What did you do today to your 3/S?

[DrGonzo]

Will be powder coating the lower intake plenum tomorrow. Can anyone who has coated one of these tell me how that goo on the bottom reacts in the oven? I soda blasted it today to remove all of the carbon from the runners. These areas will be masked off and the rest will be sandblasted.

If will hold up just fine in the heat. I did one a Mirror black which is a 350/15 bake and recently a Chrome powder at 400/10. The goo is like JB Weld. Holds up fine under the heat but the powder will not coat it. I outgass my parts at 450 for 25-30 min and that stuff still held up fine. Getting ready to do another one in chrome here this week....

Any forget polishing, I picked up a great Chrome powder I'm using from now on. Granted it is not that polished look, but it is pretty damn close. My only complaint, and there is nothing that can be done about it, is that it has to be cleared after as the chrome powder has ground up metal in it that will oxidize and the clear coat takes some of the shine away. due to how light refraction works....

Here is a plenum I did recently in the Chrome. This is after the clear.

[sergechronos]

Did some powder coating last week. Getting the hang of it again after taking a year break from the car.


Some of the brackets that bolt to the turbo and manifolds have a lot of pitting from rust. 2 coats of powders only covers so much and these aren't very showy parts so I didn't feel like priming/sanding/priming/sanding.....







Will be powder coating the lower intake plenum tomorrow. Can anyone who has coated one of these tell me how that goo on the bottom reacts in the oven? I soda blasted it today to remove all of the carbon from the runners. These areas will be masked off and the rest will be sandblasted.

Before:


After:





I also continued work on polishing my plenum, a job I should have just sent to April because polishing is just not my thing. I still cannot figure out a tool to get into the recessed areas between the bosses.

Q tip in a drill works really well.

[MDoe8]

Those parts look great!!


Yesterday I finished up my steering components, here's a picture of the rod end tube things. Will see all of the parts in the next video.


Also, snapped a random picture of my car as its getting surgery

[DK77]

Which Chrome is that, Greg?

[DrGonzo]

Patented Terminal Chrome with Everclear clear coat. I just got my pre-intake pipes done. On one the clear didn't cure right or the part was still too hot when I did the clear so I have to redo it. Getting ready to do the cold side on my 13G turbo's with it also. I need to get some high temp black for the hotside as I don't carry it in stock right now.

[THE_FATTIE]

Still working on the upgraded fuel system. Tank is still out until I get a couple more shipments in, but I dropped the back end and started work under the hood today.

I cant believe the amount of stuff you have to take out to get to the fuel filter...



Big thanks to DrGonzo for this one, Still working on making everything around it look as good as the fuel rail does.



And another big thanks to Chris at Ninja Performance for this



Everything is starting to come together. I still need to finish getting the fuel hat back together, put the tank back up, and run the new feed line from the tank to the rail. After that its all just putting stuff back together.

Anyone have any tips for how to mount the new fuel filter? I was thinking about using some self tapping screws and mounting it where the bracket is for the old fuel filter, But its kind of buried under there. Any ideas?

[sergechronos]

If I was running fresh hose, I'd probably mount the fuel filter higher up on the firewall for easier access to change, OR remotely under the car back by the tank to keep the engine bay uncluttered

[Street_Chally73]

Not tonight, but rather what I wrapped up last night...Some more powder got sprayed onto several other parts that still needed it done; some of the stuff had rusted prematurely on me from a not so bright idea to have several parts in a cardboard box (which sucked up a ton of moisture through the past several springs). Granted, I had only done them using spray paint, so now they're completely sealed.

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I've also begun to fix up more of my current wiring harness so nothing is hacked or contains any damaged connectors...I'm still not entirely certain as to which ports the terminals for the oil pressure sending unit and oil light need to go, but figure that should be easy enough to switch wires around once I have the car fired up again.

[theric5m]

Fixed the small dent on the lower bumper. Then washed and waxed the entire body.

[Bloodlust182]

I also continued work on polishing my plenum, a job I should have just sent to April because polishing is just not my thing. I still cannot figure out a tool to get into the recessed areas between the bosses.

I bought a set of rubber burs for a dremel on ebay or amazon that were 80, 320, and 600 grit. They work pretty well for tight areas.