more inlet manifold polishing

I was recently asked very nicely by Tracy (Pendlelass) if i would polish up an alloy inlet manifold for her.

After Tracy bought one off Diesel distroyer i set to work on it.

this is how it came from Allan (he started to polish it himself)







after being attacked with a flap disc in an angle grinder







down to 400 grit paper











down to 2000 grit paper











after polishing with autosol









it isn't perfect but Tracy was happy with it

i will look forward to seeing it on Fizz

:nv: :nv:

Very :nv: nice

Is the vvc inlet alloy???

Andy the tyre man wrote: Very :nv: nice

Is the vvc inlet alloy???

yes the vvc one is alloy - but with horrible black paint on it that takes ages to get off

mine looks like this

What did you use to remove the paint??

Good work fella!
I know the work involved: I used to polish my sandcast Triumph motorbike crankcase halves to a shine: not as many nooks and crooks as an inlet manifold!

Epic job: still got your fingerprints?

Andy the tyre man wrote: What did you use to remove the paint??

just nitro-mors - it took loads to remove it - until i realised once the top coat was sanded then the nitro-mors was able to penetrate the paint.

it took longer to remove the paint than to sand down and polish up.

John and Sue wrote: Good work fella!
I know the work involved: I used to polish my sandcast Triumph motorbike crankcase halves to a shine: not as many nooks and crooks as an inlet manifold!

Epic job: still got your fingerprints?

cheers John,

finger prints have now returned, although they did bleed a bit when i did mine

Nice job :broon:

thanks Phil... it looks fab and fizz had better appreciate it...

It really does look nice. Do you give it a coat of some sort of clear varnish or just leave it??

Davem wrote: It really does look nice. Do you give it a coat of some sort of clear varnish or just leave it??

just leave it