valve cover, polish Options

[TRD11]

what do you think of a 5sfe polished valve cover ????????? i grinned the ribs off the front and drilled 2 holes for -10 an lines





This post has been edited by TRD11: Jan 23, 2012 - 11:04 PM

[mandrek]

nice.. what are you using to polish with?

perhaps it is the camera but i do not see any swerles or small scuffs from the media used to polish with.

i did some polishing of SS and aluminum. and did it like this:
1:start with fine brass wire brush on right angle air tool.
2:medium grade steal wool.
3:then 0000 steal wool, with mothers aluminum polish.
4:finish with neverdul
5:final was only if i could, buff with bench grinder and drill mounted buffing wheel..

i like for the most part how mine turned out but still have aspects about it that i dont like... primarily the fact that i can get it nice and smooth and polished, but in the light you can still see swerles..

so what did you do to get such a nice finish?

and deff keep it up, its a nice start.. cant wait to see the finished product!!

[TRD11]

nice.. what are you using to polish with?

perhaps it is the camera but i do not see any swerles or small scuffs from the media used to polish with.

i did some polishing of SS and aluminum. and did it like this:
1:start with fine brass wire brush on right angle air tool.
2:medium grade steal wool.
3:then 0000 steal wool, with mothers aluminum polish.
4:finish with neverdul
5:final was only if i could, buff with bench grinder and drill mounted buffing wheel..

i like for the most part how mine turned out but still have aspects about it that i dont like... primarily the fact that i can get it nice and smooth and polished, but in the light you can still see swerles..

so what did you do to get such a nice finish?

and deff keep it up, its a nice start.. cant wait to see the finished product!!

hey .... well i work at a body shop .... so i whas playing around with different things

i took 400 grit and sanded all the imperfections out ...... then 800 grit /////// 1200 grit /// 2000 grit witch it starts to sine good /// then 3000 grit ... all by hand thats the only way to not get swirls

what did you put the 2 holes in there for? there are already ports on the side for breather. i pulled the steel tube out and threaded it for -6

i threaded the small hole and put a plug in it /// and i found a push in plug for were the pvc vualve goes

[Ted95]

looks great so far post up pics of the finished product things going to look sweet

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jan 28, 2012 - 9:15 AM