Painted my Vic Jr and added 396/350 stickers to the air cleaner. Just curious which look you all prefer.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h239/Chris_69_SS/DSC_0055.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h239/Chris_69_SS/Chevelle087.jpg

Both look great but I like the unpainted manifold a little better.

Like them both. Jb

Both look great but I like the unpainted manifold a little better.

:yes:
Difficult to hide the profile of a Victor intake by painting it.

I think it looks good painted. When comparing both, the painted look gives it a clean and less modified look.

i like unpainted better

Unpainted.

Unpainted, it still looks like a Victor Jr.

Both look good but I have to agree with the majority. Unpainted!!! Now add a set of aluminum heads (unpainted) and you'll be set.

Unpainted, I'm not a huge fan of chevy orange anyway.

Painted looks fine, although a little too much orange for the engine bay, bare aluminum helps break it up.

unpainted, look at mine

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/513000-513999/513229_349_full.jpg

Unpainted is my choice, but it's your car so what makes you happy is fine.

Unpainted, I'm not a huge fan of chevy orange anyway.
blasphemy !! ;)

Indeed, you are fooling nobody with it painted orange, but I like the orange. If you had orange valve covers, I would say aluminum (natural) intake. JMO.

To us old guys, aluminum intakes with a big Holley, or tri-power were synonymous with performance. When we bought our L78 car, the intake was painted orange. One of the previous owners thought that COPO cars came with the aluminum intake painted orange so he did this one the same way. There never was any real good reason to make street engine intakes out of aluminum other than image. Cast iron anything is a lot less hassle. I had an Edelbrock intake given to me with a stud broke off because the threads picked up and some other threads were stripped out. These are very common problems with aluminum. Aluminum parts break easily too. With a little experience and equipment they are easily repaired. Even with their faults, I still like the look of an aluminum intake. I guess old images never go away.

Given the fact it's a Victor Jr and you're not fooling anyone by painting it, I'd have left it bare. If it was a Performer RPM or something similar, I'd paint it.

In all honesty, I did not paint it to fool anyone as a Vic Jr obviously looks nothing like a Qjet intake (Nor does a performer rpm).
Just thought I would change it up a bit as I have been looking at a bare aluminum intake for 16 years now!

May change it back someday but for now it'll stay.

Thanks for all the feedback....looks like aluminum won!

Have fun,

Chris