Got the intake blasted today. 
62 biscayne 409 project
- Thread starter JW51348
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Intake mounted.
Made some progress on the transmission tunnel repair. 
Sure looks better than this piece.
Sure looks better than this piece.
Hope this is the last patch.
No I used the glass bead cabinet at the shop.
Did you pay to use it????
No Don, it belongs to me as the compressor that runs it. 
Looks pretty clean. Will the final coat be Ermine White?
Stay safe! TomK
Stay safe! TomK
Yes going to be white.
Don't think so Phil, if you notice the firewall only had white paint on it. 
How did you make that???????
Every thing in the picture plus a bar clamp and a home made dolly that was built for some other project.
I clamped the sheet metal between these two brackets I had laying around, then used a hammer and this dolly to tap around the edges.
Greg Reimer
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That little 5/16" NC threaded hole below the rolled up green thing and just behind the last intake port(#7 cylinder) is the thru hole for the ignition coil mounting bracket. MAKE SURE it has a 5/16" bolt in it.If you leave that hole open, blow by will escape out the hole and you will have a very elusive oil leak that will show up after a hard run.It would idle for hours without leaking, but under pressure, oil from inside the lifter valley would be forced up through it and out onto the top of the intake.That can occur if you have a firewall mounted coil and don't put a bolt in the OEM ignition coil mounting holes on the top of the intake. Be real sure the intake has been rinsed off and sloshed around in clean solvent very well.Glass beads in the lifter valley are not the secret for rapid camshaft and lifter break in. Doesn't enhance ring seating either.