Aluminum Intake finish

[Mr. T]

Darren,

Let me know what technique you used on your 472, to get the correct factory finish. I also have a nice 472 intake on my 69 Z that is really polished and needs to be dulled up a bit.

[musclcar]

try easy off "fume free" lemon scented oven cleaner.it works very well and gives the aluminum a nice factory finished look.i cleaned my edelbrock TR-1X tunnel ram with it and it looks great.the aluminum has a light dull gray finish to it after cleaning with oven cleaner. spray the intake with the oven cleaner getting it completely covered in the foam.let it sit now for a half hour then rinse with water and use a toothbrush in hard to reach areas.this process may need to be repeated twice but you'll be very happy with the results

[DarrenX33]

Worked on the intake today. Here is how it came out. I know it is hard to tell in the pictures but I will post anyway. This shot is half the intake blasted. The blasted half is the distributor end to center. The other side was really shiny.

[DarrenX33]

This is the finished product.

[RSSSL78]

Darren, what did you end up using to blast with?
John

[DarrenX33]

We did 70% media and 30% silica sand. It is really hard to tell in pictures how the finish looks. Whoever originally finished this intake made it way to bright. I wanted the natural aluminum look. Not sure if what I did is "Factory" correct but I am satisfied.

[Mr70]

Chuck S.
I saw this on Ebay,& was amazed at the finish of this NOS M22 case compared to yours.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4524616554

[Mr70]

She looks a Lil dull..try rubbing it with some scotchbrite & water.
Is that the Intake your Car was born with?
If so whats the date code,now that it's off?

Harvey Edlestien in Glen Ellyn is a Good Distributor restorer too.

[DarrenX33]

Wrong. Thanks anyway.