Y2K SS

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I'm sure people do, but who has painted their intake manifolds? I was thinking of ceramic painting mine. Will ceramic paint have any advantages as far as disepating heat? Will the paint hold??

thanks

quickWS6

I doubt you'll see any performance benefits. The manifold doesn't get very hot anyway.

I have sanded/painted mine, but only for cosmetic reasons.

blkZ28spt

Plastic intake manifolds don't tend to get heat soaked.

If you want to paint it a diff color for cosmetic reasons, go for it.

SOM98TA

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I dont imagine ceramic coating it would help...

if anything make heat disapation worse... but I highly doubt that as well..

REDWS6ROCKET

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don't paint your intake manifold. if you have to test fuel pressure or something gets spilled it eats all the paint in that area. if gm wanted a red intake on a red car that would have done it. just my $.02.

Scotty-Z

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If you want to paint it, go for it. If you need to work on the engine, it may get messed up, but it sure looks good.

1FASTBIRD

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I see you have a LT1 and I don't know if this matter's but if you ordwe the LT4 intake from summit or SLP it silver an red. Thought I would let you know if want some power gain's.

Y2K SS

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Been working on cars for awhile... dont recall spilling much gas on the intake area recently. Thanks for the heads up though. I was thinking of using that caliper paint. The heavy duty red one.

AaronR

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Use a urethane paint.That is whats used on car bodys these days,it will shine and be durable.Dont use a can.

stryker14

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uros are used on just about every car from the factory. Painting the intake would be no different than whats on your car. If something was going to eat away at the paint then it would do it to the rest of the car if you got in on there.

LSUxBlake

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And if GM wanted hockey stripes, a billet grille, and black wheels on Camaros, they'd have done that as well.

Paint your intake if you think it looks good, just dont cut any corners and do it right the first time, and you shouldn't have many problems in the future.

DONAIMIAN

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It looks good, but its not for me, I can se myself droping a wrench on it or something, good luck with it though and be sure to post pics.

Y2K SS

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THANKS GUYS! Looks like Im going to paint it. Just dont know what color to paint it. Cars black with red line covers and red STB. I think red intake will be a bit much. Ill post up on it.

cgworth

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if GM wanted that big *** hockey stick and black rims on your camaro they would have done it also. dont knock the guy for wanting to customize when youve done the same thing

blkZ28spt

Yeah, because all we want out of these cars is what GM wants.

Using that logic this site shouldn't even exist, 99.5% of what is discussed on this site isn't the way GM did it.