Intake resto
 

Need my 163 intake restored back to original metal finish some one does it I think in AZ? Did my canted torker and it came out great

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Jerry MacNeish does them. Maybe Guy Amato on this Site also.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jerry MacNeish does them. </div></div>

Jerry has likely done 10 intakes for me... great product!

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Do you have his contact info?

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http://z28camaro.com/wp/

Contact page

http://z28camaro.com/wp/contact-info/

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Thanks Dan

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Kool car in your pic's
Mike

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If you don't mind a little work Clean the intake; then glass bead and steel wool it. Once your done admiring the job well done put that cash towards something else...
Mark

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I glass bead mine and then ever so lightly hit them with grey Scotchbite and to me they look almost as good as NOS. I also polish all my machined surfaces.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I glass bead mine and then ever so lightly hit them with grey Scotchbite and to me they look almost as good as NOS. I also polish all my machined surfaces. </div></div>

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I do close to what Rick does. Fine glass, reduced pressure. But I use 0000 steel wool and WD40, then a hot bath in soap and water. No complaints so far. Maybe next one I will try gray scotch bright Rick, thanks [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] I don't like overpaying for some services out there [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Mike

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Another tip before media blasting your intake (or any other aluminum components)...make DAMN sure it's 100% clean of any organic contaminants before blasting.

Media blasting a part with any remaining schmutz left on it will actually embed said schmutz into the pores of the metal, and no amount of blasting will make it look right. (When the light hits it right you'll see &quot;shadows&quot; in the surface)

For the most part I use a home brewed (read: &quot;proprietary&quot;) cleaning process, but any variety of mag wheel cleaners and even good old-fashioned Pine-Sol works great on cleaning aluminum.

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How's this for NOS ?
This is my original 472 Natural Skin just chemically and manually cleaned.
I've never seen a bead or walnut blasted Intake that looked anything like an Assembly line or NOS manifold. Reskinning is a common practice.....but why not clean one before ruining the natural skin ?
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