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Old 01-16-2008, 12:04 AM
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has anyone seen any aftermarket intake manifold covers or anything like that? I've never seen any, the thought just crossed my mind. I have seen custom painted stock ones before, but never anything aftermarket or custom
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have you checked out the valve covers from abear motorsports? They are a sponsor here and have some cool stuff. I like the valve covers that also cover the coil packs.
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about the only thing you can do is smooth and paint the stock pieces. the abear motorsports coil covers/valve covers are very nice too.

if you wanted to you can swap to a car-style intake manifold for some different looks, then you can add corvette fuel rail covers.

the radix supercharger replaces the intake manifold and looks VERY nice IMO
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anyone wanna let me borrow their radix?
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^^^yea mee tooo
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I just bought a set of SS Silverado engine covers, and went to the spray booth and painted em' Sebring Silver. Then I did some custom pinstriping on them with some red and gray. And I also made a stencil of "325 C.I." and "Vortec High Output" and sprayed them on the side covers in red and gray, then cleared all of them and Viola!!!! Nice custome painted engine dress up!
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Originally Posted by Torque_Wrench
I just bought a set of SS Silverado engine covers, and went to the spray booth and painted em' Sebring Silver. Then I did some custom pinstriping on them with some red and gray. And I also made a stencil of "325 C.I." and "Vortec High Output" and sprayed them on the side covers in red and gray, then cleared all of them and Viola!!!! Nice custome painted engine dress up!
post some pics.....sounds like they look sweet!
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Will do....
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search (engine bay) and u'll find a thread with a lot of nice pics with different ideas on how to dress it up.

edit: better yet here u go...
https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ght=engine+bay
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bad picture, just primed and painted pieces, i will smooth them and repaint one day...
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