Hey my friend has noticed a few people have polished tpi's . he wants me to help him get r done, but i have no clue as how to do it correctly, can anyone on here point me to the right material to do and maybe some pointers so i dont botch anything up on his stuff

 

here is mine:


I basically used these directions generally:

here

 

That looks great novass. not to over done. Perfect in my book!!.

like he said the gm tips page is great info. You cant go wrong.

 

that looks amazing
Will the finish stay like that? Or will it need some sort of maitence to keep it looking that great?

 

Under the hood everything collects a lot of dust, and any water at all will cause a lot of water spots. For it to look good once its done you'll have to polish it from time to time depending on how often you drive the car, but the other side of it is that you can just let it lay however long and with some mothers or blue magic get it back to perfect again.

Oh, and its addictive, I just got done with my alternator, my 52mm throttle body, and my track rims. Next up is the accessory brackets and the AC lines and evaporator.

novass, i'm drooling over your car, but I see something missing, looks like a hell of a coolant leak you're going to have. Have you figured something out for the upper radiator support that looks better?

 

I have one of those new air cooled engines! I have been waiting for my AC Delete pulley so I have not finished the full install yet, plus there is salt on the roads up here.

Ruiny,
I Zoop Sealed all the aluminum on my engine so that I should not have to polish it with blue magic etc. I used alum. polish in the past and it worked out ok, however, I figured I would try the zoop seal. Many that have used it says it works geat. All I need to do to clean it is use some mild cleaner to remove the oil and a soft cloth. We will see how long it lasts under the hood...

 

NOVASS--where did you get that piece of aluminum intake tubing with the 90 degree bend? I've been looking for one! Thanks!

 

That elbow came with his Procharger kit I am sure.....

 

yup

 

u can get the polished aluminum intake tube from summit racing too

vor-4gh112-058 ........... $94.95 or
tfs-3150800 ................. $89.95

 

Question...that polished tube from Summit; seems to fit a TPI intake even though it is for a LT.....will this fit my TPI and will the MAF sensor be in the same original place. Pics would be helpful. This looks like a great appearance mod!!!!

 

I'm using the LT1 elbow on by 1989 Trans Am TPI with MAF. I had to buy another 4" hose to move the LT1 elbow away from the throttle body to line up with the MAF. I then had to move the MAF towards the passenger side around 4 inches. Made up a special bracket of 1" X 1/8" aluminum to move the MAF.

The round side of the LT1 elbow is 3 1/2 inch in diameter. You will have to make an adaptor to fit the 3" diameter of the MAF. I emailed Trick Flow and told them there was a demand for this item in conjunction with a TPI car. Hopefully they would come up with a kit.

I know of two cars here locally including mine running with the LT1 elbow. Dyno Don is also considering it. He picked up 16HP with his custom cold air kit on his Trans Am from stock. Allen