I Restored My 5.0 Intake Plaque. It Was SO EASY!!!
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- How to restore you fox body mustang 5.0 HO intake plaque with basic tools you have at home. This is a step by step DIY tutorial.
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Great results!, enough to dig mine out of its time capsule.
So the door sticker date on the GT is April of 87......hmm just passed its birthday.... and the plaque date is 87 in the circle. Also with the E7 part number. Also I'm original owner. The plaque has over 200k kms and no pitting.
Thanks for keeping us motivated....enjoying the videos and the history lessons that creep in them.
Enjoy the ride
Thanks buddy!!! Very interesting. I have heard similar stories from others that match yours as well
I did this with a gold inlay. Looks amazing with the polished finish. Thanks for sharing with the community!
Very cool! You bet!!
Just like how I did it. One tip though, find some wood screws, I used some brass ones that I had gotten with a few hinges and screw down the plates to a small piece of plywood. This will not mess up the black as the factory screws will be in here when installed.
Now you do not need to hold the plate while you sand it. It will also allow you to get that long grain effect like the original. Oh yeah just use a coarser paper now that you knocked off the black, I can not remember what my final paper that I used but it was probably somewhere around 180 or coarser. Go easy at this point it will not take much to get that grain effect.
That explorer turned out awesome. Those low spots may have be caused by the sandblasting.
Right on - thanks for the tip sir!
I have to do the exact same thing on mine, lot of clean up work to do with paint and such.
They look good Gary! Mine says PAXTON SUPERCHARGERS on my intake plate. And, I also run the smog pump delete idler pulley unit that you like and Chris talks about. The reason is the alternator sits way down low and needs something to bolt up to because the charger sits where the alternator was. That and you can for sure still run the factory size length serpentine belt. Second belt for the charger.
I listen to all the podcasts and have to listen to the newest one yet. I liked the last one because I used to be a FORD technician when the ESCORT GT was a thing along with all the SVT vehicles including the SVT CONTOUR. I think those cars are the reason my daily now is a FORD PERFORMANCE FOCUS ST. I still have my 1990 GT with the PAXTON, the ST, a 2013 Mustang GT even though I am a Toyota Master Tech now. My dad is 73 and still works for Ford at the dealership where I was here in NOVA SCOTIA. He has a 2008 BULLITT. My brother has a 99 GT and a 88 5.0L LX hatch. My sister has a 2001 BULLITT and a 1987 GT. All blue blood family I would say. Cheers!
Thx buddy! That’s an awesome intake plaque you have. And Wow - what a family of cars. Your Dad sure raised you guys right 😉😂. I actually sold a 1970 GMC C1500 that I re did to a fella in Nova Scotia back in 2020. He and his Dad flew out west to buy it and the two of them drove it all the way back! He was kind enough to send me pictures of the truck at all the “welcome to _____” signs every time they crossed into a new province. I actually have a video of the truck on my channel. It sure would be funny if you ever saw it around!
Any chance we’re going to see you guys at motor city fox fest? Thanks so much for all of your support too my friend!!!
Love your content and your commitment to the community. PLEASE wear safety glasses when working with a wire wheel. I had a very close call working with one of these a few years back.
Thank you sir! LOL I know, I got caught up in the filming....
The 5.0 plates have a "grain" pattern to them. When I restored mine I used a dry green pad after drying for several days. By using steel brush and sand paper you sanded down the grain. Looks good otherwise but others should take note about not using sand paper if you want the OEM grain appearance.
Just use a rougher grain sandpaper, sand in one direction and grain is back
Wow that's a game changer!!! My 5.0 plaque in my 94 is a bit different and appears completely metal, no paint on it, not sure if these came like that from factory but I'm gonna give that plaque resto a shot!! Thanks Gary 🔥👌
Right on! Keep me posted on the results 👍
@KASL Customs Yes will do!!
This is the one simple thing I need to make my engine bay pop. Thank you
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My 1993 Feature car, build date 05/93, shows 93. The 5.0 V8 , Explorer or Mountaineer 99. The lower intake has no EGR hole drilled. The early 96 Explorer Says EXPLORER V8 has 95 on the back, I got that one after the later one because I want all the EGR holes drilled to run emissions. I final sanded the 5.0 V8 with 1000 to get somewhat of a shine.
Nice work! I wouldn't go without a sandblasting cabinet, it really speeds up the process. All the little details sure add up!
Yessir 100%
Nice job... I used the same methods except I screwed them down onto plywood which made it easier plus I could make all the sanding marks go the same direction.
Thanks bud. I like it!
It looks like the plates also have the month stamped into them. Look at the dimpels around the year. My mustang was built mid April of 1989 and has a Jan 89 plate.
This is the icing on the cake buddy! I always do this with my foxes it's so freaking satisfying 😌
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I just put my 89 covert away for the winter..I few weeks early but I had too ..going in for surgery next weekend (KFC) Your door sounds just like mine does "now" when you closed it. I had a problem with the "tightness' of the door after it was shut. I put those plastic tubes on the striker bolt, the drivers side took 3 minutes..the passenger side... OMG !!!! ...took 3 hours.... that captured nut inside the rear compartment that the striker bolt screws into fell in the cavity. OMG I tried everything just to line up just to get a few threads started on the bolt.I had to pull the panel off, to do that I had to remove the rear seat and seat back ...well you know.... I was able to tape that bolt/plate to a telescoping magnet and extend it out just enough to get the bolt started.. if you feel like the your doors are closed but not snug..I'd advise using them but cut them so you just slip the over the striker bolt...
Good luck on the surgery 👍
@@KASLCustoms thnak you...
Excellent job Gary looks awesome!
Thx pal!
Nice Job, redoing my 89 plate, yes the date on the back says 88. Manufactured on 10/28/88.
Thanks bud! Very interesting...
Just took the 5.0 Intake plaque of my 91 GT hatchback and it is stamped with a 90...so it seems that you're on to something here!
Very interesting
Very nice work, looks better than factory with the smoother finish. Excellent!
Thanks buddy! Yeah I think so too
Man those things look amazing! Good Job!
Thank you!
Great video- thanks for taking the time to create great content
Thanks very much!
Just watched this last night. Pulled mine off my 92 notch and its stamped with a 91.
Hahahaha same here bud!
I did it back in the day by lightly seasoning Vaseline on the high parts and spray painting it. The paint would not stick to the Vaseline and wiped right off.
Very interesting method. Were the paint lines nice and sharp?
@@KASLCustoms Yes, absolutely perfect. Just a reasonaly light smear of vaseline on the high spots worked well.
My 91' began life in April of 90. I imagine that they often start building newer model inventory early, so I would expect to see a lot of 90 date codes from left over from the previous year.
Yep.😊 Showing up to a car cruise with a nasty plaque is a goon move. My stripes were blue and yellow.
hahahahaha yessir
Great job Gary, the plaques came out amazing! So I heard you had a pretty good arm pump? I told you to take it easy with that blue pill🤣🤣 Have a great day!! 👊🦊🏁
LOL!!!! Thanks buddy 🤫😉👊
Wow! I say those came out great! Love all your videos, I am going to try this with my 88 LX 5.0 Vert 👍🏼🏁
Thanks buddy!
Great video. I love your content. I’m in the process of refreshing mine (using your steps). I was just curious though. You mentioned that the plaques seem to carry a date code from the previous year. My car is a 90’ Canadian Cobra GT, but the plaque is date stamped 90’? It could maybe be a replacement, I guess, but mine was even rougher than the one from your vert. 🤷🏻♂️
Thank you very much! I have heard 50/50 mixed results on this. Some folks have the proper year and some are a year behind like me so I do not think there is much rhyme or reason
I heading out to check mine out, thanks so much 👍Jim
Yessir!
Looks Awesome! Another great video!
Thx sir!
They came out great. Definitely better than oem. I will have to give it a shot and see if mine come out that good
Thanks buddy!
I would imagine the car build date also influences when the plate was cast. I'll check my late '93 plate I have stashed away
Sounds good!
I’ve seen the build date affect the cars as well. GM cars have a “clock” cast into them that tells the date it was made, which of course is always before the manufacture of the vehicle. (They pulled the part off the shelf and used it.) I would imagine that it’s possible that on a later build car you could have the same year plaque, although I haven’t seen that yet either. I never looked before now, but the two I looked at were a year before the car was built. I can’t confirm any of the rest of my 5.0’s.
@Robert Febur my late '93 build has a '93 plate and in the trade they are called date wheels 🙂
@@93_LXcpe yes, date wheels! I’ve heard that before. So your ‘93 plate would confirm that some did use same year dates.
Nice work bro👌🏻
Thanks buddy!
My build date on my 89 GT vert was 06/89 and 89 is stamped on the back of plate.
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My mustang is a 93 gt and the intake plaque has 93 on it also the car was assembled in April of 93
Awesome job, is there a technique for sealing that so you shouldn’t have to come back to it in a few months or years
I didn’t seal mine but you could try a matte clear on it 🤷♂️
Wonder what it would look like if you done the ford oval in ford blue and the rest in black just to put a little color in the engine bay thanks for the tutorial it'll help me out on my 92 vert
Yup my car build is 04/93 and under plate says 93 👍 pretty neat
Very cool!
Looks great!!
Thx sir!
The very early 96 V8 Explorer plaque said Explorer V8. It was late 96 when they changed to plaque that read 5.0 V8.
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Nice and clean. Doing this this weekend. What grit sand paper you use?
Thank you! 180 grit 👍
Great job! They look great.
Thank you!
My 90 GT plate has a 90 date on it. Car has a late build date: 08/90. Pretty sure it’s original to the car, only has 33K miles, and I think that was the first time it was removed.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing 👍
Might even be able to run them on some 120, or maybe even 80 grit, straight horizontal, to get those OEM lines huh?
Yes its true
Good job !
Thx sir!
My 08/90 build dated 5.0 says 90 on it. Intake/motor never changed. I think they used em as they were delivered regardless of year.
Interesting. Yes very true
Good work Brother! They look great!💯👊🏾 I guess your forearm must look like Popeyes now. 😂
thanks buddy! LOL yessir it sure does 😂
I watched another video before and they used high heat? You don’t have to use that? Thanks
In theory, your upper intake should not get to “high heat” temperatures - if it does, you’ve got bigger problems 😉😂
Looks good boss 👍 they say the devil is in the detail lol . My gt40 heads came of a early 96 mercury mountaineer and they are not p heads . Will the original H.0 plaque fit the explorer intake are they interchangeable ?
Thanks buddy! Yes they will however the explore plaque only uses 2 screws where the regular 5.0 HO ones use 4...
Curious if a dusting of rattle can clear would be beneficial?
Also would a brass bristle brush be better than a steel bristle one for not making it to smooth?
Both are good points
You wouldn't happen to know what size the bolts are that hold down the covers are? I lost mine and I need to get some new ones. LOL.
Oh shoot… not off the top of my head. That said, I could try and get you a measurement
Nice job!!!
Thx bud!
I’ll let you know later 89 vert just did the plugs and wires last night trying to do headers but I dunno if I can my self
Nice! You can do it buddy 💪🛠️
@@KASLCustoms I haven’t started yet I did the plugs and blue wires last week I’ve been spraying the header bolts down everyday I bought another H pipe no cats came off another fox with the sensor ports and I ordered a bunch of stuff from Lmr like 2000 gran with of stuff no idea what I ordered but called back had to order 1 more rear drum they forgot the other 1 but I ask the guy on the phone about all the stuff I ordered he ask me how much power does your car have I said it’s all original he ok what are you doing to the motor I said nothing he said well if you ever decide your good to go now because the way your doing the rear end is built to have a 6-7 hundred horsepower motor but I went with 373 gears i dunno what the heck I bought I just kept asking do I need anything else so let’s hope for the best … I hoping for 20 extra 😂 doubt I’ll see it headers electric fans under drive pulleys no cats and super 40’s and the whole rebuilt rear locking diff 31 spline dunno what all that means
Great video! Sub'd!
Thank you!
The dots in the circle are the number of months. So if it says 91 that means the year and if in the circle it has 7 dot it means July.. So July of 91....
Interesting. I did not know that
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THAT TRANS AM THOUGH!!!
LOL - she's a ground up Resto on that old bird
Aluminum darkens over time after being machined, sanded etc.
FI cars get all the love...
How 'bout an air cleaner cover from a carbed car? That's my next task. Grabbed a spare at PITS for $10 to mess with.
LOL! I love the carbs too!!!
I can’t get mine off help
What the best way to remove the plate if you live in Canada and it has never been remove and the bolts are seized and one has a broken star bit stuck in one of them. Ugh. Please pray!
That sucks… you might get away with using an easy out. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to drill them
@@KASLCustoms prayers answered there’s only two bolts on it and I got one out and just turn the plate to the side and get it off with no damage Yeehaw
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My 97 explorer was made in July and the plack says 97
My 88 vert has the original and it's stamped 88
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Western Canada? Garahge. Toronto? Garauge
Pretty. 😊
Thanks!
I just brought my explorer intake in to get powder coated along with the 5.0 H.O. plaque. If I can find the 5l v8 plate, I might do this finish instead.
Went with a Cadillac black finish for the intake
Very Nice!
Very true. I kind of like the more glossy finish in all honesty
Can you tell me what you used for sand paper?
I tell you in the video
So I couldn’t take it. I had to run out to the Fox, in the middle of the video, and pull the plaque.
Mine is a 1986 with a very late, June ‘86 build date.
The date on the bottom is 86.
But it’s interesting that the
6 is flat on top, like the, “flag”, on a number 5.
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Hahahaha! Very interesting...
Mine did not come off that easy. Matter of fact, five torx bits later, 2 of them are still not coming out.
oh no...
I strongly believe that SEM was used.
Interesting...
Just didn’t mine 92 gt vert vermillion red 83,000 orginal miles and my plaque says 91.
My 88 gt says 87
right on! Lots of different theories on this but youre the same as me bud
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Thanks bud!
my 1988 gt says 88 it was date coded 03/88 on door sticker
Very cool! Based upon the responses I’m getting, I’m led to believe that this was totally an inventory thing because there does not seem to be a clear cut reason why some are one way and some are another.
@@KASLCustoms love the video brother keep up the good work! Im about to restore my intake plaque as well
Thank you! Right on - good luck 👍
My 92 has the original plaque and it says 91
Hahaha same as me bud