Aluminum Intake manifold cleaning

97stanger · Jul 27, 2014

This winter I'm going to be setting up a breather catch can on my setup due to getting some blow by. I'll be ripping the passenger valve cover off to have some bung work done for the AN fittings, and while I have this apart I need to get my Edelbrock Vic Jr manifold cleaned up. I have done some research on what guys recommend doing, but just looking to see if anybody on here has ever had their aluminum manifold cleaned up? Powder coated? Jet Hot? Sand blasted? Painted/cleared? I read mixed things on just about every option out there...

Thanks in advance

ttocs · Jul 27, 2014

polish it. your fingertips will hate you

joekd · Jul 27, 2014

I know it's not a mustang but on my Charger I sanded the top surface to smooth it then had it powder coated sparkle silver

Before and after

97stanger · Jul 27, 2014

joekd said:
I know it's not a mustang but on my Charger I sanded the top surface to smooth it then had it powder coated sparkle silver

Before and after

That looks great. Now how is powder coat supposed to hold up to heat?

joekd · Jul 27, 2014

Powdercoat holds up worlds better then paint, the actual PC process involves baking the part in an over at 350-400 degrees so yeah, an intake will be fine

I ended up going with the chrome fuel rails, didn't like the way the red looked once installed so I swapped them

Someday I will figure out how to get a pic that shows the sparkle in the sun but this gives you a good idea

ttocs · Jul 28, 2014

powder is also better for spills, it should be powdered already.

97stanger · Jul 28, 2014

joekd said:
Powdercoat holds up worlds better then paint, the actual PC process involves baking the part in an over at 350-400 degrees so yeah, an intake will be fine

I ended up going with the chrome fuel rails, didn't like the way the red looked once installed so I swapped them

Someday I will figure out how to get a pic that shows the sparkle in the sun but this gives you a good idea