[Es2] RE: Cleaning and painting the engine

[Ben Klumper]

I agree with Brandon. No paint on the AL parts. I did a light sandblast (too
heavy and it'll pit) to clean and refinish all the AL parts. I also blasted
the exhaust mani and hot-side turbo before painting them with manifold
paint. I really like the polished look of Tom Vandervoort's engine. In
retrospect, I would have liked to have polished at least my cam cover and
IM. Maybe next time I change the gaskets!

Ben

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Hull" <Hull at cardinalpartners.com>
To: "Darin Adlard" <audilard at yahoo.com>; <es2 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Es2] RE: Cleaning and painting the engine


All AL pieces I just cleaned up with AL cleaner.  However:  my mechanic
George Baxter is very fond of taking all the AL bits to the grinder
bench, and polishing them up to a high sheen.  I was sceptical at first
but he argued and I now believe that once you give them all a mirror
finish, they stay that way a long time and are pretty easy to restore.
Even the AL turbo half comes up nicely.  It certainly looks fabulous.
Whether you do this or not, I wouldn't paint AL parts, it just doesn't
take paint that well.
B

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darin Adlard [mailto:audilard at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:59 PM
> To: es2 at audifans.com
> Subject: [Es2] RE: Cleaning and painting the engine
>
>
> What about the intake mani, engine mounts,
> turbo..etc.etc?  Cleaned and painted as well or did
> you sandblast them?
>
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