Ported and Polished ceramic coated upper installed.

[babbage]

Welp I'm done. Took my time about 2 hours. I recently bought a nice ceramic coated upper MM intake (thx Sean & Dave)-- It was in really great shape on the outside but the inside was dirty and rough, lots of casting marks & bungs plus it's a sand cast part so it has that rough finish all over it and lots of oil and carbon buildup. I got a round sanding head from my buddies machine shop put it in my drill chuck and went to work. The Aluminum is really soft and came off easily. My upper intake used to feel like sand paper but now is smooth as a baby's butt! Big difference. Idle is a lot smoother now. Probably helps too that I washed out 1/4 quart of oil and carbon out of it.

Heres some pics:



Ceramic coated upper
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 255&d=1282447689

Light port and polish of the inside - totally smooth.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 256&d=1282447689

Look at the difference between old and new. Tons of oil and carbon on the inside of stock upper intake. Got a nice oil Musclemerc catchcan (see catchcan thread) so my nice polished new one won't get dirty.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 257&d=1282447689



Used one whole can of throttle body cleaner to get the top of the lower looking this clean. Took and shoved paper towels into each port. Then blasted away. IT WAS NASTY - don't have a before pic...
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 258&d=128244768



All done. I think it looks great and the idle is like just after you seafoam or change your oil - nice and smooth.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 259&d=1282447689


Also shown is my 60mm Accufab Tbody. Perfect fit with the now smooth finished intake. Used a small amount of Ultra Black RTV for a gasket. Car is noticeably smoother. :beer:

[LANDY]

Looks nice man, I should do the same it would match my s/c piping.

[RacerX]

Piece by piece! Nice looking plenum! Darn sand castings. :D

[J-MAN]

Very nice!

[babbage]

Piece by piece! Nice looking plenum! Darn sand castings. :D

Thanks for the pointers Bill, you made it easy for me. Now If I just had that big chunk underneath.... ;)

[babbage]

Looks nice man, I should do the same it would match my s/c piping.


Very nice!


Thanks guys. At some point I'm going to get a lower and send it off to http://www.gethoned.com

[musclemerc]

Atta boy Babb's. Looking good, no more oil in that intake track from here on.

[ImpalaSlayer]

looks good man, now you have 2 parts off my car lol.

[justbob]

Thats sweet! I am so doing my upper and lower and timing chain cover before the turbo. Thanks for the visual!

[babbage]

looks good man, now you have 2 parts off my car lol.


hehe. Thanks Dave. PM me If you got any other great stuff for sale.. :D

[babbage]

Atta boy Babb's. Looking good, no more oil in that intake track from here on.


I took some pictures of my Catchcan - so I'll post those up tommorow. Thanks again for a great system. :bows:

[SlkMerc]

I took some pictures of my Catchcan - so I'll post those up tommorow. Thanks again for a great system. :bows:

Ive heard of this famous collector of oil but cannot seem to locate it via search. Well at least easily, I'd like to see the pics - Im interested in doing this as well.

[musclemerc]

Heres a pic:
http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy182/musclemerc/photoalbum075.jpg

[tallpaul]

Dang, I thought I was the only one who had polished their upper intake by themselves. I think mine took longer and on top of that our 33 gal. craftsman air compressor kicked the bucket so I wasn't able to get it done like I wanted it to be. Doing my valve covers was a pain to say the least. Yours looks nice.

[Blackened300a]

Dang, I thought I was the only one who had polished their upper intake by themselves. I think mine took longer and on top of that our 33 gal. craftsman air compressor kicked the bucket so I wasn't able to get it done like I wanted it to be. Yours looks nice.

Nope, there is also another. ;)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/Engine/DSCN1151.jpg

[babbage]

Nope, there is also another. ;)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/Engine/DSCN1151.jpg

Is that ceramic coated or powder coated? It looks fantastic.

I also really like your Reinhart CAI (or it's it Pauls) I do want one of these!
Trade you my KN& CAI with 2 filters for it? :D

[Blackened300a]

Is that ceramic coated or powder coated? It looks fantastic.

I also really like your Reinhart CAI (or it's it Pauls) I do want one of these!
Trade you my KN& CAI with 2 filters for it? :D

Its polished so it means I have to constantly keep on it or it will turn white.
My PHP CAI looks a little different with the custom engraved lid so I can't give it up. :D

[rayjay]

Nice job Eric! The PHP intake box alone costs more than the whole K&N setup.

[Dennis Reinhart]

Welp I'm done. Took my time about 2 hours. I recently bought a nice ceramic coated upper MM intake (thx Sean & Dave)-- It was in really great shape on the outside but the inside was dirty and rough, lots of casting marks & bungs plus it's a sand cast part so it has that rough finish all over it and lots of oil and carbon buildup. I got a round sanding head from my buddies machine shop put it in my drill chuck and went to work. The Aluminum is really soft and came off easily. My upper intake used to feel like sand paper but now is smooth as a baby's butt! Big difference. Idle is a lot smoother now. Probably helps too that I washed out 1/4 quart of oil and carbon out of it.

Heres some pics:



Ceramic coated upper
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 255&d=1282447689

Light port and polish of the inside - totally smooth.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 256&d=1282447689

Look at the difference between old and new. Tons of oil and carbon on the inside of stock upper intake. Got a nice oil Musclemerc catchcan (see catchcan thread) so my nice polished new one won't get dirty.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 257&d=1282447689



Used one whole can of throttle body cleaner to get the top of the lower looking this clean. Took and shoved paper towels into each port. Then blasted away. IT WAS NASTY - don't have a before pic...
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 258&d=128244768



All done. I think it looks great and the idle is like just after you seafoam or change your oil - nice and smooth.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22 259&d=1282447689


Also shown is my 60mm Accufab Tbody. Perfect fit with the now smooth finished intake. Used a small amount of Ultra Black RTV for a gasket. Car is noticeably smoother. :beer:
What would have been nice was to see before, and after dyno runs, but it does look nice.;)

[babbage]

What would have been nice was to see before, and after dyno runs, but it does look nice.;)

Thanks Dennis. If you were closer we could see. Not a lot of SCT dealers around me with a dyno.

At some point I do want to purchase your CAI kit.