
Because I was at the time living with a girlfriend I couldn't stand...I hi buffed my intake....it takesd a good long while to do a good job
The intake casting is pretty rough so it needs to be knowcked down / smoothed out / wet sanded a good bit before using real buffing compunds.
Aluminum is about as nice a metal to polish as any...and once it is dead smooth and polished nothing sticks to it and is easy to keep clean....keep cooler cleen...think paint and powerder coating will retain some heat but probably negligible
On buffing...must use a real hi-rpm buff wheel / machine, a polish wheel on a grinder won't do it...but if you have the machine and go thru all steps...knock down / sand, sissle / rope wheel greasless compunds first...to spiral sewn wheel and agressive bar compunds, to loose cotton wheel and finishing compounds last and it will shine like a mirror....any step skipped and it won't turn out
this place has everything you'd ever need...and powder coating equipment too...you can get cheap systems and cook in a house oven...also has an in depth PDF buff guide on the site somewhere
http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
