polishing my upper and lower timing covers.

[liquid_cool]

had a buddy ask me how to polish basic aluminum parts..so to teach him i polished my upper and lower timing chain covers..they came out damn good..all thou the upper one was easyer...for some reason he had it in his mind that it takes big equipment to polish...i showed him thats all in the scratches...

polishing is a series of scratching..from 400 grit then to the polishing compounds...with basic tools anyone can polish..i used a $20 dremel tool..a corded drill..and sand paper with a couple raggs...this will make my build really sweet looking..im planning on polishing the intake manny allso..ill be posting pics later tonight on my myspace page under polishing folder in pics..tell me what ya think.

[GO240]

dude sweet polish job i might try that oh and the hockey puck motor mounts are awesome too where did you get the aluminum?

[liquid_cool]

aluminum for what..the motor mounts?.or the dash?..the dash is allso aluminum...the motor mount metal is from a aluminum pole i saw..um..by um the side of the road..with a sort of freeway sighn attached to it..there was um..2 pieces of that pole at the top that i dint think the state would mind me borrowing ( i payed for it anyways with my taxes)..ps..the unknown freeway pole is still standing in its place dont ask..lol..the rest is explaind in the photos.

[GO240]

Sweeeeeeeeet

[liquid_cool]

the lower cover is done now..what a pain..the coolant inlet is easy and i have yet to attempt the water pump.

[GO240]

I'm getting a new coupe tomorrow and the motor needs to be played with a bit i'm gonna try to polish the timing covers and i've got a water pump laying around that i might try on i want to do the intake manifold see how it looks keep me up to date on what you get done

[liquid_cool]

i got my block and head back from the machine shop now..i did a mock up of the timing covers on the block and the valve cover and header attached..looks great.. way better than the grayish looking basic finish..just takes time and TLC man.

[USMCgetsome]

pics!!!!!

[liquid_cool]

hay kullin..sorry bro..i allways have issues posting pics here..so i dont bother..lol..they are however in my (myspace) pic folders of all i have done..as that is easyer to post to and set up per folder..

http://www.myspace.com/liquid_cool_ka24de

feel free to look at will.

[USMCgetsome]

HAWT! How many hours? i just painted it with chrome krylon paint. lol. I like the way you did yours though. Good work!

[liquid_cool]

not to long..maybe an hour for the upper cover..30 mins to the coolant nozle..and 2 hours for the lower cover...im looking at doing the upper intake..but it might take me a while to make it look good..i might just coat it.

[liquid_cool]

ifter looking at the upper intake..ive decided to coat that insted..i did however polish the oil filter bracket that bolts to the block under the intake for kiks..it looks great..ill post pics of it mounted on my-myspace pic section.

[GO240]

dude thats awesome i just got a ton more ka parts and like four upper covers and some lower ones so i'm going to try what all do i need???

[liquid_cool]

dude thats awesome i just got a ton more ka parts and like four upper covers and some lower ones so i'm going to try what all do i need???

just a dremel tool..400 grit sand paper....felt polishing weels..a corded drill and a large buffing weel for that..and get some polishing compounds from harbor frieght...

only thing to remeber is that polishing is a series of scratches..medium to small..small to fine..fine to polish..it will take time but its gratifying to see the results.

[stylepointzz]

liquid cool, sorry for the mini thread jack, but is there anyway i could get your email? i have some questions for you.

[liquid_cool]

liquid cool, sorry for the mini thread jack, but is there anyway i could get your email? i have some questions for you.

my email is cool for all [email protected] can allso ask chit on myspace man..many do bro..just add me as a friend.