Polishing Intake

[gec]

I picked up a Edelbroc unfinished intake manifold & decided to polish it before I installed it...big mistake! It's taken me 2 day's,about 100 dremel sanding disks to get it smooth then 180,400,& 600 grit & I am just now ready to start polishing although I can still see pits in it! This is one job I wish I'd never started. It's definately worth the extra money for the polished one unless your tv is broke & your snowed in.

 

[Nut]

Did you attempt to port it as well or just polish the channels? If always heard it's better to spend a couple dollars more and have a pro do it. Hope it turns out alright. Certainly if nothing else it was a great learning experience. Hope about posting some "lessons learned" after you have completed the job? Love to hear them.

Good luck.......... nut

 

[gec]

Nut..I've just polished it have'nt touched the ports yet, I've sanded complete cars in less time than this has taken me but it looks great. I just tried to take a pic but with the flash all I get is glare, as for "lessons Learned" I'd buy a polished one..lol. I used a dremel with an extension wand & made up a velcro backing pad because the dremel arbor has a screw that holds the sandpaper & every time I'd get into a tight spot the screw would scratch. I cut a piece of thin rubber the size of a quarter put the screw through the rubber into the arbor and glued velcro backing over the screw, I had some 5" vercro sandpaper & cut it into small circles...worked great, started with 180 ended with 600grit. A friend gave me some polish that comes in a bar about 2" square x 12" long, I've never seen it before but he got it at a truck stop for $12.00 a bar & the stuff works excellent, can't wait to try it on the wheels, it brings aluminim up just like chrome.
Gary

 

[fl_rider]

I know your pain

Here is a picture of the primary cover I did for my bike. (Yes they were both that ugly) It took about six hours and made a helluva mess but the results were worth it.

 

[gec]

Here's a pic of how it looks so far, I ran out of polishing wheels...snowing like crazy here :ugh, so I guess I'll run into town for more supplies.

 

[JohnZ]

Think about how many buffs and how many hours it took to polish this one up - including the aluminum block :cool :

 

[gec]

I don't think I can :crazy, but if it's shiny and goes fast I'd like to have it!

 

[bossvette]

Ramjet ZL1 is that the new $20,000+ job? Where is it finding a home?
I saw a write up about it but I didn't know you could actually buy one; put one of those in a GS clone with a modern chassis :cool

 

[vette rod]

Nice !!:d

 

[Jack]

A friend gave me some polish that comes in a bar about 2" square x 12" long, I've never seen it before but he got it at a truck stop for $12.00 a bar & the stuff works excellent, can't wait to try it on the wheels, it brings aluminim up just like chrome.
Gary

The polish stuff in a bar is probably "jewelers' rouge". Comes in several grades (like sandpaper grit) denoted by color of bar. It's what production polishers use for aluminum ... the way to go.
JACK:gap

 

[wallyknoch]

Nice setup John Z, and well done.

 

[Red69]

Caswell makes good buffing equipment and products. Follow the link and click on the "help find a kit" button on the page top. http://www.caswellplating.com/nsindex.htm#