Jays Intake

[427Fastback]

Got the intake (s) back today from being ceramic coated.I had two rubber made containers full of fabricated aluminum parts,both intakes (upper and lower) and my Holman moody valve covers all ceramic coated.Everything will have the same finish,will be well protected and very easy to clean...

This is intake 007.I also have 008 which is still in a box unopened....

I will get the FPA headers done once I am positive I have dealt with the clutch linkage interference..If I don't make a stainless exhaust I will get the pipes done as well.

[cammerfe]

Woooo Hoooo!!!

KS

[Katz427]

Very nice! Jay really did a nice job on these and the coating adds to that finished look.

[cjshaker]

That looks really good. Did you have the intake smoothed first, like you'd do if it was going to be polished? I wonder if it will affect sealing effectiveness with oil?

[machoneman]

Wow, very very nice! Will be impressive when you pop the hood!

[427Fastback]

The intake was coated as cast..I probably should have sanded the valve covers first.I have never done this before and lesson learned..

I will be taking a flat stone to the gasket surfaces.

[fekbmax]

Actually I think it looks pretty cool being coated as cast. Kinda new/old school look. I'd for sure take a medium then Fine zip wheel or something to the gasket services though. You could set your intake on and scribe it out and only clean what you need to so you keep the coating look on all of the visible parts of the adapter.

[Qikbbstang]

One of the toughest "bonds" you will find is glass to glass with silicone in a fishtank. JMHO you are not thinking it through if you believe need to rough-up the surfaces to get a grip with any adhesive/sealant/epoxy. Think about those clear bonding agent that holds metal to glass for car rear view mirror... LOL better grind/scuff them up!...NOT

 I'd for sure take a medium then Fine zip wheel or something to the gasket services though

[fastback 427]

X2 on scuffing the sealing surface. I had my bottom plate on my dove intake jet jotted years ago, leaked until I scuffed it pretty good. Looks great btw.

[427Fastback]

BB...everytime I read one of your posts I just shake my fricken head and wonder what the hell is in the air that you breath....JMO

[jayb]

The intake looks great, Cory.  I actually had that done to one of my early castings, prior to machining.  The coating is fairly machinable so I figured I would just machine it and have that same look that Edelbrock gets with their Endura-shine finish.  Problem was, I didn't like the way the coating looked over some of the cast surfaces, especially down in the corners of the casting.  So I never proceeded with it.  Your intake looks way better than the one I had coated, different process maybe...

[cjshaker]

Not just your opinion, Cory.

Now that I get a look at it on my computer instead of my phone, it looks even better. Being easy to clean and maintain over time is a HUGE advantage. Good call on scuffing it with a stone or something similar, but it probably won't be easy. That stuff is tuff to scuff (try saying that after a few beers ). I've had to do that with valve covers and timing covers after being coated, otherwise they'd seep pretty bad.

[gdaddy01]

couldn't read it one time without messing up . funny , and not even drinking beers