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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:12 AM
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Pictures of fully polished runners and plenum, I got them off!

I finally got the proper tools to remove my runners, It was a simple task, not to hard, but putting it back together in nerv racking, not knowing if your car is going to run like crap lol.

Well Here are the pics!
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:13 AM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:16 AM
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3 I was able to do a pretty good job cleaning up the plenum, I will be sanding & porting it soon.
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:17 AM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:18 AM
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5 Reminds me of some kind of freak pig LOL.
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:21 AM
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the final pic, Here is it on the car So what do you guys think?
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 10:59 AM
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looks really good, you did a good job.
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 11:58 AM
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You are a polishing machine! I should have you polish my engine bay when you come over! Just kidding of course, but you're doing an awsome job.
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 12:08 PM
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You are a polishing machine! I should have you polish my engine bay when you come over!
ROFL! aren't I

If you ever want to really polish them let me know
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:16 PM
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Looks pretty good. Try polishing runners from a Corvette, for some reson they are a differant casting and MUCH rougher!!
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:17 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:19 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:20 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:31 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:33 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:34 PM
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looks good RU-QUIK, I really want to polish my plenum BAD, but until I get the carbid bits to port it I won't
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 01:43 PM
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Last.... As you can tell, I have done a little polishing :lala: I know what it took you to do that job, Congrats...
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 04:16 PM
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WOW that looks good i like that you sould get some crome valve covers to go whith the tpi setup i think that it would kick ***
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 04:50 PM
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Fantastic jobs gents. How do you acheive that? What sort of bits/pastes are you using?
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 05:09 PM
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I took very fine steel wool to my runners for a butt load of time, then I took magic blue aluminum polish to it, does a great job
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 05:22 PM
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5SIZ,
Ok, can understand that. Given the bits you are polishing are relatively smooth in the first place, but do you have any suggestions as to how would you really shine up a "rougher" piece, say the stock alternator casing?
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 05:32 PM
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Looks awesome man... how long did it take you to do?
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:00 AM
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5SIZ,
Ok, can understand that. Given the bits you are polishing are relatively smooth in the first place, but do you have any suggestions as to how would you really shine up a "rougher" piece, say the stock alternator casing?
hmm I havent tried anything rough except the stock factory casted plenum, try using meguiars deep crysta step 1 to clean it up very good, then go from regualr steel wool to fine steel wool to very fine steel wool then the polish?

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Took me about 2 hours each runner give or take a few minutes, the entier project took me 6 hours taking my time.
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