Polishing Engine bay

[Guest INASNT]

looks good man, now all u need is sum nice polished cooler piping going into your new fmic

[MM2death]

Very smicko indeed.

[inark]

awesome... hmmm how hard is it to get the rocker covers off??

[predator]

once you have all the main piping off and a few hoses.. about 5 mins to just undo all the retaining bolts..

anyway, ne i thought you took you plastic bit off to paint it? once you've done that to take the actual rocker covers off is rather easy... its just the sanding that is the hard part. Smoother result if you do the lot with hand sanding.. if you use some sort of mechanical sander + fine sandpaper its a lot quicker but you can get swirls in the metal which are hard to sand out via hand.

Me and nathan both did ours at the same time.. mine was really just to polish it up a bit more. Nathan's came up pretty well starting from standard. I'd post photos but i don't have a digi cam.

[dru32]

so u can reuse the gasket after polishing the cam covers???

[predator]

Its probably not the greatest idea.. but i did it anyway

If the gasket crumbles when u take it off then yes, if not i would just put it back. Mine seems to be functioning fine after giving it some stick. It was a couple of weeks back now..

[dru32]

if i need a new one where could i get one from... for rb20

[JiMb0]

Does anyone want to put up a detailed report of how to achieve this result ?

I'm certainly willing to give it a go however no idea how to get the rocker covers or plenum off ...

If anyone is able to put a step by step up of taking off the inlet piping, rocker covers, plenum ... that'd be greatly appreciated

[Guest KILLER-T]

HAHA im a dumb ass why didnt i think of that taking the cam cover off to get to the nuts under the plenum.I sat there all night with about 3 or 4 extensions joined together trying to get to them through the runners.That was a prick of a job:bahaha:

[dru32]

could it weakn it if the seams are sanded smooth? Or is it safe to do?

[dru32]

Originally posted by JiMb0

Does anyone want to put up a detailed report of how to achieve this result ?  

I'm certainly willing to give it a go however no idea how to get the rocker covers or plenum off ...

If anyone is able to put a step by step up of taking off the inlet piping, rocker covers, plenum ... that'd be greatly appreciated

Undo all the clips and bolts... Take the rocker cover off to get the the screws on the inside of the cam covers....

Dont loose any bolts etc while its apart! and take your time dont force anything...

[MotoX]

hahahah dru32.

i think he means more detailsed.

i cant do it at the moment, ive had too much to drink.

going to bed now cyas later

[dru32]

ohh.... i've never been good with giving directions :looney:

Im completly lost...

[predator]

If anyone is able to put a step by step up of taking off the inlet piping, rocker covers, plenum ... that'd be greatly appreciated

I'd do it if I had a digi-cam but i don't so i can't help u all Wish i could, i'm good at tutorials and i've done it a few times.. Its useful to know to pull it apart change spark plugs, check coils and things too..

me and dj_lethal are gonna do our plenums fairly soon...

[T0nyGTSt]

The way I see if you either polish or paint...

Ben did it.

Anyone interested?

T.

[walkoau]

MotoX

well done it was worth the effort you put in. it looks really nice.

[ImPrOvIsE]

how long did it take you for just the inlet pipe. More than a day?

[dan_the_man]

inlet pipe takes about 2 hours with an orbital sander and then sanding by hand

[MotoX]

it all depends if u want to remove the join line on your intake pipe, i removed mine and made it look like it was never there.

[G0DF4Th3R]

whuts an orbital sander?