Polished some engine pieces

[accord4me]

So I've been board and decided to do some quick polishing on my valve cover and the plenum, iacv, Fitv, and air boost valve.

[GhostAccord]

Nice work! Takes a lot of work and patience to get them looking like that..... it can be a real PITA polishing aluminum.

I've been working on an 83 GSx400 engine that was completely oxidized. I always end up with grey wrinkly fingers. Polishing the parts that were painted was much easier to do. Wet sanding FTW!

What are you using? I use 400, 800, 1000, 2000 wet sand paper then I use Mothers Mag/Aluminum polish to finish off the polish. .

[wildBill83]

Looks awesome! Now you need an A6 manifold and an H23 plenum and polish those too.

[accord4me]

Nice work! Takes a lot of work and patience to get them looking like that..... it can be a real PITA polishing aluminum.

I've been working on an 83 GSx400 engine that was completely oxidized. I always end up with grey wrinkly fingers. Polishing the parts that were painted was much easier to do. Wet sanding FTW!

What are you using? I use 400, 800, 1000, 2000 wet sand paper then I use Mothers Mag/Aluminum polish to finish off the polish. .

Yeah it is a painstaking process. I went 220, 400, 600, 800, 1500, 2000 and then I have a cotton buffing wheel with a brown polishing compound i got a harbor freight ( which I thought was going to be some cheap crap) but it actually works quite well.
I could have gone longer on the buffing process to make an extreme mirror finish but I was content with how it looked there so i just stopped.

[accord4me]

Looks awesome! Now you need an A6 manifold and an H23 plenum and polish those too.

Thanks man!That would definitely be nice to have! But I'm running a p12 ecu. So it wouldn't open the Iab's. rendering it useless.

I kind of wanted to mock up a way to have the Iab's triggered at a certin rpm. That way I could run the p12 and the plenum/runners.

[wildBill83]

Buy a P13 and polish it to match the new H23 plenum and A6 runners. J/K, but a P13 is fairly cheap and you only need to run 1 wire for the IABs. If you ever go that route I would like to eat off your polished motor.

P13s in the JY here are a dime a dozen if you ever want me to snag one for you.

[Quashish]

I got a valve cover under my bed ive been wanting to paint or somehow be gold/copper. you sir have motivated me to start sanding it

[accord4me]

Buy a P13 and polish it to match the new H23 plenum and A6 runners. J/K, but a P13 is fairly cheap and you only need to run 1 wire for the IABs. If you ever go that route I would like to eat off your polished motor.

P13s in the JY here are a dime a dozen if you ever want me to snag one for you.

I would. But how would I be using the p13 to run my f22? I thought the p13 was for an h22

Edit: unless you implied chipping it.

[accord4me]

I got a valve cover under my bed ive been wanting to paint or somehow be gold/copper. you sir have motivated me to start sanding it

Cool bro! make sure you post pics when you're done!!

[wildBill83]

I would. But how would I be using the p13 to run my f22? I thought the p13 was for an h22

Edit: unless you implied chipping it.

I meant PT6, my bad! I wish P13s were a dime a dozen...

[accord4me]

I meant PT6, my bad! I wish P13s were a dime a dozen...

I thought thats what you meant. The only thing is the p12 is from a prelude and adds roughly 10hp so I don't know which would give more of a benefit the prelude ecu or or the plenum/runners with the pt6..

I want to mock up a system that uses the plenum/runners with the p12 ecu.

[F20A CB7]

I would love a polished vc.

[Jking72]

Diggin the Valve Cover dude

[accord4me]

Diggin the Valve Cover dude

Thanks man.