[Healeys] Intake manifold finishes

[Michael MacLean]

Bruce,     I have done my intake manifolds in Jet Hot coating.  They have a light silver that looks aluminum or actually any color you want.  It also keeps the heat from the engine bay out of the intake. Bonus.Jet-Hot High Performance Ceramic Coatings

  
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Mike MacLean
 

    On Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:27 PM, Bruce Steele <healeybruce at roadrunner.com> wrote:
 

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