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Dec 3, 2006 | 10:20 AM

99SeanWS6

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cleaning my intake

i have a ls6 intake that i bought from another forum. its kinda dirty as though its been sitting in a garage for quite some time. is there a safe way of cleaning it, inside and out, before installing it??

Dec 3, 2006 | 05:05 PM

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just spray it down with some simple green, let it soak, and then rinse off

Dec 3, 2006 | 05:08 PM

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SOAP AND WATER..SIMPLE GREEN....VINEGAR AND WATER...ETC..ETC..ETC....where have u been....

Dec 3, 2006 | 05:12 PM

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haha, vinegar....may i also suggest painting it a cool color before you install? It may be a bitch to mask off, but it will give a nicer custom look if done right.

Dec 3, 2006 | 08:14 PM

99SeanWS6

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thanks guys. yeah gimes, i was thinking of doing it pewter to match the car since i have two new side mirrors that i need to get painted

Dec 3, 2006 | 10:02 PM

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haha, vinegar....may i also suggest painting it a cool color before you install? It may be a bitch to mask off, but it will give a nicer custom look if done right.

Masking it off was the easy part. The bitch was all the sanding, especially down in the crevices. Quite a few hours in sanding but it's all worth it.

Dec 3, 2006 | 10:30 PM

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Simple green will work most of the time, but my LS6 had like baked on oil caked all over it and that **** would NOT come off and simple green just turned it all red. I more or less had to sand it all off, even a pressure washer wouldn't take care of it.

Good luck, painted intakes always look great if you put the time into prepping it right.

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Dec 3, 2006 | 11:26 PM

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I used carb and choke cleaner and then a high air pressure blower from our shop to spray out the gunk and cleaner. let it dry REAL good then put it on.

Dec 3, 2006 | 11:33 PM

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I've cleaned up some serious disasters with Gunk brand Foamy Engine Brite. My DD looked like someone took 10 gallons of mud/water dumped under the hood.

1 Pass with long bristled wheel brush + foamy, then 1 pass with simple green and clean brush, then thorough rinse/air dry = blang blang.

Here's what the stuff looks like....