[GRX]

Originally Posted by Steve C.

Nice to have opinions..... personaly I wouldn't run a factory intake just because its soooooooooooooo damn ugly !

Have your stock intake baked, shot peened, & hot tanked. Then clean up the rough spots & casting flash. Lastly coat with hi-temp silver paint & bake it in. Did that with some hi-temp AlumiBlast on my stock '67 intake. Looks great!

[Steve C.]

Or port match & blend the runners on a Edelbrock Performer intake as necessary to meet the needs of the heads. And for the weight savings advantage, and in my opinion for the looks of a aluminum intake on a motor.
To keep its good looks, try using a satin-finish clear, not high gloss paint. Try Aervoe clear engine enamel, it looks trick. Or other non-gloss, clear options.

But I can understand those that for numbers matching stuff or trying to keep the engine compartmet looking stock then of coarse you have no choice, the ugly heavy factory piece.

Or you could paint the alumimum intake blue