This is hat happens when I get bored....painted intake
08-02-2008 | 12:21 PM
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Thanks for all the nice replies 
It'll be a few days before I get pics of the intake installed in the car. I'm still waiting on the heads/cam. Hoping to pick those pieces up on Monday and will then have a couple hours each evening to put it back together.
Will take pics once she's reassembled.
It'll be a few days before I get pics of the intake installed in the car. I'm still waiting on the heads/cam. Hoping to pick those pieces up on Monday and will then have a couple hours each evening to put it back together.
Will take pics once she's reassembled.
08-02-2008 | 07:36 PM
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Yep, rattle can. Used the engine enamel stuff from the local auto parts store.
Took about 90 minutes to get the intake/rails, etc off the car. About an hour on top of that to clean the residue from all the plastic. The longest portion was masking. I used an iron-on fabric star as a template. Drew the star outlines on painters tape and cut them out w/ an Exacto knife.
Painted the entire intake white. Let it dry (doesn't take long at all w/ engine paint ). Added the star masks and marked off the areas not to be painted blue w/ painters tape. Sprayed the blue. Removed the star masks, which leaves behind white stars from the initial coat of paint.
Finally masked off all the blue areas + where I wanted the white stripes and painted everything red. The red is around the fuel injector/rail because it's hard to cover those compound curve areas w/ white. Again, removed the masks.... and that's it.
Finished by spraying the whole intake w/ a coat of clear to even out the paint lines from masking the various color layers.
Total time (not including reinstalling the intake).....about 6 hours.
Painted the entire intake white. Let it dry (doesn't take long at all w/ engine paint
). Added the star masks and marked off the areas not to be painted blue w/ painters tape. Sprayed the blue. Removed the star masks, which leaves behind white stars from the initial coat of paint.Finally masked off all the blue areas + where I wanted the white stripes and painted everything red. The red is around the fuel injector/rail because it's hard to cover those compound curve areas w/ white. Again, removed the masks.... and that's it.
Finished by spraying the whole intake w/ a coat of clear to even out the paint lines from masking the various color layers.
Total time (not including reinstalling the intake).....about 6 hours.
