James, i recommend taking the intake manifold to a machine shop. they can glassbead it, soak it in a chemical bath to remove the carbon, bake it, then paint it for you any way you like. maybe even polish it. it will look like new. for the rest of the outside appearance, a simple high quality steam clean will do wonders once you get the car running again. Andy In a message dated 12/1/02 11:10:02 AM Central Standard Time, deloreandmcxii@xxxx writes: > 1. How can I better clean the inside of the intake manifold. > 2. How can clean the head without getting all that > dirt/creatures/anti-freeze in the intake ports. Soma576@xxxx 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 Fargo, ND 58102 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]