i got something nice cooking

[TheKrazyRaven]

the intake is gonna be white and the runners blue like that, the pic is really light and the blue is damn near close to ford blue

 

[TrueBlue]

Smells good from here. Can't wait to see it assembled!

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

Smells good from here. Can't wait to see it assembled!

i got the intake comming next week (because i need my car every day)
so maybe 2 weeks from now it'll be done

 

[PROPHET]

Should look nice, with the rest of your blue theme.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

Should look nice, with the rest of your blue theme.

the wire loom is long gone, what why i decided to paint em, the bay was lacking

 

[K-Dawg]

Are they going to be as "satin-y" as they look in the picture. I kinda like that.

 

[SHO92]

Satin... I'd almost call it flat. I can't decide if I like that or not. I think I'd prefer highgloss. I wish my intake was glossier then it is. I might look into having it PC'd in black chrome next year.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

Satin... I'd almost call it flat. I can't decide if I like that or not. I think I'd prefer highgloss. I wish my intake was glossier then it is. I might look into having it PC'd in black chrome next year.

i just shot on 2 coats of high temp clear

 

[40BelowSummer]

How long and what temp did you bake them?

 

[PROPHET]

Ive read that clear is not good to do as it will fade with time.

 

[40BelowSummer]

Ive read that clear is not good to do as it will fade with time.

i hear this is only on white, but wont know til i try it

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

How long and what temp did you bake them?

on the 1200 degree one it says on 300 for 2 hours, on the clear which is only 500 it dont say to cook it

 

[40BelowSummer]

wow 2 hours, i did mine for like 15 minutes

 

[PROPHET]

How much longer before we see the final asembly?

Can't wait.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

How much longer before we see the final asembly?

Can't wait.

well lets see

i got an intake comming next week, then i'm gonna take my time painting that because its gonna be the most visible thing

so 2-3 weeks from now TOPS


plus the Democtatic Nation Convention is gonna be thrown in there and i gotta work that whole week, we got 20+ planes comming in and the State Police are gonna be operating out of there along with some Cobra Attack Helicopters, its gonna be a mess

i wanna have this all done for Fun Ford weekend in Aug, so soon it'll be all together

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

i just took a pic of the valve covers finished but the damn cam died while uploading, i'll post it tomorrow


BTW Tony, how did you paint the intake?

 

[PROPHET]

Had the intake apart, and painted every thing individually, primer then a bunch of coats, and used the oven as you did.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

Had the intake apart, and painted every thing individually, primer then a bunch of coats, and used the oven as you did.

but did you like hang it up? or let a part dry then got the bottom?

 

[TrueBlue]

we got 20+ planes comming in and the State Police are gonna be operating out of there along with some Cobra Attack Helicopters, its gonna be a mess

National Guard, I imagine - right? I'm guessing all the frontline units are busy, uh, somewhere. Only branch still using Cobras for frontline is the Marines.

/hijack

 

[PROPHET]

but did you like hang it up? or let a part dry then got the bottom?

I held them on hand while i painted them, yes your hand will get paint but you can twist and turn to get everything on every coat.

You can balance the plenums on their sides and have them rest on a part that will hardly be visible when installed.

As for the the runners stand them up on the ports again if you have to lean them on something find a spot that will be the least noticed.

I let mine dry for a while before baking on the oven, this way whatever surface was touching anything it was already pretty dry.

And baked for a while.