Paint it, Clear it or Let It Rip?

340inabbody said
Great call and feedback. Looks like you’ve been down this dusty road a few times before! Looks like I can use a little “off the too”. Wish I had hair….

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Yep, on the 273 that I just built for my 65 Barracuda, I had to work the top of the intake runners over pretty good so the valve covers would fit right. My valve covers weren't even close to fitting because the block was decked to get it square, plus the heads were cut a good bit too because they were twisted like an airplane propeller.

One other tip I'll pass along is to use thread sealer on every one of your intake bolts so oil doesn't wick back up the bolts and puddle oil in the little valleys below the bolts.

I wish I could offer a good suggestion about coating the intake, but I don't have one. I bead blasted my Weiand intake for the 273 and bought really good aluminum paint that made it look really good. When we ran the motor on the dyno, we changed jets twice to see what worked best. Of course, gas dripped on the intake when we took the float bowls off to change jets. That made the great looking paint job wad up where the gas dripped! :BangHead: