my new look engine bay

[walkoau]

hi all

i just finished polishing my cam covers, plenum, intake pipe and cas. it turned out better then i expected. done it all my self with a couple of different compounds and buffing wheels on my bench grinder.

i want to get rid of the blue condue and use some blue silicon hoses.

[2fardown]

How did you do that? How long did it take? What did you do without a car while you were polishing the bits?

[walkoau]

another.

[walkoau]

i done a different part each weekend. just keept on taking it apart and putting it back together after each part.

[Rezz]

Well done walkoau! Looks sweet.

[walkoau]

this is what it looked like before the polishing.

[walkoau]

thanks Rezz

[gjb977]

Sweet !

Makes mine look embarrasing. :-(

[Brody]

Pretty good job there....

With the buffing wheels on ure grinder, was there much 'elbow work' as such involved? Give us more info!

[R33man]

Just yesterday I was looking at my manifold and intake pipe wondering how i could polish them without it taking a couple of years. Details please!!

[dan_the_man]

that pleneum woulda been a bitch to do!

[Pva_Glue]

Nice

[walkoau]

yeah plenum was deffinetly the hardest. took about 8 hours to get it that good, and i still want it better, but its ok.

not much elbow grease, just very time consuming and while doing the job with buffing wheels on a bench grinder the alloy get very hot so u have to wear gloves also.

it also makes the job alot easier if you sand all the cast marks out and make the surface area smooth as possible.

[predator]

good work.. gotta love how photos and a bit of sun bring it out nicely

[croat]

Why is it that your plenum is silver colour (chrome) like your piping? How did you do it? How much did it cost?

[walkoau]

it didnt cost me anything. done it myself! its called polished alloy. not chrome.

[skyla]

very nice

[RbHed]

coolness

[DJ_L3ThAL]

fark, i want mine like that, was it hard to get the plenum off ?

[KamikazeR33]

i bought some auto glym today, gave it 5 mins with my hand and a rag and its turned out good..... gonna do the rest on the w/e wif a buffer now