eclipse5302 Posted January 31, 2003 Report Posted January 31, 2003 I decided to polish the compressor housing for the T25 in my TurboSTE. I'll probably put a final coat of polish on it and try to take some more of the scratches out, but it looks pretty good! Jason Quote
mfewtrail Posted January 31, 2003 Report Posted January 31, 2003 looking good!!!!!!...wanna do my 3400 intake manifold and vc's for me?hehe.......what all grits are you using/did you use? Quote
eclipse5302 Posted January 31, 2003 Author Report Posted January 31, 2003 I started with 150 grit and fully sanded the whole thing. Then I moved to 220, then 320, then 800. Then used rubbing compound and finally polishing compound. Jason Quote
RedZMonte Posted January 31, 2003 Report Posted January 31, 2003 daymn thats allot of work.. I have a cast iron manfiold that i would like smoothed before i jet coat it.. you feel up to the job? Shane Quote
eclipse5302 Posted January 31, 2003 Author Report Posted January 31, 2003 Working with aluminum is one thing. Cast iron is another all together. I don't know man, thats not easy to do. Jason Quote
Guest Posted February 3, 2003 Report Posted February 3, 2003 You guys should try sandblasting alot faster Quote
no1kicker Posted February 3, 2003 Report Posted February 3, 2003 Looks good! How long has it taken you so far? Quote
TGPilot Posted February 3, 2003 Report Posted February 3, 2003 You guys should try sandblasting alot faster Sandblasting aluminum? 8) Quote
mfewtrail Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 You guys should try sandblasting alot faster Sandblasting aluminum? 8) I think someone at the clubgp board sandblasted their crosslace wheels, are those aluminum? Quote
Guest TurboSedan Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 plastic media blasting maybe? joshua Quote
eclipse5302 Posted February 4, 2003 Author Report Posted February 4, 2003 Maybe sandblasted them to remove old paint... But the idea to is smooth the surface, and by nature sandblasting (or any kind of blasting) wouldn't do the trick. Really the only way is to sand, sand, sand. It's a lot of work on a part that essentially doesn't have any flat areas, and a lot of small hard to reach areas. I've also polished the top of my TGP plenum. Check it out It's hard to see with the lighting, but it looks nice! And it was a lot easier than the turbo. Jason Quote
RedZMonte Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 I am going to beed blast mine to clean it then i am going to see if i can beed blast it with a pollishing bead (thats how the pollish the jet coating). if so it will shine up ALLOT better then i can do by hand. if not i am going to powder coat it. RedZ Quote
godofthunder Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 Eclipse, how did you do that? I want to do something like that to the plenum on my 3100. That, and then paint the ridges black.....any tips? Jon Quote
Guest TurboSedan Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 i'm doing the same thing to my TGP plenum right now. when i got it looked like total crap, but after some mothers aluminum polish and a foam/sandpaper scrubber (forgot grit), it looks WAAAAY better. for the black part around the '3.1 Intercooled Turbo', i think i'm going to use Testor's flat black enamel. i'll probably do the valve covers soon too, or at least the front one. joshua Jason - it's lookin' good! Quote
eclipse5302 Posted February 4, 2003 Author Report Posted February 4, 2003 I just did the plenum like the turbo. 220 grit, then 320, then 800. No scratches now, because they will show up easily once it's polished. The surface should be glass smooth. Then polish with Mothers or Flitz polish. I used a Dremel with a polishing drum, but even hand polishing will work--though not as good. Jason Quote
RedZMonte Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 i'm doing the same thing to my TGP plenum right now. when i got it looked like total crap, but after some mothers aluminum polish and a foam/sandpaper scrubber (forgot grit), it looks WAAAAY better. for the black part around the '3.1 Intercooled Turbo', i think i'm going to use Testor's flat black enamel. i'll probably do the valve covers soon too, or at least the front one.joshua Jason - it's lookin' good! I can powder coat things CHEAP! if your interested. i can do a chrome powder caoting.. it will look like pollished alluminum and will not get dull. Let me know if your interested. Shane Quote
eclipse5302 Posted February 4, 2003 Author Report Posted February 4, 2003 What kind of price for say a front exhaust manifold? Or a turbo turbine housing? Jason Quote
Guest TurboSedan Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 I can powder coat things CHEAP! if your interested. i can do a chrome powder caoting.. it will look like pollished alluminum and will not get dull. Let me know if your interested. Shane cool, i might do that. probably both exhaust manifolds, lower intake, plenum, crossover, valve covers, intercooler pipes, and maybe even the timing cover.... still tho, i'm not going to be able to afford it for awhile yet. how much to powdercoat the plenum tho? i want it to look like it did when it was new. joshua Quote
TurboGTU Posted February 6, 2003 Report Posted February 6, 2003 Dam good work. Now that I know how you polished it I will get to work removing the crud off my trans, turbo compressor, timing cover , and maybe the rims and give them a good polish job with a protecting coat. GOOD JOB. BTW it's my first post here. I was posting in the other TGP site(Waskies'). I hope to get some good info here. Quote
eclipse5302 Posted February 6, 2003 Author Report Posted February 6, 2003 Hey! Thanks for the compliments. Good to see you here finally. Oh, and can you email me the pic you have of the twin turbo 3.1? Do you have a nice high resolution one? Jason Quote
eclipse5302 Posted February 8, 2003 Author Report Posted February 8, 2003 I got it thanks. What do you know about that thing? What kind of car, turbos, engine mods, etc? I'm thinking of writing Hod Rod Mag and asking them about it. Jason Quote
TurboGTU Posted February 9, 2003 Report Posted February 9, 2003 I don't realy know much about it other than I found it on the page. I looks like it has a TPI TB, Custom intake manifold, Steel exhaust pipes, verry nice aluminum intake pipes, the turbos look like GN turbos to me. It might be a beretta or a cavi. since it don't have a dogbone mount on it. I'm sure it might be a 3.1 or maybe a 3.2 (stroked/overbored). It still has aluminum heads cuz of the valve covers. The boost control silenoid is in front of the cruse control. Who knows, it might be one of Mclarens other creations that GM pulled the plug on. Either way, I want that chip! Quote
Jeff M Posted February 10, 2003 Report Posted February 10, 2003 Might be one of the ones did by Ryan Falconer Racing, said to have around 700 to 800 hp, can you see if it is an iron or aluminum block, or is the block painted red?? Falconer did a lot of pro racing setups of the 3.1L and some variations of it, running Cosworth Pistons, Carrillo Rods, Forged Short Stroke Cranks (short like Honda/others motor cycle engines, not like Harley’s longer stroke/no high revs, high spinning instead of low grunt with not much high hp rev range). Send me a pic and I will see what I can tell. Jeff M Quote
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