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Old 04-20-2008, 10:39 PM
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I need some help deciding what color to powder coat basically everything under the hood. The intake elbow, TB, upper intake, blower, catch can, valve covers and maybe the alternator. I will do the intake later, don't feel like pulling it off right now plus you can't really see it. I've got a small car show to attend in two weeks and I gotta get busy. I'm gonna start sand blasting stuff tomorrow. I was thinking black then have all the hoses stainless but I'm not sure if everything black will look good. Then I thought about a deep dark blue, not sure, need some help and some pics of others powder coating under the hood would be nice. Look at my sig pic if that helps.
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o_0 a Blower on an LT1... interesting. How much does that TB-intake flow? Looks a wee cramped lol

What color is the car?
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The car is white, I don't think red would look good on this car although that's my fav color.

What do you mean cramped? I have whole 1/2" left under the cowl.
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ok well THIN not cramped I guess haha

Hmm White... Is the block painted?
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Nothing is painted at the moment.
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get it coated with that new "chrome" powder they use on Michael Waltrip Racing wheels.
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get it coated with that new "chrome" powder they use on Michael Waltrip Racing wheels.
I was gonna go with chrome but I've seen some pics of that stuff and it doesn't look very chrome, more of a dull polished aluminum look. I think I've decided on black, I believe the stainless hoses and lines will look good against the black. I'll post pics when I get it done.
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Black!!!!
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Ugh I hate chrome. White is so hard to match with



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