wigenOut-S30 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Well, I took my non EGR manifold and cut all the boss's off , filled the holes and smoothed it all out.. Here are the before and after pics.. Before.. here are a couple of after pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 looks nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Wicked!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted July 16, 2007 Administrators Share Posted July 16, 2007 Nice and clean. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayAreaZT Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Nice and clean. Good job. What kind of paint did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Nice and clean. Good job. What kind of paint did you use? I used a nice primer, then used low gloss high temp engine paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tech9 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'm interested to see how long that will last on the car. What about powdercoating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardBlack Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I'm interested to see how long that will last on the car. What about powdercoating? As it's engine paint it should last as long (longer) than an engine paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 I'm interested to see how long that will last on the car. What about powdercoating? What I had on there before was powdercoated. It was flaking off underneith.. Some of the high temp powdercoat might do better though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Z Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Looks great! What did you use to fill in the holes? Also, what did you sand or file it down to get your finish? Thanks. Your car is an inspiration to get mine done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Looks great! What did you use to fill in the holes? Also, what did you sand or file it down to get your finish? Thanks. Your car is an inspiration to get mine done!!! I used JB weld actually. Since the holes didnt go all the way through anyways. I thought about getting them welded but thought.. it really wasnt needed. I used my grinder and sanding wheels.. worked great.. then I finnished it off by using my mouse sander and finally hand sanded it. Doing this isnt the easiest thing but not the hardest either. It just takes time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted July 20, 2007 Administrators Share Posted July 20, 2007 Same here. JB weld works spectacular in that application. All of the N-42 intakes I have built that were getting painted, I tapped all the big holes for pipe plugs, used brass pipe plugs from Home Desperate, then filled all the little holes and divots in with JB weld. Used it like body filler. On mine, I’ve used AeroVoe Cast iron Gray paint as in the pictures, and also Hammerite Gray. I then drilled and tapped all my vacuum ports in the bottom of the plenum near the rear. My first N-42 intake built with that process still looked like new some 7 years later. The few that we have done to be ceramic coated, all holes were plugged with aluminum bits and welded and all divots were welded. Then lots of time smoothing the manifold much smoother than in these pics as the CermaKrome will show EVERY imperfection. Do NOT use JB weld o rany other non metal filler if you plan to ceramic coat. Here are pics of one of the last N-42 to leave our shop. HybridZ member GearHeadstik is currently running it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260zturbo Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 gabe u dont wanna go cable operated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Nice looking their gabe. Can't wait untill pics on the car. If you haven't done so yet I would take off the turbo and port the exhaust housing to match the turbo gasket. Should help with spool a couple hundred rpms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Nice looking their gabe. Can't wait untill pics on the car. If you haven't done so yet I would take off the turbo and port the exhaust housing to match the turbo gasket. Should help with spool a couple hundred rpms. Heh way ahead of ya there.. Already ported it and started on the exhaust manifold. .. Naa I am going to keep the stock throttle linkage for now.. Maybe later on I will go with the cable.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Looks awesome, I think it came out way smoother than mine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardBlack Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Nice looking their gabe. Can't wait untill pics on the car. If you haven't done so yet I would take off the turbo and port the exhaust housing to match the turbo gasket. Should help with spool a couple hundred rpms. I would port match the turbine housing to the exhaust manifold; not the gasket. The gaskets are usually large and you'd end up with a very uneven taper in cross sectional area. It's the same as porting intake manifolds to heads and not the gasket, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Thats looks great! If you make me one, I'll make a video of it, put it on you tube, tell everyone you made it, and how awesome you and your work is, then you will become famous. I'll even let you sighn it with a silver marker when its done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Thats looks great! If you make me one, I'll make a video of it, put it on you tube, tell everyone you made it, and how awesome you and your work is, then you will become famous. I'll even let you sighn it with a silver marker when its done!!! LOL sure thing phil, but one thing.. since Im well known and famous I demand top doller.. that and cause I need money Seriously I am working on another one actually. It began life as a EGR webless manifold and I am converting it to NON egr.. so far it is looking awesome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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