long story short, i broke a lifter. since i've got the intake off. i thought i'd throw some detailing at it. my eddy performer intake looked horrible after a thermostat leak *faulty threads, helicoil fixed*. so i prepped it the best i could. then took a can of cast coat aluminum to it. ok, i thought it would look pretty sweet if i could highlight the letter on the intake. i did the performer part with some electrical tape and a razorblade to mask it off. turned out alright. i'll post a pic if somebody wants me to. i'm having some trouble outlining the "edelbrock" as it is quite curvy. i thought about masking tape, but i don't have any at the moment. i am thinking maybe it would stick better. another thought i had was to use some model paint and a brush. any one know of an easy/quick way to do this? i got till friday night to get this thing back together.

why not sand it a bit and polish it up

that would look sweet:metal:

just to clarify I am talking about just polishing the raised letters

Get a scroll or liner brush. Quickest way to do it.

thanks.

just getting a quality artist brush(figure minimum $5) use the paint you've used on the rest of the intake/ spray paint? just have a piece of scrap tin and use it like a pallet spray the paint on a spot and dip the brush// hope for a steady hand

blacktruck, I was wondering what kind of silver paint you used. I need to do something to protect mine but I don't want to get away from the aluminum look................................thanks

I forgot what I did with my tpi plate!!!

just polish the edelbrock symbol before you apply paint

smear a film of petroleum jelly over the polished area with a q-tip

paint the whole manifold

wipe the paint off the polished area

after some elbow grease. this is what i ended up with. turned out "ok" not a a show quality job, but then i wasn't really going for that. i think it gives it a more "vintage" look to it. i haven't taken any pics of everything after i got it all together. might do that tomorrow. hmm.. who knows.

this is before i put it on.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/bowtiegod/intake001.jpg


this is before the final assembly took place
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/bowtiegod/intake008.jpg

hopefully it works. thanks for all the advice guys. after taking some time and masking off the OUTSIDE of the "Edelbrock" and spraying that in red. i ended up using a plastic qtip rod because it is hollow. i used a kind of dripping the grey(aluminum) paint next to the oriface i wanted it to flow into. that would paint that as it went in. as far as excess, i wasn't too worried about that. we're only dealing with a drop or two here. thank my childhood playing with straws for that idea.

wolfthing. i used duplicolor cast coat aluminum paint. it's an engine enamel and it should stand up to a lot of heat. like $5 a can at wal-mart. looks good though. makes it look like a new intake if you prep it right. my aluminum intake is older than i am, i think. it was on my dad's 327 powered 78 longbed back in the late 80's early90's.

LOOKS GREAT!!! Ya convincing me!!!! Looks right and beats the cost of powder coating!!!!

wolfthing. powdercoating is uber. it will stand up for a LONG time. this was just my cheap way of making it look better. painting is painting to me. i can't stress enough the importance of prep work. you got to clean, sand, and anything else to get every little nook and cranny down to clean bare metal. then spray. use several coats with a 50/50 overlap. good luck. if you are set on powdercoating. summit has a DIY powdercoating kit. that's if you've got an extra oven around.

here's the finished product after about 300 miles. i took this today.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/bowtiegod/engine002.jpg

clean up your hoses with some lacquer thinner and some blackspray paint on the firewall and that sucker will be looking great.