painting S II UIM
07-25-2007, 08:40 PM
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painting * II UIM
can the plastic-ish upper intake manifolds for series II N/A engines be painted? and what kinda of paint? engine enamel?
i tried searching, and found one thread that nobody answered. any help?
i tried searching, and found one thread that nobody answered. any help?
07-25-2007, 10:03 PM
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Engine enamel would work just fine.
I'm not sure how much the paint will effect the ability of the UIM to dissipate heat though. It may not be a good thing to do if you're concerned with performance.
Painting the UIM is not as damaging to performance as painting a supercharger would be though.
I'm not sure how much the paint will effect the ability of the UIM to dissipate heat though. It may not be a good thing to do if you're concerned with performance.
Painting the UIM is not as damaging to performance as painting a supercharger would be though.
07-26-2007, 09:25 AM
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Agreed. I assumed he would be removing it.
Inspect the UIM when you remove it. If it has signs of the L36 UIM failure, get a new one and paint it. Make sure you do a lot of masking so no paint gets on the inside.
Inspect the UIM when you remove it. If it has signs of the L36 UIM failure, get a new one and paint it. Make sure you do a lot of masking so no paint gets on the inside.
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