Thread: Painting the intake or not

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I bought a new intake for shirleys mustang. The one she has now is a polished Parker Funnel Web. Two things wrong with it,

1.-It is way too much of an upper rpm flow manifold for her driving style. She is a crusier, 2500 rpm max driver, whereas I am a bruiser, hold it to floor for as long as I can, driver. She wants to have it more driver friendly for her.

2- It is polished and is a lot of work for here to keep looking nice.

So anyway, I bought this nice unpolished dual plane and am thinking of having it painted the car color with matching painted finned valve covers. But I am not sure how that will look. I might add that all of the engine bay panels are now polshed aluminum but they can be painted as well.

What do you guys think of the monochromatic engine look?
John

PS, here are the differences in manifolds

Kind of depends on the rest of the car.... I think the painted engine would look good with the polished panels--but then I'm not the one who would have to keep the panels polished!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Kind of depends on the rest of the car.... I think the painted engine would look good with the polished panels--but then I'm not the one who would have to keep the panels polished!!!!!!

Dave,
I think that is really the driving force behind our thinking too. It does get tiring having to worry about all that polished stuff every time you open the hood.
John

just for kicks, does anybody have a paint program to color the manifold in HOK Kosmic Red (a darker blood red) so I can see what it might look like?

thanks,
John

The first principle of engineering is "Form follows function". As long as the manifold functions the way it is supposed to for your needs, paint it red and forget it.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

The first principle of engineering is "Form follows function". As long as the manifold functions the way it is supposed to for your needs, paint it red and forget it.

Tech,
engineering - smengineering

Dont' you know that "Image is everything" what happened to your artistic side?

Looks good and easy to maintain!!!! Hmmmmm. seems to fit the age group around here quite nicely!!!!!!! Guess I'll be trying it too..... That's not really a concession to getting old now is it?????

we are not getting old!,just smarter,a foot note,i block off my heat crossover ports when installing the intake,..
if not the heat going thru may excede 250 degrees at the port and discolor the coating a little at the very edge of the manifold,not many of us use these anyway!

Originally Posted by DONNIE G

we are not getting old!,just smarter

Ok, I'll go with that!!!!!

Not only am I getting old and crusty but better

i use to use ppg dp 90 on the intakes and paint every thing black and had that military look .i have used the ppg dau 75 clear that work ok. i like the flat to low gloss look i use to go out of my way to get the stock low valve covers to fit with a hi lift cam and roller rockers and paint them flat black so when the hood was open it did not look like any thing