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May 24, 2010 17:20:45 GMT
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Hey guys, my engine is away getting rebuilt whilst I rost everything else out, Ive stripped the turbo off the cast exhaust manifold and want to polish it a bit, I did my Pinto one years ago sat sanding it with a block and paper every night for a cpl of weeks and it looked great but this one is much more 'flowing' as opposed to a cast brick that was on the pinto. What would be the best way of polishing it, something to put in my drill perhaps?
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ToolsnTrack
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May 24, 2010 17:24:53 GMT
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Um, for all the time it will take, why not get a tubular stainless one?
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nutter81
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May 24, 2010 19:20:27 GMT
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because I did that doesn't quite cut it when its bought
I did my inlet manifold on my triumph dolly thats quite tubular and quite rough cast as well but its ALU I used a dremmel on the hard to reach areas and fine belt sander for easier bits bloody messy but worked surprisingly well then I used loads of auto sol for a shine
I got to do it again now as I'm upgrading the carbs and it requires different manifold
I guess overdrive is right tho its quicker and would look 100% better with stainless and a lot less harsh on your hands
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Last Edit: May 24, 2010 19:21:25 GMT by nutter81
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RobinJI
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May 24, 2010 19:22:54 GMT
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 Might be worth a try. |
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Last Edit: May 24, 2010 19:23:10 GMT by RobinJI
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May 24, 2010 20:03:44 GMT
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I'll give that a blast I think. Ive looked at stainless tubular manifolds for them and they are £££! The 'cheap' ones are over £200 and Ive heeard reports of them cracking after 500 miles. The standard manifold is good for over 300bhp before it starts to become restrictive and I'm aiming for 280 ish so I just wanna make my standard fannymould sexier  |
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welder
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May 24, 2010 20:17:18 GMT
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Send it to me, I'll do it. That's even kinder to your hands!
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I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example.
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nutter81
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May 24, 2010 20:31:39 GMT
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oooo can i send mine too
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May 24, 2010 21:47:22 GMT
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You serious Welder? How much moolah dude?
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ToolsnTrack
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May 24, 2010 21:50:37 GMT
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The cheap ones only really crach under the weight of the turbo on them. Weld a couple of support bars from the block flange to the turbo flange and it should hold up....
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May 24, 2010 22:10:21 GMT
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I bought a stainless one for my Sr20det from ebay for £85 . its held up well so far and has an extra support as part of the design.
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May 24, 2010 22:49:20 GMT
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Was the 85 quid one an XSPower manifold? I saw one that seemed quite good but then I realised that all the branches were very different lengths, cant be good?
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I had a half  d attempt at this once with one of them wire Brillo pads. Soon found it required more effort than I was willing to give though. Dremmel sounds a good bet. |
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ToolsnTrack
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Was the 85 quid one an XSPower manifold? I saw one that seemed quite good but then I realised that all the branches were very different lengths, cant be good? IIRC the cast manifols on CA's are not equal length. Wont to the car any harm! Unequl length manifolds are par for the course on tight engine bays... |
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welder
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May 25, 2010 10:19:40 GMT
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Yes I'm serious. I got all the gear to do it. Post up a pic and I'll give you a rough idea on price.
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I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example.
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May 25, 2010 10:26:35 GMT
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Yes I'm serious. I got all the gear to do it. Post up a pic and I'll give you a rough idea on price. Doode! Can you polish pretty much anything? I got some stuff that'd look better shiney ;D Can you do wire wheels? Mine are looking tired.. HC. ps. You're Charlie from the OMOC right? |
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May 25, 2010 12:31:50 GMT
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Ok Ill stick a pic up tonight or tomorro cheers dude |
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May 25, 2010 14:21:55 GMT
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welder
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May 25, 2010 18:38:19 GMT
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Hey Hardcore. I'm in the OMOC yeah mate. Do I know you?
Bounty hunter, cheers for the nice comments but that links not actually anything to do with me. Don't want to take credit for someone else's work ;D
I have done a lot of polishing work on bikes, trikes,scooters, cars, and even medieval weapons though.
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Last Edit: May 25, 2010 18:43:39 GMT by welder
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Polishing cast manifoldsHARDCORE
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May 25, 2010 21:14:27 GMT
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Hey Hardcore. I'm in the OMOC yeah mate. Do I know you? No, not personally mate, just made the link when you offered polishing services what ya reckon on polishing wire wheels? |
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? Bounty hunter, cheers for the nice comments but that links not actually anything to do with me. sorry i didnt make it clear  it was a link to a friend who does polishing work |
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