Cleaned up my LT1 intake
Cleaned up my LT1 intake Doing a h/c swap, so I decided to do some appearance mods as well...
I did not have time to polish the intake, that will be done over the winter.
I polished the fuel rail covers and the TB as well. They both look like chrome.
My hands were full of oil, so I did not clean up the pieces for the pictures. More pictures to come after everything will be installed.
I did not have time to polish the intake, that will be done over the winter.
I polished the fuel rail covers and the TB as well. They both look like chrome.
My hands were full of oil, so I did not clean up the pieces for the pictures. More pictures to come after everything will be installed.
Cool beans man! I guess you used a wire wheel/drill on the intake? You might want to spray some clear over the brushed finish to keep it like that for a couple years.
Glad to see the effort on the 'ole LT1.
~Joshua
Glad to see the effort on the 'ole LT1.
~Joshua I just used an engine degreaser and carb cleaner to get all the dirt off. Then I took a drill and a wire brush and went to town on it. Only took about an hour to get it to look like it is.
I originally cleaned it and started to polish sand it and polish it to look like chrome. After about 20 minutes of that, I knew that I had way more to do than I originally thought. I had a short timeframe to get this polished, and I knew I would not be able to ge tno where near the quality that I would've wanted to.
Its coming off again this winter and thats when Im going to make it look like Joshuas engine bay.
Theres more goodies that I am still holding off on. More picture of when everything will be assembled, hopefully before the weekend.
I originally cleaned it and started to polish sand it and polish it to look like chrome. After about 20 minutes of that, I knew that I had way more to do than I originally thought. I had a short timeframe to get this polished, and I knew I would not be able to ge tno where near the quality that I would've wanted to.
Its coming off again this winter and thats when Im going to make it look like Joshuas engine bay.
Theres more goodies that I am still holding off on. More picture of when everything will be assembled, hopefully before the weekend.
Originally Posted by lt1_man
looks really good. Did you take off the intake from inside the car? If sohow hard was it?
-Thanks Brandon
-Thanks Brandon
Originally Posted by scrmnws6
I just used an engine degreaser and carb cleaner to get all the dirt off. Then I took a drill and a wire brush and went to town on it. Only took about an hour to get it to look like it is.
I originally cleaned it and started to polish sand it and polish it to look like chrome. After about 20 minutes of that, I knew that I had way more to do than I originally thought. I had a short timeframe to get this polished, and I knew I would not be able to ge tno where near the quality that I would've wanted to.
Its coming off again this winter and thats when Im going to make it look like Joshuas engine bay.
Theres more goodies that I am still holding off on. More picture of when everything will be assembled, hopefully before the weekend.
I originally cleaned it and started to polish sand it and polish it to look like chrome. After about 20 minutes of that, I knew that I had way more to do than I originally thought. I had a short timeframe to get this polished, and I knew I would not be able to ge tno where near the quality that I would've wanted to.
Its coming off again this winter and thats when Im going to make it look like Joshuas engine bay.
Theres more goodies that I am still holding off on. More picture of when everything will be assembled, hopefully before the weekend.
I wish you luck, it's a lot of work as you know. I can't wait to see the results and call if you ever need tips/help. ~Joshua
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Just finished this Optispark cover today. I'm playing around with some engineering ideas to take the whole friggin' rotor and plastic centerpiece out of the unit and have the front billet cover mounted directly to the rear aluminum bracket:
Before
After
You know how I told you that you could have your throttle body looking like a perfect mirror? When you've got a good quality forged or extruded billet casting like that Holley has, you can get optical clarity like this out of it:
Before
After
You know how I told you that you could have your throttle body looking like a perfect mirror? When you've got a good quality forged or extruded billet casting like that Holley has, you can get optical clarity like this out of it:
Last edited by thesoundandthefury; Aug 15, 2006 at 12:26 PM.
