polishing a 94 cobra intake

[BruhBrahBrad]

Im polishing a 2jz log manifold right now, almost done,just need to keep using my buffer on it....

 

[ttocs]

spent a coupe more hours the other night and every time it gets a little closer and I get a little more excited. If you look closely at the throat you will see I ground down/smoothed out the side of the throat where the two halfs of the sandcast met. IT made an ugly seem that wasn't necessary and if you look on the ends you will still see it. Only spot left to still smooth out now is the small back sectino of the throat and the top, shouldn't be too bad. AFter that there are some small corners left to get, some minor pits still to sand through but its much much closer.

More to come

 

[CC'S95GT]

looks great. that's a lot of hard work.

 

[Mustanger]

I have been planning to powdercoat mine in the chrome finish soon...I wonder how that would compare to your polished one???? I have not seen a powdercoated chrome finished intake yet? Anybody have a pic? Your polishing is going to look awesome! Congrats on a fine job...almost therte!

 

[ttocs]

It has been alot of work so far, and there is still alot to go as well. Since I am never going to sell the car hopefully I will get to enjoy it for a long long time...

So anyone heard of anything fun to do with aluminum powder? seems like I got a bunch of it right now and can't help but think of trying out some recipes I have heard of and always wondered about - IE:thermite?

 

[SVTurbo 98]

Its coming along nicely

 

[ttocs]

still rubbin rubbin rubbin rubbin rubbin.

rub it this way, rub it that way, rub it with 100 ,rub it with 220. the large areas became small areas, small areas became small spots and now I am starting too see the light at the end of the tunnel. Can't freakin wait.

Can't load pics up tonight for some reason. Check out the new pics at the bottom of the page.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2395420/1994-ford-mustang-gt-coupe-2d/page-3

 

[Tony]

my fingers hurt just thinkin about all that fn sanding dude!! i sanded and polished out some old aluminum wheels and my fn fingers were raw as hell for days, lol!! kudos homie for puttin in work! gonna look great!!

 

[ttocs]

yea I go and spend 2-3 hrs at a time. When the batteries go dead in my bluetooth heardphones or phone I am tired of it already.

 

[Tony]

^sanding sucks! polishing is fun though! cant wait to do that i bet, lol!!

 

[ttocs]

why do you think the polish is there already ?

 

[Tony]

^lol

 

[ttocs]

pics don't really show the difference but spent a little more time with 220 on some spots and then did a large portion of it with 400. Each time it gets smoother and shinier. Its funny because after a couple of hours I am sick of it and ready to paint it as I walk away but when I return and see it, I am again energized to get it finished.

 

[Tony]

shiit dude your almost there! dont paint it now, lol! looks pretty smooth so far!

 

[ttocs]

oh hell yea way past that point but you rub that thing every which way you can for a couple of hours and I am tired of it....

 

[g36 monkey]

Dang Scott it looks sweet!

 

[ttocs]

its comming along. While Waiting on parts for the suspension this will keep me busy and I am going to try and get as much done on is as I can during this time. At this point it is going a little faster then before but now I get to start the wetsanding shortly.

 

[Tony]

oh hell yea way past that point but you rub that thing every which way you can for a couple of hours and I am tired of it....

whats the highest grit sp your gonna go with?

 

[ttocs]

not sure I will go over 1k but I will go as high as I need to get my ugly ass lookin back at me...

 

[g36 monkey]

Have you decided to polish it or leave it satin?