I am using a truck intake on my swap. I have an extra I was thinking about smoothing out. I used the search but only found pics of one. If anyone has done this I would appreciate some pics.

 

Looking forward to seeing these too.

 

me three. Gains?

 

I've seen a few on this forum.. but Can't recall which project they were.. hopefully they will chim in with some pictures..

BC

 

I need to get some pictures of mine online, hopefully in the next week or two, but it turned out really well I think. I basically ground EVERYTHING off the top, and then layed a couple of layers of fiberglass on top to cover up all the holes. Each of those protrusions on the older truck intake will be a 1" x 1.5" oval hole if you grind them out smooth. Probably 5 hours total of work, not counting all the curing time for the fiberglass and paint, but worth every minute for how much better it looks.

 

I believe the gains are in the looks of the manifold as they are talking about smoothing the outside.

 

Like this...




Here is a thread from the S10 Site I'm on..
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f213/t...pretty-460483/

 

They look really good once cleaned up, plan on doing it to mine

 

on my nova

 

got one on my elcamino. it is in my buildtread.
cant post pic now am on mobile phone

 

Yhis is what I'm after. How about the purge solenoid hole? What are guys using to block the hole?

 

1st time I've ever seen this done on a truck intake, looks alot better in my opinion

 

not mine, but looks good


and another

 

^^First time I've seen that one..that looks bad ***.

 

Wow that silver one is nice!

 

looks like they cut out and patched all the bungs or what ever they are and smoothed it. That looks awesome, I'm gonna have to look into a plastic welder.

 

Sweet intake work, might have to do one of the extra ones i have since they barely sell or you cant give them away

 

I also painted mine.
The sanding is a bit boring since the plastic tends to clog your sandpaper.
Bwefore sanding though I used a "hobby saw" (for the lack of a better name) and then used the carbide bits ion my high speed grinder to create a sort of smooth finish.
Then the final sanding... I did not take it to where I wanted since I got tired of it, then some adhesion promoter, filler primer, metallic silver, and a coat of clear.
It really attracts attention on my C-10.

 

I started smoothing my extra intake. It should turn out nice.

 

Looks good keep the pics coming.