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98lincmk7lsc

98lincmk7lsc

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Just got this back from my friend...

I would have rather done it myself, but he offered, and already had all of the equipment to do it with. It's not perfect, but it looks REALLY good.

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I'm still not entirely sure what I'm gonna put in the center of it yet. I'm thinking about cutting out a piece of thin surgical (polished) stainless steel plate and putting a Cobrastar emblem on it.
 
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My Gen I intake goes for media blasting and clear powder coating to look like polished aluminum as much as possible. Intake tube is the same way, SVT polished aluminum valve covers, polished 32 valve DOHC plug covers, Ford 9mm racing wires, chrome power steering lid, more detailing and clean up to follow this spring!
 
Just got everything back from powdercoating today. I took it all to a local shop that we take everything from work to (Lots of stuff for the Navy). Whenever we have personal stuff to do, we take it at the same time as a work job, and he gives us pretty good deals. I took this stuff at the same time that I took some 400 pound steel doors and he only charged me $80 for all of it! :eek: Made my day. lol. Look at that emissions tray! It looks brand new. I couldn't be happier.

Valve covers, 2 crossover tubes (the extra one is already sold to KStromberg), and an alternator bracket, all done in wrinkle black.

crank pulley, water pump pulley, and evaporative emissions tray all done matte black.

Timing cover and alternator cover done in silver. I'm not entirely sure I'm going to use the alternator cover. It might look funny next to the polished cobra manifold.

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Valve covers turned out nice. like the matte black color. Nothing shiney, now when you get it all installed, want to see the pics of the engine bay.
 
I almost don't want to install that emissions tray. It looks so perfect, I don't want to mess it up. Lol.
 
Looking at the cross over pipe and valve covers, it almost looks like undercoat than powder coat, like really thick textured, but nice.
 
Nope, I've got the Powered By Ford COP covers.
I'll probably do something custom with those also, but not sure what yet.
 
I like the black and to keep that contrast I would fill the finned areas and the blank area where the cobra used to be with that same finish coat then your emblem over that. More work but I think it would finish it. =)

Brad
 
98lincmk7lsc said:
I'm planning on painting between the fins black. I'm still undecided about the blank area.
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Maybe Geno can do a nice heavy vynl decal with something embossed using the dimensions to fit in that void?? I dont know how that stuff holds up the heat. Look forward to seeing the finished result regardless.

Brad
 
i like these few Facts about you.
I like how you like Black
I like how you get your :q:q:q:q done right and have it powder coated
I like how you sold me your headers which would have looked really good on your car.

Sounds like my car, when are you pulling that k-member out and having it powder coated???
 
98lincmk7lsc said:
Nope, I've got the Powered By Ford COP covers.
I'll probably do something custom with those also, but not sure what yet.
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I'm also going to have my Cobra intake polished like yours, but it's not ready yet. Here's what I had done with my COP covers. I need to get better pics because it's hard to see, but the "Powered By" is in black and "Ford" is in blue. If I had it to do over again, I would go with flat or semi-gloss black in the recessed areas because the gloss black picks up all the irregularities in the casting and looks kind of sloppy. I may still respray the black areas flat. Another alternative I considered was painting the recessed areas with a dull metallic gray. The contrast with the mirror finish would look great I think. Just throwing some ideas out there.

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Parts look absolutly killer! Love it!

Just an FYI. On the crossover tube, you will need to shave that PC off where it goes into the heads. The fit is tight as is and to make the oring seal properly and fit into the head you will have to remove the thickness of the PC.
 
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