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Best color to paint an LT1 intake manifold?
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powdercoated body color, and polished fins and fuel rails ![Grin](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_grin.gif)
so if you have a red car, a red manifold... blue car, blue manifold, etc
im thinking of doing mine in a sunset-reddish powdercoat with polished rails/fins
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so if you have a red car, a red manifold... blue car, blue manifold, etc
im thinking of doing mine in a sunset-reddish powdercoat with polished rails/fins
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You really don't want to come by our shop then...all our LT1's have ceramic coated intakes, well all but 1 (so about 5 of them) One of the guys also used to run Airborne Coatings, so it being free also was very nice
I definitely recommend ceramic though, polishes up nice and bright and helps with heat a good bit.
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i have a black intake with polished fins and fuel rails on my mystic z....looks badass, and wouldnt have any other way, unless i wanted to spend countless hours polishing it....
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I did a little reading and while solid info was hard to come by it apears likely that you may have busted me repeating a myth. That'll teach me to listen to those old timers.
I did find references to electronics companies using black heat sinks for better heat disapation, but the only tests I could find for automotive applications proved bare metal to be the best. It seems that paint or any other coating acts as an insulator and traps the heat.
Good catch!
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Typically ceramic coating will cost anywhere from 115-150 depending on the source. Anything higher then 150 then look elsewhere. I would recommend airborne coatings, the company has gone to **** but they do have a great ceramic formula so it looks terrific. Some ceramics look different then others since not all are mixed the same. Airborne typically has a great finish with a good bit of aluminum which shines it up
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