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well ive polished the pipe that goes to my throttle body.

and removed the seams that are on the pipe so it looks perfect. spent ages with the orbital sander and 800 grit sandpaper, my fingers are allmost falling off. then i buffed it.

anyhow now im goin to sand my cam covers.

heres a pic of the pipe

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you have to do the plenum now!! :D looks awesome man!

i dont know if i would have the patience...

how long did it take for each bit???

i just painted my pipes and the rocker cover... want to polish the cam covers like u have and then the plenum.

Very tidy!

Im thinking of doing the same (but by hand at this stage - might live to regret taking it apart!).

I have same rocker oil sweat seeping between the cam cover and the rest of the block - did you put a new gasket in, use the existing one, or use some kind a gasket-in-a-tube stuff?

Did you need to change the oil to do this or just be very careful while having the cover off?

Cheers :(

RGS

Its hard work but its worth it for the results. Mine looks pretty much the same as MotoX's now.. next step intake plenum.. Lot of work in that one.

I just use the existing gasket as it seemed to still be in good condition. All back together and been for a few long drives and working fine. No sign of leakage.

Oil all sinks to the bottom of the engine, meaning its all bare. The only thing you really have to watch for carefully is no dirt or sanding particles getting into the cam area while the covers are off. Recommend you do the actual polishing a few metres from the car.

well guess what i did yesterday and part of thursday night.

i busted my hands apart sanding this god dam ****ing plenum.

i dont recoment tyreing to do your plenum. its jsut too hard.

its too hard to get off, unless u take the inlet pipes off as well, which u have to refill your coolant. or u can do what i did and spent 2hrs undoing these 5 bolts.

but this is what it now looks like. and my hands still hurt.

i think thats why i had trouble drifting last night hehehe, or it was jsut the rain and the 6L of diesel on the road. dam sliprey roads

why so hard to get the bolts off?? You had acccess to the right tools?

you have to take the left rocker cover off to get properly to the bolts on the right of the plenum as well correct?? Was looking at how it might be done... i knew it wouldn't be easy.

From the result its worth it mate :(

predator666:thanks predator, yeah i took the left rocker cover off, still hard to get too, i used a ring spanner, the plate on the plenum that attached to the Throttle body slices ya knuckles apart.

DJ_L3ThAL: yes theres is a ruber/steel gasket, its easy to take in/out and it is reusable.

jsut re tentioned all ym belts, and i had a boost leak, seems all fixed now.

I used 240 grit sand paper on the orbital sander, then i rub it back till its baby smooth with 800.

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