Polished intake manifold progress

[Xracer729]

here is my progress so far on a 240sx KA24 intake manifold. The first pics show the manifold after i spent 8+ hrs sanding off teh casting. the others one are another 5+ hrs of hand sanding the rough suface left by the first sanding. i still have a really long way to go and it is a ***** getting out all the hundreds of imperfections and scraches. hopfully when im done i will have somthing to be proud of. what do u all think so far.



edit: imagestation sucks balls

[larryd]

I think it looks like a red x :)

[Xracer729]

damn image station

[Xracer729]

you can go here but you have to log in
www.240sxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25097

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by Xracer729
you can go here but you have to log in
www.240sxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25097 Or you could just upload the pics here and save us the trouble. ;)

[Xracer729]

haha sorry, havent been to teh forums for a while.

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/54401-med.jpg
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/54402-med.jpg
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/5440s22-med.jpg
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/5440s2-med.jpg

[aZnTrD2k]

nice:)

What year is your 240? ANy plans, well besides polishing the intake manfiold?

[Blue Bomber]

Nice! :thumbup: Keep up the good work!

[F22-Raptor]

Looking good

[F35-JSF]

nice.

[Illusive]

is it wrong for me to think you were polishing the INSIDE, and not going for bling factor and polishing the outside?

[F22-Raptor]

Originally posted by Illusive
is it wrong for me to think you were polishing the INSIDE, and not going for bling factor and polishing the outside?

I was hoping he just didn't have pics of the inside..

[Xracer729]

Originally posted by aZnTrD2k
nice:)

What year is your 240? ANy plans, well besides polishing the intake manfiold?

i dont have a 240, haha im 14, i am jsut doing wat i can to make a little bit of money so i can get one. but this project is costing me way mroe then i will make off it. if i can even sell it. i am going to polish other thinks like pipes or valve covers ect... once i get the process down.

im not polishing the inside of the plenums because i dont have the proper tools to get in the middle, but i am going to smoothe the casting on the inside where the manifold meets the head and where it meets the surge tank.
my origional plan was to polish a GTS intake manifold but after seeing the price of 500+ for one that would have drained almost half of my savings :)

[J5ISALIVE]

damn LOL your 14... so you get home form your day as a 7th or 8th grader and start polishing...hmm...cool

have you tried using a dremel?

[Xracer729]

9th grader:D, but anyways yea pretty much, but i usually dont have enough time to work on it so its usually on the weekends, and yes i used a dremel to sand of the casting first and now i have hand sanded all the really rough scraches left from the dremel. but still have to work out the many inperfections

[uansari]

Pretty mature interests for a 14 year old... nice work, it looks good so far. :D

haha, you've been on this site almost a year more than I have...

[Xracer729]

i was 12 at the time when i joined :rolleyes: im almost 15 so i'll be able to finally get a permit as start driving. im going to try and get some more supplies this weekend so i can get this manifold nice and smooth and get it to a mirror finish.

[kxtim5]

you got a lot of time on your hands