I Restored My 5.0 Intake Plaque. It Was SO EASY!!!

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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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@beenshocked1443 Жыл бұрын

I did this with a gold inlay. Looks amazing with the polished finish. Thanks for sharing with the community!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Very cool! You bet!!

@olred5.016 Жыл бұрын

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

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!!! Very interesting. I have heard similar stories from others that match yours as well

@SamRyanV8 Жыл бұрын

I have to do the exact same thing on mine, lot of clean up work to do with paint and such.

@dennish9519 Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Right on - thanks for the tip sir!

@shipsupplier75 Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! LOL I know, I got caught up in the filming....

@jonhuisman2333 9 ай бұрын

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!

@KASLCustoms 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting

@DP-bc3xl Жыл бұрын

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.

@msk3905 2 ай бұрын

Just use a rougher grain sandpaper, sand in one direction and grain is back

@rollinfive03 Жыл бұрын

This is the one simple thing I need to make my engine bay pop. Thank you

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@crabbypapa3862 8 ай бұрын

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.

@jasonthompson8479 Жыл бұрын

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!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

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!!!

@306foxbody1 Жыл бұрын

Nice work! I wouldn't go without a sandblasting cabinet, it really speeds up the process. All the little details sure add up!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Yessir 100%

@eduardosantana4814 Жыл бұрын

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 🔥👌

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Right on! Keep me posted on the results 👍

@eduardosantana4814 Жыл бұрын

@KASL Customs Yes will do!!

@touchngo1972 8 ай бұрын

My build date on my 89 GT vert was 06/89 and 89 is stamped on the back of plate.

@KASLCustoms 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@user-lj1nb3vu8o 3 ай бұрын

My mustang is a 93 gt and the intake plaque has 93 on it also the car was assembled in April of 93

@EffequalsMA Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Very interesting method. Were the paint lines nice and sharp?

@EffequalsMA Жыл бұрын

@@KASLCustoms Yes, absolutely perfect. Just a reasonaly light smear of vaseline on the high spots worked well.

@jas3118325 Жыл бұрын

Yup my car build is 04/93 and under plate says 93 👍 pretty neat

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@mikehartwick8499 Жыл бұрын

Just watched this last night. Pulled mine off my 92 notch and its stamped with a 91.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha same here bud!

@coreyolson6721 11 ай бұрын

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. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@KASLCustoms 11 ай бұрын

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

@PaulDaFox Жыл бұрын

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!! 👊🦊🏁

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

LOL!!!! Thanks buddy 🤫😉👊

@briandentguy3403 Жыл бұрын

This is the icing on the cake buddy! I always do this with my foxes it's so freaking satisfying 😌

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

💯 👊👊👊

@airsoftgunjk 10 ай бұрын

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.

@scottmichaud7151 Жыл бұрын

Great video- thanks for taking the time to create great content

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@VictorSanchez-kp9nt Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud. I like it!

@paulhudgins5120 Жыл бұрын

Very nice work, looks better than factory with the smoother finish. Excellent!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Yeah I think so too

@jamesstanley3944 2 ай бұрын

I heading out to check mine out, thanks so much 👍Jim

@KASLCustoms 2 ай бұрын

Yessir!

@michaelmappin4425 11 ай бұрын

Yep.😊 Showing up to a car cruise with a nasty plaque is a goon move. My stripes were blue and yellow.

@KASLCustoms 11 ай бұрын

hahahahaha yessir

@93_LXcpe Жыл бұрын

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

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Sounds good!

@Freedom_is_better_than_safety Жыл бұрын

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.

@93_LXcpe Жыл бұрын

@Robert Febur my late '93 build has a '93 plate and in the trade they are called date wheels 🙂

@Freedom_is_better_than_safety Жыл бұрын

@@93_LXcpe yes, date wheels! I’ve heard that before. So your ‘93 plate would confirm that some did use same year dates.

@ogsuperflygarage Жыл бұрын

Good work Brother! They look great!💯👊🏾 I guess your forearm must look like Popeyes now. 😂

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

thanks buddy! LOL yessir it sure does 😂

@GT-pv3eb Жыл бұрын

Excellent job Gary looks awesome!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thx pal!

@1iconicb Жыл бұрын

Wow! I say those came out great! Love all your videos, I am going to try this with my 88 LX 5.0 Vert 👍🏼🏁

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@jasonmerly8381 Жыл бұрын

Nice Job, redoing my 89 plate, yes the date on the back says 88. Manufactured on 10/28/88.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud! Very interesting...

@snomobila Жыл бұрын

Man those things look amazing! Good Job!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nickmarchesi3214 Жыл бұрын

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....

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I did not know that

@ChuckG92 Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

LOL! I love the carbs too!!!

@stanggangchannel Жыл бұрын

They came out great. Definitely better than oem. I will have to give it a shot and see if mine come out that good

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@petermohat2880 Жыл бұрын

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.

@02autogt Жыл бұрын

The very early 96 V8 Explorer plaque said Explorer V8. It was late 96 when they changed to plaque that read 5.0 V8.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

👍

@michaelakers8698 8 ай бұрын

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

@macjohan Жыл бұрын

Nice job!!!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thx bud!

@fotiii1 Ай бұрын

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

@KASLCustoms Ай бұрын

I didn’t seal mine but you could try a matte clear on it 🤷‍♂️

@brucecrosby8552 Жыл бұрын

Looks Awesome! Another great video!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thx sir!

@dstdrummer Жыл бұрын

9:40 THAT TRANS AM THOUGH!!!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

LOL - she's a ground up Resto on that old bird

@socalfsu Жыл бұрын

Nice and clean. Doing this this weekend. What grit sand paper you use?

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 180 grit 👍

@CarolinaLaserWorks Жыл бұрын

Great job! They look great.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kencomeau3758 Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing 👍

@brianhess6537 Жыл бұрын

My 88 vert has the original and it's stamped 88

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@Hotrodgeorge855 Жыл бұрын

Nice work bro👌🏻

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@sweetassugar2076 Жыл бұрын

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 ?

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Yes they will however the explore plaque only uses 2 screws where the regular 5.0 HO ones use 4...

@dstdrummer Жыл бұрын

Might even be able to run them on some 120, or maybe even 80 grit, straight horizontal, to get those OEM lines huh?

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Yes its true

@mikemarks6562 5 ай бұрын

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

@KASLCustoms 5 ай бұрын

Nice! You can do it buddy 💪🛠️

@mikemarks6562 5 ай бұрын

@@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

@timo1642 Жыл бұрын

Looks great!!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thx sir!

@W_R50 Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Yes very true

@gearheadfred5.059 Жыл бұрын

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.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Oh shoot… not off the top of my head. That said, I could try and get you a measurement

@filthyfoxbody Жыл бұрын

Looks awesome

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@tc6580 Жыл бұрын

Aluminum darkens over time after being machined, sanded etc.

@robertlombardi2228 Жыл бұрын

Good job !

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thx sir!

@OrignalRobRobert 3 ай бұрын

I can’t get mine off help

@dstdrummer Жыл бұрын

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. 🤔

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! Very interesting...

@deeevans324 4 ай бұрын

Mine did not come off that easy. Matter of fact, five torx bits later, 2 of them are still not coming out.

@KASLCustoms 4 ай бұрын

oh no...

@adammarsh21rhpbhhslasellun9 Жыл бұрын

I watched another video before and they used high heat? You don’t have to use that? Thanks

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

In theory, your upper intake should not get to “high heat” temperatures - if it does, you’ve got bigger problems 😉😂

@justinkostelecky6201 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Sub'd!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@1fastford795 Жыл бұрын

Just didn’t mine 92 gt vert vermillion red 83,000 orginal miles and my plaque says 91. My 88 gt says 87

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

right on! Lots of different theories on this but youre the same as me bud

@reachadcreadordasilva3471 24 күн бұрын

Western Canada? Garahge. Toronto? Garauge

@dm7097 Жыл бұрын

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?

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Both are good points

@markperez9633 Жыл бұрын

I strongly believe that SEM was used.

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Interesting...

@VansenJenessa Жыл бұрын

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!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

That sucks… you might get away with using an easy out. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to drill them

@VansenJenessa Жыл бұрын

@@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

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

👌👌👌

@86foxbod Жыл бұрын

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.

@86foxbod Жыл бұрын

Went with a Cadillac black finish for the intake

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Very Nice!

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Very true. I kind of like the more glossy finish in all honesty

@SethStang_ Жыл бұрын

my 1988 gt says 88 it was date coded 03/88 on door sticker

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

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.

@SethStang_ Жыл бұрын

@@KASLCustoms love the video brother keep up the good work! Im about to restore my intake plaque as well

@KASLCustoms Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Right on - good luck 👍