Painted Intake!!

[beuchaw94gt]

So i grab this gt40 upper and lower a few weeks ago and decide to make look a bit better. I also did the elbow and throttle body, but forgot before pics. I think they all turned out pretty good.

Before

After

 

[Matt94GT]

looks much better, now we need pics with it on!

 

[duff daddy]

nice.

btw how do ou like those callaway irons?

 

[duh09]

nice.

btw how do ou like those callaway irons?

Im not gonna ask how long you looked at those pics to notice that.


Nice work, lets see em installed.

 

[Win]

nice.

btw how do ou like those callaway irons?

Im not gonna ask how long you looked at those pics to notice that.


Nice work, lets see em installed.

Dude those are Big Bertha Callaway irons. I used to be around them all the time when i worked in a Golf Store. I have Snake Eyes myself I used to work for Golfsmith

OP looks good man now get it on

 

[beuchaw94gt]

I plan on putting it in pretty soon, just waiting to get my cam so i can do a H/I/C swap. And i love the irons. The best thing about them was there were free!!! My cousin got them for me, he's my swing coach he got me from a 33 handicap to a 18 in a year. Can't wait lol for both the swap and golf!!! I can get to the course faster lol.

 

[Blind]

just a suggestion, take some sand paper or a wire wheel and carefully sand back the stripes and letters leaving a silver/polished finish, then spray some clear over everything

my 4v motor rubs the **** out of my stock gt hood but you get the idea

how it looks on the letters on my `89's motor-

(I got the intake used and the powder coat was peeling, that's why it looks a little lumpy, I'd love to sand blast it just haven't bought a sand blaster yet)

 

[beuchaw94gt]

I will do that on the elbow and maybe the top of the throttle. I was trying to look for a good looking plate for the upper anyone know where some are sold. Maybe something different than the explorer on.

 

[Blind]

a stock 5.0 foxbody plate fits and would look pretty good IMO

 

[beuchaw94gt]

Pics?

 

[joekd]

Very nice work, I did the same thing back when I had my fox 5.0, I also took a OEM top plate and reversed the colors (5.0 HO in silver and plate in black) to finish the look

 

[ttocs]

will it effect anything that you didn't mask off the area between the two intakes? I know you can sand it off but I would think it could cause a problem with the heat on the gasket?

I painted mine silver almost 2 yrs ago and I am suprised it has not started to come off yet. A little bit of sanding on that powder is all you need to smooth it out before paint.

 

[Paul]

No prep? Just rattle can blast?


Hmmm...

 

[beuchaw94gt]

No i gave them some good cleaning then used some sand paper and a wire brush in the hard to reach areas. Then i cleaned them again just to get the dust and stuff off. Come on paul i maybe a noobie but i know better than that lol, i just didn't take any pics of the prep. I just wich i could have PC them. You do some killer work man seriously!

 

[beuchaw94gt]

ok so i did the lettering today what you guys think?

 

[Win]

Looks good man. i would also say do the BBK And Edelbrock also

 

[sn95gtvert]

very nice, looks like the same thing i did. but i masked the shiz outa mine.

i was paranoid about the paint causing problems with the throttle body spring and tps so i masked everything i could.

 

[beuchaw94gt]

Yeah but i wish i had ur upper! i think they look alot better imo.

 

[sn95gtvert]

they might look a little better, but i think with that explorer upper if you sand the fins and make them look like your lettering it will pop! i know it would look killer. plus you get to have that trickflow elbow showing off in there like a baller.

i need to re polish my cobra logo but im lazy and dont let people see under my hood.

 

[BOS-94-003]

At first i was just kinda O.K. but cleaning the raised areas made a 100% improvement.