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milling letters off of an intake manifold #2747857 02/29/20 08:41 PM 02/29/20 08:41 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,487 STL cdstl OP pro stock
cdstl OP pro stock Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,487 STL	The object is to mill the Edelbrock and other letters off of an RPM airgap and paint it. Have you used a bridge port or dremel or both and then blasted it? What works? I'd like to hear how this has come out for some of you. 1972 Cuda 340 4 speed, 2001 Ram CTD 4x4 6 speed, 1970 Duster 408 4 speed, 1996 Ram 5.9 2x4 auto, 1965 Coronet 500

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: cdstl] #2747863 02/29/20 09:02 PM 02/29/20 09:02 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 171 Las Vegas, NV C chargerbr549 member
chargerbr549 member C Joined: May 2008 Posts: 171 Las Vegas, NV	The way I do it is to grind the letters off with a carbide burr, then hit it with a sand roller so its flush with the rest of the intake and then blast the manifold with steel shot.

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: cdstl] #2747869 02/29/20 09:13 PM 02/29/20 09:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,752 A collage of whims topside Too Many Posts
topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,752 A collage of whims	I just take a die grinder or an angle grinder, knock down the lettering, then use a scaler to duplicate the casting texture. Then I prime & paint & enjoy my sneakiness !

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: topside] #2747901 02/29/20 11:01 PM 02/29/20 11:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,122 Auburn WA Dave_J master
Dave_J master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,122 Auburn WA	Dremel off and needle scaler to resurface. Paint. A buddy went as far as grinding an Eldy 440 Alumimn clean and used JB Weld to make a pad and then carved the iron 440 manifolds part number on it. Painted, at a fast glance it looked legit. Retired, US ARMY 1973-1994 ASE mechanic, Electrical 1994-1997 Retired GTE/VERIZON/FRONTIER 1997-2015 Posting cheap tech help (CRAP) here since Nov 97, 1000's of posts, some may be good. 03 Suzuki Burgman 650(Burger King) Scooter 65 Formula S Cuda 78 Little Red Express Truck 98 Buick Regal (wifes car)

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: chargerbr549] #2747975 03/01/20 11:04 AM 03/01/20 11:04 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,355 north of coder moparx "Butt Crack Bob"
moparx "Butt Crack Bob" Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,355 north of coder	Originally Posted by chargerbr549 The way I do it is to grind the letters off with a carbide burr, then hit it with a sand roller so its flush with the rest of the intake and then blast the manifold with steel shot. same here.

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: cdstl] #2748030 03/01/20 03:00 PM 03/01/20 03:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,307 BC, Canada Black_Bee pro stock
Black_Bee pro stock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,307 BC, Canada	I used an angle grinder to remove the logos off of an old CH4B, and then used a hammer and punch to duplicate the raw cast surface. Its basically what the needle gun does, but 1000X slower. Its a small area so it really doesn't take long. Here is my old post asking the same thing: https://board.moparts.org/ubbthread...market-intake-look-stock.html#Post286140 Paul '69 Super Bee 383 EFI Turbo

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: Black_Bee] #2748035 03/01/20 03:22 PM 03/01/20 03:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,948 British Columbia C chrisf master
chrisf master C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,948 British Columbia	carefully grind smooth and then media blast so the surface looks like the rest of the intake, easy as pie

Re: milling letters off of an intake manifold [Re: chrisf] #2748050 03/01/20 04:15 PM 03/01/20 04:15 PM
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68Cbarge master Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,535 Canuckville	Angle grinder and then smoothed it out...I left the "383" on there..LOL '68 Newport Custom Barge on a Budget!! BOAB 1973 Satellite WAGON! 318- 3 on the tree!! 2008 Chrysler 300c HEMI!

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