I'm in the process of adding an intercooler and a few other parts for my vortec setup on my 2v. I had planned on powdercoating the charge pipes black and red for my headunit, but once I saw the pipes were a nice polished finish I decided to dive into a project. My wheels on my Saleen have been swapped out from chrome to polished so I wanted to keep the theme going.
It was time to pull the vortech off and give that area of the engine bay a quick wipe down. When I first got the car it had an oil leak from a loose oil feed line to the head unit, so I took care of that but was never able to fully clean certain parts until now
A full can of brake kleen later and we're back in business. Now I'm to the point of why my fingers hurt...
I started at 220 which was more than enough for 70%, but the "bottom" portion of the headunit had some deep marring and scratches I wanted to try to get out. I ended up going down to 80 grit and working up to 320. This picture is after my first 220 pass which you can see the marks I was aiming to remove at the bottom.
And here is after about 8 hours of sanding & polishing. I didn't spend as much time on portions that wouldn't be seen. I was questioning half way through the project why I didn't go the powdercoat route a couple of times.
Then I was left with what to do with the actual unit itself and decided to just go for it
Excited to start the re-assembly and make some cool jet noises
It was time to pull the vortech off and give that area of the engine bay a quick wipe down. When I first got the car it had an oil leak from a loose oil feed line to the head unit, so I took care of that but was never able to fully clean certain parts until now
A full can of brake kleen later and we're back in business. Now I'm to the point of why my fingers hurt...
I started at 220 which was more than enough for 70%, but the "bottom" portion of the headunit had some deep marring and scratches I wanted to try to get out. I ended up going down to 80 grit and working up to 320. This picture is after my first 220 pass which you can see the marks I was aiming to remove at the bottom.
And here is after about 8 hours of sanding & polishing. I didn't spend as much time on portions that wouldn't be seen. I was questioning half way through the project why I didn't go the powdercoat route a couple of times.
Then I was left with what to do with the actual unit itself and decided to just go for it
Excited to start the re-assembly and make some cool jet noises