need help 5.7l dress up
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Car: 1989 Trans Am
Engine: 350 TPI
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need help 5.7l dress up
i have An 89 TA with a 5.7 and the engine is pretty clean but i have been wanting to dress it up and i cant finnd many kits. i was wanting to go with a red/chrome set up but give me some advice if you guys thimk that would look nice
heres a pic of it now
heres a pic of it now
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From: Long island, NY
Car: 1987 Trans Am
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 2.73 posi
Re: need help 5.7l dress up
I was thinking of doing the same thing. What I was going to do was paint the valve covers red and polishing the intake plenum and he runners. There is a tech article on polishing the intake and runners.
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Car: 1988 Camaro Sport Coupe
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Re: need help 5.7l dress up
new valve covers from summit, a chrome alternator, polish your tpi stuff. not much cleaning you can do with a tpi set up, you got wires going everywhere and stuff just cluttering the hell out of it.
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From: Buffalo, NY
Car: 92 Z28
Engine: LS3
Transmission: TR6060
Axle/Gears: Strange S60 3.73
Re: need help 5.7l dress up
This guy has some good tips on polishing engine components for a 3rd gen. Check it out.
http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox/tips/tips.htm
http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox/tips/tips.htm
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Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 355 TPI
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Re: need help 5.7l dress up
i tell you guys what... I have valve covers which are already painted red metallic and I'm in the middle of my tpi clean up... I sell them to one of you cheap... like 20 with shipping... As far as my tpi cleanup.. i'm polishing and replacing runners with edelbrock runner and the hi flow matching intake... also rewiring my harness to hise all the wires pipes and hoses...
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Car: 1989 Trans Am
Engine: 350 TPI
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Re: need help 5.7l dress up
ok thanks for the info but now i have another question. i was just taking off the piece that covers the distributor cap and it felt like a platic so how would i polish that? does it work the same as the rest of the plenum?
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Re: need help 5.7l dress up
i would keep it like how it is. but with some muscle u can get the engine rlly shiny on all the alluminum pieces and the plenium. i just use meguirs mag & alluminum polish its in a blk tin can and if u apply that then just buff rlly good and do it a couple more times ur start to get a actual reflection off it and it takes some time could be a couple hours if its your first time and if you do the whole engine and then on the rubber tubes just use armor all ultra shine protectand and the whole engine will look new. just make sure to have several terry clothes expecially if its your first time polishin it they get black FAST
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