quest for 500whp + some polishing

[selfinfliction]

making thread to keep track of all my crap. right now i'm just working on polishing stuff while motor is at the machine shop

valve covers before:

valve covers after removing ridges and polishing:

stock ct-26 compressor housing after removing lettering and polishing:

stock heatshield, this thing is made out of crappy potmetal with alot of bends, but it still turned out good; not show quality but much, much better than stock:

here's a closeup of the impurities in the metal, makes it near impossible to completely smooth out:

 

[selfinfliction]

oops wrong place, can a mod move this to the buildup gallery?

 

[Reign_Maker]

That stuff looks amazing! *btw: moved for you*

 

[Rajunz]

Looks great....................

 

[88tsupra]

Nice. did you do all the polishing yourself and if so how?

 

[st2b]

Looks very clean, I know how much work you put into these parts and I look up to you. This will be the first and only (As of now) thread I am subscribing to.

-Matt

EDIT: Wow, I just noticed you were in Kentucky also! I guess Kentucky can claim the polishing state!

 

[tlo86]

they look badass i really want to polish my stuff for bling

 

[selfinfliction]

88tsupra: yes i did everything myself, using mostly power tools and alot of different items.

valve covers took about 8-10 hours each (not exactly sure) and they could be show quality with another 4-5 hours total time

turbo took about 5-6 hours

heatshield took about 3 hours

i did the lower timing cover, but i'm going to get it acid dipped, so i took down the pics. i am working on a stock afm housing this weekend, since i did so much last weekend i wanted to take the week off from polishing. after the afm housing, the tems covers, power steering resevoir, and i may do the altenator just to see what it looks like, but it will probably use up alot of materials, so idk about the altenator.

also on the list is the eaton m-62 supercharger and valvecover on my cobalt, i should have those done by spring. the supercharger is going to be a 12+ hour job cause i want it to be show quality.

 

[SupraOfDoom]

That stuff is pretty!

 

[csnow]

Wow, that polishing is alot of work.... Looks great!

 

[selfinfliction]

polished afm housing today, needs to be reworked some, but i may not mess with it any longer, not sure yet... don't want to invest alot more time in this cause i have to do my supercharger this week

 

[selfinfliction]

this is on my cobalt, i did a good job on it, but it will be better after a few coats of my super secret squirrel club polish :icon_razz


before:

after:

no flash:

flash:

it's shiney

 

[selfinfliction]

started working on a procharger for someone this week, got the wheel housing finished today

before:

after:

will post pictures of the transmission housing when it's done

 

[7Mboost]

Damn that's some nice polishing, your fingers must be skinless.

 

[st2b]

Damn that's some nice polishing, your fingers must be skinless.

Trust me they are!
Good work man, I've subscribed to this thread and so far everything looks amazing!

Keep up the good work!

Are you using power tools or just using pieces of sandpaper?

 

[selfinfliction]

Damn that's some nice polishing, your fingers must be skinless.

skinless???? LOL

i would say that 10% or less is actually done manually with my hands. i have ancient chinese secrets :biglaugh:

and as of yesterday, i have access to a new machine that will make everything even better :love:

 

[selfinfliction]

Are you using power tools or just using pieces of sandpaper?

machines, power tools, beer, time etc... sandpaper and about 20 other products are involved between the beer and time :biglaugh:

 

[selfinfliction]

holy shiney batman!!!!

this was what it looked like last monday:

this is what it is now

this one is great.. it is so shiney it looks dirty becuase of the reflection from the dirt on the towel below it LOL.. (yes it is actually the reflection, not dirt)

think we can chalk this up as another happy customer :love:

 

[selfinfliction]

reworked the AFM today:

is for sale here: http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64924

 

[selfinfliction]

polished 3000 pipe today

for sale in this thread: http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?p=932278#post932278

it had some really bad casting marks around the bolt holes that couldn't be worked out easily, even with tools. i think this pipe was made on friday afternoon at 4:30 on payday :biglaugh: