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I'm getting better at this...

Reply #15 –
Great polishing work.I do a lot of polishing as well.I did my Explorer intake,steering pump bracket,t-body and spacer,valve covers,and my 3G alternator.Like you said,the polishing is the easy part.It's well worth it in the end.I'm polishing an H.O intake plate for Brian (Ifixyawata) to put on the H.O intake he just bought from me.Keep up the great work.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #16 –
Too big?? You can't get the things any smaller than that.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
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Reply #17 –
Thanks for the comments, everyone. I'll post some new pictures tonight. 85% of the housing is now fully polished.

Quote from: Graham;131712

How did you not end up sanding the "Air research" lettering off? 100 grit ate that lettering right down. I planned on doing it though.


Honestly, I just went around it. I wanted to make sure that the "Garrett" and "AR .60" stuff was unharmed, so I lightly hit the surface to make it smooth and let the polishing wheel take care of the rest.
These housings don't have "Air Research" anywhere on them, but I've seen it on other housings.
I have, however, been able to remove nearly all of the "casting flash" with the 200 grit, so almost all of the housing is like glass.
I may have to eBay this thing to see what it's worth. :)
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Reply #18 –
Quote from: cougarcragar;131792
Thanks for the comments, everyone. I'll post some new pictures tonight. 85% of the housing is now fully polished.



Honestly, I just went around it. I wanted to make sure that the "Garrett" and "AR .60" stuff was unharmed, so I lightly hit the surface to make it smooth and let the polishing wheel take care of the rest.
These housings don't have "Air Research" anywhere on them, but I've seen it on other housings.
I have, however, been able to remove nearly all of the "casting flash" with the 200 grit, so almost all of the housing is like glass.
I may have to eBay this thing to see what it's worth. :)



I always start off with 100 or 120 to get rid of all the casting imperfections. So usually, any letting gets wiped away pretty fast. I'll hopefully get a good start on my new housing this week. I'll get some pics up when I'm done.

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Reply #19 –
Here is a new picture. As you can see, the tight areas still need a lot of attention. I tried using the Dremel and a polishing wheel, but it just doesn't produce enough torque and speed. I'll have to think about this for a while...

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Reply #20 –
I was going to suggest a die grinder, but you probably don't have an air compressor at your disposal.

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Reply #21 –
I got up to 150 grit on mine last night. Would have gotten futher but had some snow shovelling to do.

My 6" DA sander is too big for anything but the outer parts, so the rest is left to hand sanding. I could use my die grinder but I'm too lazy to go pick up some more 2" velcro back sanding discs.

Hopefully I'll get up to 400grit this weekend.