My intake was painted and im pretty sure it was factory paint (no one else could have ran the paint that much) but i see some restored cars with the intake unpainted? so which is correct?
Painted!
Yes, painted is correct. Royce posted several years ago that Ford painted the cast iron heads and allowed the overspray to cover part of the aluminum intake. I’ll let Royce address this.
But the fact is the 428 PI aluminum intake looks so good when cleaned properly that many restorers leave them unpainted. I know I will.
If you have the original as born with engine, then you know it was painted.
Painted is correct but my preference and mine was left aluminum
I have a really nice one of these (the intake) if anyone is interested. $650. 248 867-3522