Smooth, Filled and Painted my FAST Intake

[ls1camino]

I hate the fuel rail indent on the FAST Intakes, so I decided that before I painted the intake, I would fill in the indent, and smooth it out so it would look like the other intake runners.

I also have the Holley 90mm TB, which does not have the bolt hole on top, so the FAST Intake has that big piece of plastic sticking up behind the TB...aka, fugly. I thought it would look better if I chopped that piece of plastic off and smooted it so it was even with the TB.

I also smoothed out the "WILSON" and "FAST" words and smoothed the runners.

Total labor time: 4 hours. Total wait time (Bondo and Paint drying time): 1 week.

Here are the pics of my work.

Starting point:




Smoothed out the company name/logo:


Adding Bondo to the Fuel Rail indent:


Cut off front of Intake and Bondo'd to make smooth with TB:


Test fitting the TB and EGR Plate:




Primered:


Two coats of Black Engine Enamel and Clear Engine Enamel:


Finished:




So...what do you guys think?

[stephen02ws6]

nice. looks way better than how it comes.

[ntimid8r7]

looks good! That is what we do to the OEM intakes before we powder them. It makes such a huge difference in the appearance.

[TransAm11973]

yea it looks damn good

[pajeff02]

Very nice work! I think I finally figured out why you call your car "Nymphadora"... you are always fuckin' with her and she apparently can't get enough!!!

[Tman]

Looks really good.

[JoshieDoom]

Fast intake is fast

[Hi-Po]

I think im the minority that actually likes the looks of a FAST intake the way it is. That does look good though, I dont think I will ever do that to mine though.

[RyanJM]

Looks good I was going to paint the fast if i ever get around to buying one. Going to wait till i get the heads and cam 1st. I wasn't going to bother taking the letters off but now that I see it done i like it. Curious about why you had so much bondo to fill the area with the lettering in? What was there that needed so much?

[JoshieDoom]

Looks good I was going to paint the fast if i ever get around to buying one. Going to wait till i get the heads and cam 1st. I wasn't going to bother taking the letters off but now that I see it done i like it. Curious about why you had so much bondo to fill the area with the lettering in? What was there that needed so much?

That was the indentation for the fuel rail.

[TempleU_WS6]

Looks good I was going to paint the fast if i ever get around to buying one. Going to wait till i get the heads and cam 1st. I wasn't going to bother taking the letters off but now that I see it done i like it. Curious about why you had so much bondo to fill the area with the lettering in? What was there that needed so much?

Nah, he bondo'd in the fuel rail intend as seen in the first picture.

Looks great Jeremy! Good work!

[Hi-Po]

So where is your fuel rail now resting?

[JoshieDoom]

So where is your fuel rail now resting?

He posted in an earlier thread about him having 3 setups I think. He has aftermarket rails


http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108139

[c5z28]

Dude nice work

[BADASS2000SS]

Beautiful....If I send you mine will you do the same?

[ls1camino]

Beautiful....If I send you mine will you do the same?

Haha...sure

[ls1camino]

Very nice work! I think I finally figured out why you call your car "Nymphadora"... you are always fuckin' with her and she apparently can't get enough!!!

Yeah...no shit

[LS2Tuner]

Looks good!

I would have done a Semi-Gloss due to it being easier to keep clean though.

[herculesrider1]

I hate the fuel rail indent on the FAST Intakes, so I decided that before I painted the intake, I would fill in the indent, and smooth it out so it would look like the other intake runners.

I also have the Holley 90mm TB, which does not have the bolt hole on top, so the FAST Intake has that big piece of plastic sticking up behind the TB...aka, fugly. I thought it would look better if I chopped that piece of plastic off and smooted it so it was even with the TB.

I also smoothed out the "WILSON" and "FAST" words and smoothed the runners.

Total labor time: 4 hours. Total wait time (Bondo and Paint drying time): 1 week.

Here are the pics of my work.

Starting point:




Smoothed out the company name/logo:


Adding Bondo to the Fuel Rail indent:


Cut off front of Intake and Bondo'd to make smooth with TB:


Test fitting the TB and EGR Plate:




Primered:


Two coats of Black Engine Enamel and Clear Engine Enamel:


Finished:




So...what do you guys think?

Is this a two piece intake? The top is gloss black, the bottom is pewter...

[SMWS6TA]

Yes they are 2 piece shell. I've also painted mine as well.