Yesterday I experimented more with the powdercoat chrome on a nearly new Airgap intake I have. It's my best by far and looks really close to being chrome. The only blem was when the gun spit powder (while adjusting gun pressure) on the carb mounting surface and formed a couple 'drips', which I trimmed off with a razor blade.
I pre-heated the intake to about 200-deg, then sprayed the 1st coat in Eastwood's 2-stage chrome (2nd stage is a clear coat). Let it melt in the oven and bake at high temp (392) to cure. 2nd coat is Eastwood's single stage chrome baked at 385-deg (part temp) for 15 minutes.
It turned out really nice and almost looks like an Edelbrock Endurashine intake now.
I also powdercoated a new thermostat housing to match it, as seen in the pics.
This is a 7531 Airgap for 1970-91 V8's.
Asking $280
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