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Moderatorcs82685Jan-03-07 05:08 AM
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#97516, "Polished Intake Manifold"




          

Well since I picked up a spare, I decided to try my hand at polishing up the intake manifold. I'm not done yet, but it already looks 100x better than stock. You can clearly see there's still lots of imperfections though maybe one of these days I will get around to finishing it but who knows....

Enough blabbering, here's pics:




It actually looks better in person in the picture it appears much rougher than it looks in person, but it does definetly need some more work


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RE: Polished Intake Manifold, Nightfall, Jan-03-07 06:31 AM, #1
RE: Polished Intake Manifold, Moderatorcs82685, Jan-03-07 07:00 AM, #2
      RE: Polished Intake Manifold, boosted60trimrst, Jan-04-07 04:51 AM, #3
           RE: Polished Intake Manifold, wickedtalon, Jan-04-07 08:45 AM, #4
                RE: Polished Intake Manifold, Moderatorcs82685, Jan-04-07 03:49 PM, #5
                     RE: Polished Intake Manifold, boosted60trimrst, Jan-04-07 05:43 PM, #6
                          RE: Polished Intake Manifold, Moderatorcs82685, Jan-04-07 06:01 PM, #7
                               RE: Polished Intake Manifold, TeamDR1665, Jan-05-07 04:47 AM, #8
                                    RE: Polished Intake Manifold, Moderatorcs82685, Jan-05-07 05:16 AM, #9

NightfallJan-03-07 06:31 AM
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#97517, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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Looks really good so far, what did you use to get the coarse texture down smooth enough? Unless you rubbed the hell out of it with Mother's polish, lol.

  
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#97519, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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Originally posted by Nightfall
Looks really good so far, what did you use to get the coarse texture down smooth enough? Unless you rubbed the hell out of it with Mother's polish, lol.


A few stones with the dremel and an orbital sander. 80, 120 and 220 grit, I should go finer and probably will eventually, but for now I just shined it up with 3m rubbing compound. I have to eventually figure out how to get in the crevaces (sp?) and other areas I can't get at with the sander besides by hand because that's just too long and slow. I also used a cutting wheel with the dremel to get rid of the letters and a few unnecessary areas in the casting.


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96 Eclipse RS -awaiting registration and inspection
95 Eclipse GS - parts car
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boosted60trimrstJan-04-07 04:51 AM
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#97525, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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getting there . you still got a lot to do tho . around crevesses the only way i could do mine was mostly by hand

LED tails : Done for now!
99 eclipse rst
cobalt blue met. paint,star stage 2 upgraded t3/t460trim turbo ceramic coated , polished compressor housing, ,optima yellow top, chrome i/c piping ,front mount ntercooler ,apexi turbo timer . zeitronix wb02 ,faze oil ,boost gauge,egt ,bosch 4x plugs,kyb agx struts, pro kit springs.17''adr venomous rims,Falken azenis ,brembo dilled/slotted rotors ,turbo xs bov ,oil catch can,manual shiftknob,autometer pyrometer egt , vortech sfmu,b&m fuel pressure gauge ,accel 310cc injectors ,gasketmatched and polished intake manifold ,58mm throttle body ,no egr,polished turbonetics wastegate,fuel pump rewire,homade fcd and a lot more .LED reverse lights ,sidemarkers and tails .atx to mtx swap . South bend tz clutch . Tons more
http://imageshack.us>


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wickedtalonJan-04-07 08:45 AM
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#97526, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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now comes the hard part. more sanding and then polishing.

pics of mine:

http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=88636&mode=full

// Jim // 95 Talon / 99 Eclipse (sold)

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#97530, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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 Jan-04-07 03:50 PM by cs82685



          

Originally posted by boosted60trimrst
getting there . you still got a lot to do tho . around crevesses the only way i could do mine was mostly by hand


It's very possible I'll be too lazy to do that though. I keep looking at it going, well you won't see that part when it's on the car, or that part...

Originally posted by wickedtalon
now comes the hard part. more sanding and then polishing. pics of mine: http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=88636&mode=full


haha, I actually had that thread open for a few days when I decided to start, that's how I knew to get the 3M rubbing compound. Yours is much prettier then mine, but even if I stopped now its way better than it was to start


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EVO IX - just a really expensive boost gauge and a K&N air filter
96 Eclipse RS -awaiting registration and inspection
95 Eclipse GS - parts car
Mods/Profile - http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=cs82685

  
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boosted60trimrstJan-04-07 05:43 PM
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#97531, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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It's very possible I'll be too lazy to do that though. I keep looking at it going, well you won't see that part when it's on the car, or that part...



i kept thinking the same thing . i decided to leave the part in between each runner .here a pic

http://imageshack.us>

LED tails : Done for now!
99 eclipse rst
cobalt blue met. paint,star stage 2 upgraded t3/t460trim turbo ceramic coated , polished compressor housing, ,optima yellow top, chrome i/c piping ,front mount ntercooler ,apexi turbo timer . zeitronix wb02 ,faze oil ,boost gauge,egt ,bosch 4x plugs,kyb agx struts, pro kit springs.17''adr venomous rims,Falken azenis ,brembo dilled/slotted rotors ,turbo xs bov ,oil catch can,manual shiftknob,autometer pyrometer egt , vortech sfmu,b&m fuel pressure gauge ,accel 310cc injectors ,gasketmatched and polished intake manifold ,58mm throttle body ,no egr,polished turbonetics wastegate,fuel pump rewire,homade fcd and a lot more .LED reverse lights ,sidemarkers and tails .atx to mtx swap . South bend tz clutch . Tons more
http://imageshack.us>


http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=boosted60trimrst
My contribution to the wiki
http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=crank%20arm%20spindle%20mod%20to%20fit%20power%20panels

  
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Moderatorcs82685Jan-04-07 06:01 PM
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#97532, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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^^^^ now that's pretty. Makes me want to actually clean it up more and bolt it on.


I contributed to the Wiki!
EVO IX - just a really expensive boost gauge and a K&N air filter
96 Eclipse RS -awaiting registration and inspection
95 Eclipse GS - parts car
Mods/Profile - http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=cs82685

  
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TeamDR1665Jan-05-07 04:47 AM
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#97537, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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You guys have all done some nice work. (cough)wiki(cough)

  
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Moderatorcs82685Jan-05-07 05:16 AM
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#97538, "RE: Polished Intake Manifold"
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Originally posted by DR1665
You guys have all done some nice work. (cough)wiki(cough)


hehe I haven't even finished the zeitronix write-up yet. Although there's really not much else too it, but that guy may find its way into the evo, of course all I need is an extra wiring harness and I can use it on both.

I really should have taken pictures of the progress

I nominate wickedtalon or boosted60trimrst becuase there's look a lot better than mine and I just used wickedtalon's info to do mine. I'll do it eventually if neither of them want to.


I contributed to the Wiki!
EVO IX - just a really expensive boost gauge and a K&N air filter
96 Eclipse RS -awaiting registration and inspection
95 Eclipse GS - parts car
Mods/Profile - http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=cs82685

  
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