LB7: IHI Port/Polish
- Thread starter yellowchevy
- Start date
Yep you can, don't know if it'll help with the oxidation though.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Got everything ported, polished, and vht flameproofed. The baking seemed to turn the parts a little blue like hardening. Hope it doesnt hurt anything. Heres some more pictures.
This is why porting/polishing is important. It may not seam like much but flow is flow.
Yellowchevy
Yellowchevy
Josh,
I've not clear coated one before but haven't had a problem with them oxidizing. That 366 I had on before never oxidized.
I've clear coated other aluminum piece's I've polished before but it left them dull looking. Just my experience.
Yellowchevy
That's interesting info to have. I've never had any first hand experience with polished compressor housings; I just made an assumption that bare aluminum would oxidize and dull over time. If that hasn't been the case in your experience, I guess there's no need to fix what isn't broke! :thumb:
I thought the same thing was going to happy and was hesitant to install the turbo without a coating. I'm guessing that being it's not "in the elements" under the hood, it's not as subjective to oxidizing. Just my guess.
Yellowchevy
This is what I still use for the up pipe & wastegate ports but use an end mill for the turbine discharge side.
I'd love to have a CNC end mill but I don't have the space or do the volume to afford one.
Yellowchevy
As we've talked, window lickers!!:thumb:
Not yet, I know what I want to do but need some money to buy the S475 to start building it.
Yellowchevy
were anxious 
well I am anyway!
I'm interested to hear about the fellow in Wyoming that got your super stocker and 475 in the 1.1 AR?
It arrived yesterday afternoon and the pickup is going under the knife for head gaskets/studs, swap IHI's, and put the S475 on. He said it should take a week so helpfully I hear something from him.
Yellowchevy