installed polished intake manifold and phenolic spacers today (pictures inside)

[Nevin]

Well, I finally got around to ordering a set of Outlaw phenos for the SVX. I have a set on both of my other cars ('94 probe, '89 mx-6) and I absolutely love them, so I figured I may as well go for the trifecta!

So, I worked this morning and this afternoon I went to town on this thing. You've possibly seen my progress in polishing my intake manifold, so I'll forego any explanation there, and just give you all some pictures. Also, please forgive my qualuity of pictures. All I had on my was my cell phone, and I wanted to get some, so this is what I got.

Here's how it looked when I started.



Not BAD, but we can do better. Mwa ha haaa!!

Here's the IM torn off. Yippee!



Stuff kinda going back together here. Also, I was impressed with myself. I had the foresight to tape up the IM before putting it on. Worked very nice, and kept it clean. Just went over it again quick with the mini buffer when I was done, and it looked pretty good. You'll have to pardon the rest of my dingey enginebay though.



Getting closer...



And done! (but not cleaned yet)





Then I washed the car and took a few other pictures too. Hope you enjoy them as well.








So, that's what I did this afternoon. Wasn't really too hard, just time consuming, but worth it. Now you pop the hood and it's like there's a jewel inside. Also now I have another IM to polish, lol. ...IF someone is interested.

Thanks for stopping by, amigos.

[svxfiles]

Shiney, Pretty,

[Nevin]

Originally Posted by svxfiles

Shiney, Pretty,

You sir, are QUICK for an old man.




Less than a minute after I posted it!

[Blacky]

Very nice!

[SVXyGirl]

Originally Posted by Nevin

You sir, are QUICK for an old man.




Less than a minute after I posted it!

Young Tom would have probably posted sooner.


Very nice!

[sicksubie]

Manifold looks great...



P.S. I got the CD's.. I must say it was pretty impressive.. Thanks...

[svxfiles]

Originally Posted by SVXyGirl

Young Tom would have probably posted sooner.


Very nice!

STFU, FAT@$$

[Nevin]

Originally Posted by SVXyGirl

Young Tom would have probably posted sooner.


Very nice!

I'm sure he would have but I texted him a picture before I even posted it on here, lol. And thank you.

Bobby, glad you like it! Did you know that I wrote the songs? lol It's not me singing, but I am rockin' the guitar.

[Johnybeas]

well **** nevin, do I get the cd with the I.M. lol I'm still interested, I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing with my money right now and have been carefully planning a summer mod budget. I am trying to sell some things to make some extra cash but I'm goin home in the next few weeks so I can get started, I'd love for you to polish me one! that looks awesome on there!

[y2daniel1981]

ballin'! looks good

[teal one]

Beautiful work!! Really changes the looks of things!!

[Landshark]

very nice work! the grey on the plastic cover looks kinda weird next to that nice shiny intake, though - maybe paint it black?

when rest of engine is clean ....

[subbieatnz]

That looks Great

[subbieatnz]

Ive got a question.
Are the 4 lines on both sides of the manifold ( Before the manifold got polished and had them ground off ) are there for cooling of some sort? or Just for looks? or for another reason?
Thanks

[Nevin]

Subieantz, I think the lines are just there for aesthetics. I put phenolic spacers in anyway, so cooling (if it were for that) is taken care of anyway.
I'm also thinking of painting the silver on the H-6 cover the same as the silver on the intake. I think that would look sweet too.

Also, I put some Mothers' "back to black" on the plastic and it looks MUCH better now, and cleaned up the rest of the engine and it looks good.

Johnnybeas, sure you can have a CD, lol. And I'm doing my spare to have around, and hopefully I can just keep rotating between cores and finished ones. Whenever you want one, just let me know and I'm sure we can work it out.

And thanks for the compliments everyone else! It's nice when hard work pays off, and things turn out like you hoped!