This is for my Belvedere. Just got the intake back from being powder coated. The carb has a few miles on it. I was trying to sell it, but the guy can't come up with the cash, so since it will probably be a year or more before the car is actualy needing it, I think I'm going to break it down, and powder coat it to match the intake...

Opinions?

Oh, yeah, I need to get rid of that blue/red fuel filter. I ordered the wrong one. Meant to get the polished one...

 

purrrr-day

 

were is the flue injectors???? Just Kidding 750 or 850 CFM ?

 

650, it's going on a 318... It will be getting a cam and headers (plus this intake), but pretty much stock otherwise. Once she's back on the road I'll start building a roller block 318... Yes, I plan on keeping it a 318 for the long haul... It's a convertible, and 318's are so underestimated, and rarely seen...

 

The powdercoating is a nice touch. The carb will look killer coated to match.

 

for a 318 a 650 is the perfect size...I'm not much in the know abought MOPARS but big CFM carbs on small engines don't work out, and in the day a 318 was considderd a small engine, a 5.4 is 330 cubic inch's...big by today's standard's.

 

Make sure to clean powder coated engine parts thoroughly before installing!!!
There was a Gen1 Lightning owner on nloc.net that lost a brand new engine due to that!




ps: Don't sell things on the forums.

 

Sorry, wasn't trying to make a sale. Just figured someone might comment on it...

BTW, how did they lose an engine? What exactly happened? I can't see how powder coating could cause a problem...

 

That is pretty funny. To say I have a 5.2L sounds like I've got a rather large engine, when as you said in it's day it was the little guy...

 

Back in the day a 318 would be my mopar engine of choice. Strong, darn near bullet proof, Short stroke, high rpm, decent horsepower stock for a base line through out the RPM range and plenty of torque stock. If it's good from start it can easily be made great! The 318 is the answer to Chevrolets 327 and Fords 302. In the late 80's or early 90's they brought back the 318 in the form of a Magnum. They put that in the Dakota's, OMG they would run "for a stock 4x4 truck anyway".

 

Apparently he had a bunch of stuff powder coated, and didn't clean out the blasting media that was used to clean it before coating.
the media went thru the motor & scratched up the heads & cylinder walls.
Trashed his motor something fierce.

 

Oh, I see... So, it wasn't necessarily from the powder coating...

Well, I usually do all my own blasting/prepping, and hopefully soon will be doing my own powder coating...

I gotta build a bigger blast cabinet though. Right now I can just barely fit an intake in it and still work with it...

Since we're on the subject, anyone here ever do any powder coating on their own? I'm planning on getting the kit from Eastwood. I had this intake professionally done, and "might" do the same with the carb. I didn't really want to play guinea pig with the intake. Most of the parts I'll be powder coating are suspension and such, not easily seen, so if I screw something up I could still use it...

But with the Eastwood kit all you need is an oven that will reach 400F that you don't use for cooking. I've got an old toaster oven that I'm thinking about using to do the carb, and some small brackets until I can get a full size oven...

 

Looks good.


If you start pawdercoating good-and get bigger ovens/cabinets----I need my front bumper powdercoated black

 

I once powder coated an entire Dodge Power Wagon for a guy. I'm talking Hood, fenders, cab , bed, bumpers, and several hundred other misc. parts.. Everything minus the frame and only because we didn't know if the conveyer would support the frame or not. He sent it off to be done. Took us 3 months to sneak them all through the production and staying couple hours late after work on the nights to do the big stuff. "Like the cab and bed". That thing was practicaly bullet proof when he got through building it. Other than normal wear and tear it'll last another 30 years as a daily driver if he does not take care of it. That's if he takes it through the brush, never washes it again, etc, etc! If he does take care of it then it might last 50+ years who knows.