Howdy all,

I have the project of painting the F intake I will soon receive.

Any of you has already done this job? What kind of paint to use? anything special to prepare the intake?

Those who have a painted intake, could you post pics?

Thanks guys. ;)

man this sux!

I saw this headline and was hopping to see some newly painted intake:(

man this sux!

I saw this headline and was hopping to see some newly painted intake:(

Soon! coming soon :D

Here is Kimagine 's intake:

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/garageimage.php?do=full&p=260&d=1136618478

I'm actually thinking of painted my F intake as well. I have to do it after I cut it though :/.

wash it with a good degreaser first the wipe down throughly with acetone. Use a engine paint like dupli color or vht. Not plasti kote. Use a high temp primer first then a color.

Krylon makes a "dull aluminum" that looks like real aluminum and I highly recommend it. I think Dupli-color offers a "cast aluminum" that is almost as good. Neat thing about it is if you scuff it up or it just gets dirty just spray on some more.

I'd consider getting it ceramic coated, that will also help with heat too and last a very long time.
Don

i took my grinder to mine. its polished and reemed out and looks practically like chrome. I'll post a pic tomorrow once light is availible :)

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Thats some cool go fast:eek:

dieselpro is that yours? damn i though mine looked good! that one owns!

I think that one belongs to Canadian Rigger.

that nearly burns my eyes

Clean, Prime, Paint. It's pretty easy.

I took off my upper intake, and compressor housing for the turbo, and painted em both (suprise suprise) black. I used a high temp paint "Armor Coat" that my gf's father got for me, He works for Tremco (Makers of Tremclad, Canadian made rust paint) So I have 6 cans of that, and 6 cans of grey primer. (For those who remember the mock up stacks I made, those are painted with it too) The heat shield I painted long ago, I used duplicolor hi heat low gloss black (Same with the wheels too) But the Armor Coat matches pretty well to it. (The heat shield is DIRTY so the colours don't match in this pic, but clean, you can't tell.)

I thought I had a better pic of my engine bay with the intake painted, but I don't, so I'll go take one tomorrow, but for now you'll have to settle for a pic of my intake showing the compressor housing, and a tiny bit of the upper intake inlet. (Sorry bout the dirty bay :p:)

I used mineral spirits to clean up the intake, but mine wasn't all that messy to begin with.

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=75672&d=1226715844

i wouldnt use mineral spirits. It is oil based. It will leave a residue. Use acetone it will make sure all the oil is off the manifold before painting.

This is an engine paint from Autozone (valve covers). I thought I had a pic of my exhaust manifolds - I have them ceramic coated. However, I picked the color for the valve covers because it almost matched the manifolds. The ceramic coating is a little bit shinier.

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/garageimage.php?do=full&p=65351&d=1210681659

thats a good idea i didnt think of doing that cause i gotta do the head gaskets so i might as well paint it all up while its out

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Good lord how many horsepower is that thing. I figure at least 20 to 40 horse for every piece that is painted are polished. By ricer rules that has to be at least 4 are 500 horsepower truck. :D:ro)

Good lord how many horsepower is that thing. I figure at least 20 to 40 horse for every piece that is painted are polished. By ricer rules that has to be at least 4 are 500 horsepower truck. :D:ro)


Heh. At least. :D

Good lord how many horsepower is that thing. I figure at least 20 to 40 horse for every piece that is painted are polished. By ricer rules that has to be at least 4 are 500 horsepower truck. :D:ro)

WOW! can you say over kill, oh and Dirtfarmer, on diesels, shiny stuff adds torque, so it's got to be cranking at least 1000 ftlbs.

shiny stuff adds torque, so it's got to be cranking at least 1000 ftlbs.



):h that a good one. i hope dirty stuff doesn't take away torque. i'd be in trouble. :eek: i'm planning on polishing the heck out of my upper intake. right now its just somewhat clean, but the aluminum is still rough in texture. hopefully by the time i'm done it'll shine like chrome. i pln on doing the same to the compressor housing on the turbo. lower intake will most likely be painted with high heat 1200*F black.

i did one a couple years back with duplicolor metalcast blue. Looked like those anodized fittings you see on drag cars etc.

i did one a couple years back with duplicolor metalcast blue. Looked like those anodized fittings you see on drag cars etc.
did you put a primer before? and does this duplicolor last?

Why not just powdercoat?

no didnt prime it at all, just cleaned and painted. i just saw my truck the other day, looks almost the same as the day i painted it 3 years ago.

Thanks! I will paint it metallic bright blue, with VHT caliper paint :D

So, I received the used F intake I bought at fleabay.

Here is what I did

Lower part, "as is" before clean up : 76592

upper part "as is" : 76594 after dewebing :76595

cut to the right length (6" less) : 76591 and cleaned, ready to paint : 76593

All parts have been cleaned using alloy wheel cleaner, brush and sweat ---

no primer.

first coat : unfortunately, due to security restrictions, I haven't been able to buy VHT or Duplicolor spay cans of bright blue, so I had to took this RS blue caliper paint from Europe..

76596 76597 76600

Second coat : 76601

Final product : 76598 76599 76602


Next, on the engine :D

Nice job! Even looked really good after you cleaned it up before you painted it.

I guess it would be crass to ask why Ford Blue instead of Chevy Orange - So I won't ask ;)

Nice job! Even looked really good after you cleaned it up before you painted it.

I guess it would be crass to ask why Ford Blue instead of Chevy Orange - So I won't ask ;)

ROFL I would have like the bright blue from Duplicolor, as I wanted it blue (cold) This blue is the only one I found.
I didn't realized it was close to Ford Blue. Argh!

ROFL I would have like the bright blue from Duplicolor, as I wanted it blue (cold) This blue is the only one I found.
I didn't realized it was close to Ford Blue. Argh!

Time to repaint lol :rolleyes:

but looks good!

I'm looking to painting mine gold or green :P

After several hours drying under the sun, the blue turn darkier.
That's Chevy blue now isn't it ? :D

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Wow i really like that. But you sure werent kidding about needing protective eye gear :D:D

I just found a use for my new powder coating gun. Now i just have to find a color that i like. Will post some pictures when i get it done.

Hey Gents,
I can't find anything on af F intake,
what is the deal/benifit ?

thanks fellas

On a F intake, there's no EGR, so no gas recirculation pit inside. That way, the air flow goes really better and the engine breathes a lot better : no restriction to air flow.
Watch to pics I post previously : the inside of intake is empty---

thanks alot,
so besides ebay, where could you find one?
or could you just mod your own?
what happens to the egr?

V/R

On the S (half-ton) intakes, there is still a small divider where the egr was, the F inatke is just one big whole.

I love to bump old threads.. NOT :P

But I finally started on my intake and got a couple coats on it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/mkimous/Truck/0214091925a.jpg

I think its turning out pretty good :)

Won't be on truck for another couple months though lol

Let me guess. Green?

Let me guess. Green?
omg! how did you guess!!!!!

according to the can, its "Racing Green" lmao

omg! how did you guess!!!!!

according to the can, its "Racing Green" lmao

How ricer of you :D

Just kidding I like bringing the theme of a vehicle into the interior and engine bay.

Now we need pics of it on the truck :p:

It'll be on there in a couple months :P maybe later i'll get better pictures

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Im willing to bet this guy has arctic cats in the shed....



anyhow arnt you supposed to paint them black?? it sheds more heat painted black i thought.....saw it on horsepower tv i think......they also said thats why most motors are painted black from the factory.

omg! how did you guess!!!!!

according to the can, its "Racing Green" lmao

Racing Green!!!!!!!!!! That must be good for another 5 ft-lbs. Where are the NOS stickers going?

Now I have a couple better pictures :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/mkimous/Truck/truckfeb001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/mkimous/Truck/truckfeb002.jpg

Now it just needs to be in truck lol

Whoa! Nice job!

Mine, after I changed my mind and paint it from blue to gold... see post #26
80677 80678 80679 80680

and inside 80681

lol, That gold looks a whole lot better then that blue hehe :)

no one with the black paint info??

Second coat : 76601Final product : 76598 76599[/ATTACH[ATTACH]76602Next, on the engine :Dlooks good. i am gonna clean up the flashing before i put on a coat of black using gloss made for painting plastics. not sure off hand the brand..

no one with the black paint info??
not sure about that being under the hood. it makes sense if it was in direct sun but not covered up.
googled it and there are more questions about it than answers.

Hmm makes me start thinking what color i should do mine....i'm thinking all red under the hood....i've got a red theme in the cab so...

Hmm makes me start thinking what color i should do mine....i'm thinking all red under the hood....i've got a red theme in the cab so...

Chevy Orange!

It's the Heavy Chevy after all.... Might as well... I have a can too don't I?