Free time at work leads to.......
- Thread starter dmaxfireman
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new motor is gonna be realllllllly purdy 
to bad its all gonna be hidden underneath the wires and crap......
to bad its all gonna be hidden underneath the wires and crap......
DUCK! COVER!!!!!
When I did the same thing, people came out of the woodwork to tell me how stupid it was and this and that!
That said.... badass:rofl:
When I did the same thing, people came out of the woodwork to tell me how stupid it was and this and that!
That said.... badass
:rofl:
my first impression was wooowwww ......... then thought damn that had to have taken a long time .... imop I like it
lol i told my old man what color i'm painting the new motor and caught tons of hell for it an still am... i told him when i he pays to build a motor for his truck he can paint it whatever color he likes!!
i'm going chevy orange block and heads polished valve covers and intake runners. maybe the y bridge, i'm not sure yet gotta hot tank that stuff first..... this motor was all stock which means there is about 3/8" egr and pcv deposits everywhere!!
i'm going chevy orange block and heads polished valve covers and intake runners. maybe the y bridge, i'm not sure yet gotta hot tank that stuff first..... this motor was all stock which means there is about 3/8" egr and pcv deposits everywhere!!
Looks good. I left mine grease colored...
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urban engine camo! :spit:
mine were a pretty silver, and when i made a fuel mess, i cut loose with some brakekleen and ......oh crap! my paint! I forgot! there not so pretty now
wow thats real nice. i did the same thing too, but it wasnt THAT good. but you cant see them with all the stuff installed
started off with 160 and got about 90% of the casting 'pitting' off (tight areas were just not worth the effort since i'm never going to see them again lol) then went over all those areas with 220 - 600 - 1000 - 2000 then polished them off with a couple different drill buffers.
the rest of the crew is sleeping so i'll finish them tomorrow. for now i've got some bambi stew simmering in the kitchen and surfing the movie channels
the rest of the crew is sleeping so i'll finish them tomorrow. for now i've got some bambi stew simmering in the kitchen and surfing the movie channels
lol i told my old man what color i'm painting the new motor and caught tons of hell for it an still am... i told him when i he pays to build a motor for his truck he can paint it whatever color he likes!!
i'm going chevy orange block and heads polished valve covers and intake runners. maybe the y bridge, i'm not sure yet gotta hot tank that stuff first..... this motor was all stock which means there is about 3/8" egr and pcv deposits everywhere!!
:rofl: Its going to look like a BBC! I love it! That polishing job had to take forever. Nice work.
Hey, to clean up the motor, you could always get with Simon and Trent and do one of those simple fuel systems they came up with. You could always clean up the wiring the way Trent did it, too. Just some ideas.
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Looks good. I left mine grease colored...
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,the first motor i did ( tow rig ) , the short block was immaculate ,and upper half was left alone ,long story short you can not see a single thing i pain ted or detailed , the second one ( race motor ) I left the short block alone ,jsut cleaned it ,and detailed the Sh$t out of the top half and it was def the way to go . The valve covers look great
I would find a way to seal them though or they will dull up quick with the aluminum being porous , that the main reason I powder coated ,its is the toughest longest lasting option , and cleans up real easy .
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got a high temp clear coat. they will just get a couple very light coats after they get their final buff trent how the heck did you clean up your engine bay so well!!! i was looking at the pics in your build thread and it just looks amazing! no a/c, you loomed the harness eliminating stuff you didn't need. what else?
trent how the heck did you clean up your engine bay so well!!! i was looking at the pics in your build thread and it just looks amazing! no a/c, you loomed the harness eliminating stuff you didn't need. what else?
got a high temp clear coat. they will just get a couple very light coats after they get their final buff
I know you already know this, but make sure you get all of the polish, rubbing compound, etc off. Even with 1000 grit paper you can spray clear on it and it will out shine the best of polishes.
Those look bad ass! Thats what I plan on doing!