63 327/340 intake question

[Edward J.]

Was the 63 winters intake manifold painted or natural. Thanks Ed

[Mike M.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

natural.mike

[Edward J.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

Thanks Mike

[Michael H.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

Was the 63 winters intake manifold painted or natural. Thanks Ed

That's a bit of a tricky question. The manifold wasn't painted by Winters foundry when it was made. After the Flint engine plant installed it on the engine, the manifold received a light coating of "dull aluminum" paint along both sides and around the thermostat housing. (including the thermostat housing)
The spray gun that was used wasn't a small touch up gun so a lot of overspray wound up on the inner sides of the valve covers and on the intake manifold, even though the target was the manifold/head gasket surface on the cyl head.

[Clark K.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

What I believe that the other guys are writing is that no factory installed aluminum Corvette intake manifold was ever painted "engine block orange".
-Clark

[Michael H.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

What I believe that the other guys are writing is that no factory installed aluminum Corvette intake manifold was ever painted "engine block orange".
-Clark

Yes, I may have missed that. I thought he was referring to the dull aluminum coating.

[Edward J.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

I should have specified. I was looking to find out if the intake was painted w/aluminun paint.

[John D.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

Edward, I had a 340 HP 63 that had a fake FI unit on it. But I had the original intake that went with the car when I sold it. The car only had 50K on it. I was surprised just how much silver paint was on the original intake. You see the engine did not appear to have been taken apart before I got it in 1978 or so. Car serial number was around 19,400 range.
Barry Holmes ended up with the red car (supposed to be saddle) and was quite pleased with it as I recall.
Now to wait for his response.

[Michael H.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

Edward, I had a 340 HP 63 that had a fake FI unit on it. .

I didn't know anyone made a fake FI unit.

[Stuart F.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

My original L-76 manifold never had any silver paint on it with the exception of the thermostat housing. I re-painted that in about 1976 to spruce it up. I also used an aluminum cleaner spray to remove the gas stains at that time. Although my car was in storage while I was in SEA, I don't believe anyone stripped the manifold or had the engine apart w/o my knowledge.

Stu Fox

[Tom H.]

Re: 63 327/340 intake question

I didn't know anyone made a fake FI unit.

Maybe he meant "Not original" ??