Polishing the cast manifold.

[tpunx99GSX]

Ok, lets see some pics of this thing already!!

Ill post some tomorrow. its far from finished. but im at a standstill with the project right now because the piston and rod havent come in, so i will have time to get the manifold nice, and make you all jealous. WOOT. then i figure after its done and if it starts to rust a bit, just grab some steel wool and wha la, back to shiney.

[1ViciousGSX]

As strange as this sounds, I actually watched a guy do this at a car show. He had the engine up to temp and idling, then started spraying Armor-all on his exhaust manifolds. The Armor-all turned a charcoal grey and solid. Looked just like a ceramic coating. Craziest thing I ever saw. When the engine cooled off, it was hard to the touch and stuck like crazy glue. No bull shit, I swear, I'm not making this up.

[Goat Blower]

I'd be all for the Armor All idea, but I also want the heat retention a good coating can provide. The FP manifold makes the front engine area noticeably hotter than my previous manifolds. Heat dispersion before the turbo=bad.

[tpunx99GSX]

Pics so far. Im getting kinda sick of doing this already. LOL

[Kracka]

How much time into it so far?

[1ViciousGSX]

How much time into it so far?
Days man, DAYS,............... :lol:

[tpunx99GSX]

How much time into it so far?
Like between today and tomorrow..... about an hour and a half. :) maybe less than that. :woohoo1:

[tehehodi]

looks good, at least your not doing it by hand...lol

[turbotalon1g]

Still looks like a turd. FP mani for the win, Steve is right it did make the bay a lot hotter, but once I got mine coated it was a lot cooler.

[Matt D.]

Have fun keeping it from rusting. :)