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Old 07-17-2008, 04:50 PM
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Old 07-17-2008, 06:16 PM
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Stang8689 - where did you get the polished/chrome plate on top of the radiator?
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Old 07-17-2008, 06:19 PM
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Stang, one more question...the polished tube from radiator to block, where did you get that?
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Old 07-17-2008, 08:14 PM
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ORIGINAL: blwn93gt

Here is mine so far. Im not gonna have a lot of thepolished stuff. just a couple things i think.

Very nice and clean.
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Old 07-17-2008, 11:25 PM
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me likey too and the 408 ...[8D]

any update blwn93gt?
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Old 07-17-2008, 11:32 PM
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Here is mine I just put in. Everything that appears to be chrome is powder coated. I bought a used Eastwood powder coat kit and kitchen oven for $50. Then I spent about $40 on paint. The headers are ceramic, but everthing else is powder coated which includes the water pump, timing cover, valve covers, serpentine brackets, and cobra intake.

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Old 07-17-2008, 11:39 PM
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Here is another trick that turned out good. Buy the Duplicolor transluscent paint(I used blue) and clean and paint your factory chrome fuel line. Here is a pic of mine.

Barry

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Old 07-18-2008, 05:13 AM
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this isnt in my car, but it is for an engine that's disassembled currently. the intake is for a 351 Cleveland 4v

this is a tricoat powder job basically a "kandy" with silver base transparent blue and clear

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Old 07-18-2008, 05:37 AM
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gt40 intakes are much better than stock ones and can be bought from junkyards off of cobra stangs, lightnings, and some explorer5.0's along with gt40 heads.
and a lot of people use trickflow because thay have good stuff and you can always find a deal on them in the classifieds.
also if you want to start polishing things ask almoststock for tips, as you can see he polished EVERYTHING! and if i had the patience i would too
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ive polished a few things.. but how do you do it? whats the secret? how do you have the patience for that? do you use a dremel? or just all hand sanding? this is driving me nuts
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