Polished My Turbo

[dur0maxx]

Posted this on the other site too.
I got bored today and took the compressor off and polished it up. I think it looks really good. Didn't take that long so if you have a little time to spare I def reccomend it from a looks stand point. Oh and the 50hp it adds in the ricer world:holyshirt:

I also deleted the turbo silencer tube. I can hear a little difference. I'm still waitin on that CAI that heath is comin out with. I can't wait to see what it looks like.

Here's a pic on the turbo:

 

[JiFaire]

Shiny! What did you use, a buffing wheel and some rubbing compound?

 

[DEERE3594]

Wow what a difference compared to mine.. looks great! :drool5:

 

[Schwind]

It looks real good, along with the rest of your engine. what do you use to keep your engine so clean.

 

[dur0maxx]

I used mothers aluminum polish with an old sock. I tried to use my buff ball but my damn battery was dead on the drill.

The engine bay was really clean when I bought it. It is actually dirty right now. It rained and I went down a dirt road and had some water splash up in the engine bay. The truck has 128k on it and I can still read every barcode on the tags on all the hoses and wires.

 

[Rodd]

Looks like you have a new alternator or did you polish that too?

 

[SnowDrift]

How did you knock down the sand casting roughness first?

 

[dur0maxx]

It was smooth already. But I have done this kinda thing before on a Yamaha R6 frame. Just takes alot of patience. You have to start out with rough grit sand paper and work it down, then go finer and finer untill you get all the little scratches out of it and then hit it with a buffer and aluminum polish.
On my bike I started with 300grit and worked all the way to 2000grit wet, and then buffed it out with aluminum polish. Came out like chrome.

Here's pics of that:

 

[North Maine]

well done...

 

[Turbine Doc]

Picture is showing as red X for me

 

[DEERE3594]

Picture is showing as red X for me

Still works for me...