Aluminum Intake

[triggers68]

Hey guys, I am putting a EFI set up from and 89' Mustang 5.0. on my 302. I bead blasted the intake and got it looking like new and am now wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to seal it to keep it looking that way.

Thanks,

Trigger

 

[kholding]

Powder coat it clear. That is exactly what I did with my lower intake.

 

[triggers68]

Powder coat it clear. That is exactly what I did with my lower intake.

Thanks, I didnt know they could powdercoat clear, awsome.

 

[barronj]

So glad I got on the forum just now! I was just about to start a thread for this, since I'm about to switch as well! Powdercoat clear looks great!

 

[beaux312]

I primed mine 2 times and got it slick then painted it the color of my Bronc

 

[barronj]

Powder coat it clear. That is exactly what I did with my lower intake.

What media did you use to clean it up?

 

[Broncobowsher]

How did you get the media out of the upper intake after blasting?

 

[triggers68]

How did you get the media out of the upper intake after blasting?

I glass bead blasted my upper and lower in a cabinet then alumabrited and washed them.

 

[78Scronco]

Powder coat it clear. That is exactly what I did with my lower intake.

What coloris that upper?

 

[Broncobowsher]

Last upper intake I had blasted I could never get all the media out. Every time I bumped it a little more would come loose and fall out. Ended up selling the intake pretty much as scrap. Wash, soapy water, solvent, etc. Nothing would clean the grit out. Was not about to put that on a fresh motor. Are you really sure the upper intake is truely clean of ALL the media?

 

[gearida]

Why didn't you place masking tape over the intake holes? Keep it from getting inside the intake.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Why didn't you place masking tape over the intake holes? Keep it from getting inside the intake.

It was done for me, I wasn't the one doing it. Masking tape isn't much of a barrier either.

 

[beaux312]

I used a chemical stripper on the upper intake to strip it, no media in it at all

 

[triggers68]

Last upper intake I had blasted I could never get all the media out. Every time I bumped it a little more would come loose and fall out. Ended up selling the intake pretty much as scrap. Wash, soapy water, solvent, etc. Nothing would clean the grit out. Was not about to put that on a fresh motor. Are you really sure the upper intake is truely clean of ALL the media?

Now youve got me thinking, I need to bump mine a few times to make sure no dandruff falls out. Thanks for the thought. Also: I am putting this 89' 5.0 setup on a newly built 84' 302. Which intake gaskets are suggested, the ones for the 302 or the 5.0?

 

[Broncobowsher]

Order intake gaskets to match the year of the heads.

 

[triggers68]

Order intake gaskets to match the year of the heads.

Thanks alot everyone!!!