Port&Paint Intake Manifold

[SirDigby]

hello. I have done some extensive porting on the intake manifold. I cut out the o ring valley and added JB weld as a filler in holes. I also filled o ring gap and added JB weld to the OUTSIDE where there is a sharp corner on the inside. then I went through like 100 sheets of sandpaper.
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then I taped it up.
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then a few coats of paint, some tape, and some more paint.
then just a little clear coat...
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it turned out pretty ok...

[LTHatch]

Nicely done! I assume you have a 1zz throttle body to take advantage of your work or are planning on getting one? Even with the stock TB i bet she growls something fierce now!

[ezhacker1]

ooh glossy. Love it. Hope it can stay that way in the bay

[tmontague]

Nicely done!

[MedMantle]

Looking good man! I've always wanted to do this but time is of the essence :(

[SirDigby]

Looking good man! I've always wanted to do this but time is of the essence :(

I got it out of a pull-and-pay. I think like $22
I spent about 2 weeks slowly sanding and feeling...
it was a labor of love...

[SirDigby]

ooh glossy. Love it. Hope it can stay that way in the bay

I hope so. I applied 3 coats of clear to help...

[SirDigby]

Nicely done! I assume you have a 1zz throttle body to take advantage of your work or are planning on getting one? Even with the stock TB i bet she growls something fierce now!

I got one from LKQ for $30. I spent some time polishing it to.
2000 grit!

I plan to do the "chip swap" but i'm not sure what's going on in there. the posts make it seem extra easy.

I also just learned about the JDM RS maf sensor and RS vvt-i spool, AND RS coil packs so i'm trying to source them suckers!

[tmontague]

Did you seriously manually sand the manifold?! Dude, I dremmel'd it and it still took 4 hrs to completely finish. I feel back for your hands...

[SirDigby]

well no. I did do a rough cut to get it close, but maybe like.....3 or 4 hours by hand. I still want to sand it more. I had to put it in a bag and put it away out of sight so I would stop messing with it and do something else...

[fnkngrv]

I am pretty sure I still have my stock intake mani. Looks like a lot of work you have done. I would have given you mine just to not throw it away.

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[tmontague]

For anyone interested in this mod but doesn't want to do it themselves, keep an eye out for the classifieds next week. I may or may not have gotten a MI intake mani and i'll be selling my self ported manifold.

It does make a big difference in throttle response and high end power, especially if you have the 1zz tb

[SirDigby]

how much did you pay? (MI intake) I only see them for like $750-$850 and there is no way I could justify paying that much for it...

[tmontague]

Stay tuned next week and i'll be posting my review of it wiith all my other mods and i'll mention how I got one under my budget (hint: another YW member knew a person selling one in a price range that fit my budget)