My mate just re painted my inlet manifold
my engine bay

Pauls bay

 

how much work was it to paint your inlet manifold as mine needs painting but i dont want to get to involved if its to much work?

 

its not that bad just more time then anything, I got a spare one off a 95 classic thats getting painted at the mo if you want to buy one

 

Looks well that fella, here,s mine done by API......

 

nice and easy to get it offguy's just take your time with the fuel railes etc etc . ps is your strut brace sitting right mate ?

 

thinking of getting mine done makes engine bay look smart

 

yes matey its a jap tunning place called Fet sports and thats the only way they fit.

about 50 mins to remove and the same to refit im getting my spare one painted this week to put up for sale if anyones after one repainted

 

API did mine

 

they do look miles better

 

I prefer the look of the API one. Looks nmore like the original. Top job by both though

 

Did mine in the summer. Went fot the wrinkle red. Was off for the parallel fuel rail mod and inlet insulators, so made sence! Failry easy to do.

 

who is api how can i get hold of them

 

Give david a call, number is on here mate API Engines

 

David is the owner, and is very very good at all things engine!

 

Just the one of the biggest tuners in the UK! 01926614522

 

I did respray mine, and it was quite easy, also looked good, but i managed to get a crack in it!, through my stupidity, so in the end i got one refurbed from API for about 100 quid delivered.

 

Cost me £8!

 

When i sprayed mine initially, i think it costed about £17 quid for paint, etch primer included.

 

Looks nice, API powder coats the manifold right?

Maybe I should get mine painted too

 

No,they use vht wrinkle paint, same as mine.

 

im give a go might aswell, where do you get the wrinkle paint from?

 

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Fifth one down, red and black available.

 

Rikky,

I told you about API the other-night..


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Is there much difference between classic and newage inlets? There's plenty of classic ones on ebay for £30, and the only thing I can think of is the tumblers on newage WRXs. I'd rather get a spare and get it right without taking the car off the road.

 

obviously there are gaskits that you would be disterbing when removing the inlet right? are these all reusable or is it new gaskits all round?

 

Newage inlets are very different to classic ones, including the whole engine bay setup and sensors etc, also there are a few different types of classic inlets, phase 1, 1.5 and 2, just depends on the MY of your car/engine.

 

I removed everything from the inlet when painting mine, the idle control valve and throttle body both have gaskets, but they were fine to re-use. I had spares on standby.
I fitted inlet insulators, so needed extra gaskets, and replaced the existing ones. I guess it's luck if they get damaged or not.

 

New gaskets all round is a good idea, its about 7 quid for each inlet/head gasket (classic), 5/6 quid for the TB to inlet, 11 quid for the idle valve to inlet.

 

I also fitted insulators, and bought 4 new gaskets to be sure.