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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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CantGoStraight Polished Parts Arrive: Bling Bling

During the winter months here in Minnesota, we have a nice 5 month off season which is filled with salt filled roads. This provides us with ample time to complete projects such shipping off our parts to CantGoStraight for polish work.

I decided that I wanted to go all out, and pair my new engine from Rotary Resurrection with all of the appropriate bling in the engine bay. I had the following parts polished:

1) UIM/T.B.
2) LIM
3) Elbow
4) Intake Piping
5) Water Pump Housing
6) Coolant Filler Neck
7) Water Pump
8) Turbo Compressor
9) Alternator (Not pictured, but looks incredible)

In person, the parts look incredible. I would recommend this service to anybody who is interested in polishing. It's amazing what these stock parts can look like with a little love.







Jack is very good to work with, and communicates very well. The shipping was also excellent. He goes out of his way to make sure things are done right, and that you are satisfied with the polishing.

I will post more pictures once we get everything in and looking right.

-Rotary4tw
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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I too got some work done by Jack (cantgostraight) and I don't know about his screen name but they did me so straight. I also got my UIM, ALT, and TB done and I can't say enough about the whole situation, great turnaround, great polishing and super nice guy. Also the pics do no justification as to how nice these look in person. This pic has my smudges all over it and still looks awesome.



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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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Damn man those do look good. Whats he charge? I have a handful of parts I am waiting to polish...
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 7-sins
Damn man those do look good. Whats he charge? I have a handful of parts I am waiting to polish...
he's really reasonable and as you can see the polishing is second to none...just pm him and list the parts and he will send you a quote.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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Nice, can't wait till I get my polished alternator from him.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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He does do awesome work!!! I know first hand because my TB and thremo housing are beautiful now thanks to Jack.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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I started polishing my own uim and TB... and it suxors.. maybe I need a real dremel and not an el cheapo....

I'm considering just sending it out
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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When it comes to polishing , Jack is the guy you want to contact. I'm very happy with all my polished parts.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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Nice. If ever i have to rebuilt my engine (god i hope not anytime soon lol), all my parts will be polished from you guys!!!
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 01:05 AM
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Can someone shed some light on the method/materials used to polish these things? Do you think the same technique would work for what used to look like a stainless steel exhaust section (e.g. an M2 muffler)?

But, my God, you guys with all your nice stuff are making me jealous
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 01:34 AM
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:16 AM
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by RX7 RAGE
Nice, can't wait till I get my polished alternator from him.

Hey Gene,
Got the alternator yesterday and took it to work to break the nut loose from the pulley (should have opened the box and looked at it before dragging it in as there wasn't a pulley to break the nut loose from. I'll pm you with what I found inside. Jack
will swap the parts out on Wednesday and get it out to you that day. I'll PM you with the paypal addy and final damages (-:


To Jason and Ben, James was very happy with the out come of most all of the parts (that damn Greddy elbow) Dave your parts are comming (I swear to it) should be there by the end of the week. Jack

Thanks for the kudo's and I'm glad everyone is pleased.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by kraked
I started polishing my own uim and TB... and it suxors.. maybe I need a real dremel and not an el cheapo....

I'm considering just sending it out


LOL James charges more to fix someones attempt than he does for a virgin casting. It can sometimes take longer and much more work to get out the grooves and divits left by someone that's not familliar with the process (I know because he bailed me out of my attempt at the Y-pipe. ) I couldn't stand the little air bubble holes that sometimes pop up when your cutting down the casting and in the process of trying to find the bottom ot the hole it made a nice little valley that had to be leveled over a much larger area. Everytime I think i want to do this I get a part that kicks my butt. Talk about dirty, nasty and time consumming.....it's so very much like body work and best left to those that like to do it. And that's my $.02
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by recon fd
He does do awesome work!!! I know first hand because my TB and thremo housing are beautiful now thanks to Jack.

Thanks Josh..........did you make it back home yet or still TDY ? ? ?
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ALNY93R1
When it comes to polishing , Jack is the guy you want to contact. I'm very happy with all my polished parts.

Thanks to you too ! ! ! It's a real pleasure to have those parts on your work (you've put together some really sweet cars). I can't wait to get the turbo compressor housing flow tested to see if polishing the inside will give me better number than the Pettit high flows.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:32 AM
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Ben while I'm thinking about it your thermostat housing filler neck doesn't have an O-ring. It was originally sealed with silicone and I cleaned all that out before sending it to James. Thanks again for the Kudo's James will love this thread ! ! !

Originally Posted by Rotary4tw
During the winter months here in Minnesota, we have a nice 5 month off season which is filled with salt filled roads. This provides us with ample time to complete projects such shipping off our parts to CantGoStraight for polish work.

I decided that I wanted to go all out, and pair my new engine from Rotary Resurrection with all of the appropriate bling in the engine bay. I had the following parts polished:

1) UIM/T.B.
2) LIM
3) Elbow
4) Intake Piping
5) Water Pump Housing
6) Coolant Filler Neck
7) Water Pump
8) Turbo Compressor
9) Alternator (Not pictured, but looks incredible)

In person, the parts look incredible. I would recommend this service to anybody who is interested in polishing. It's amazing what these stock parts can look like with a little love.







Jack is very good to work with, and communicates very well. The shipping was also excellent. He goes out of his way to make sure things are done right, and that you are satisfied with the polishing.

I will post more pictures once we get everything in and looking right.

-Rotary4tw
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 08:00 AM
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Okay since I have a run on this thread I've got to post my Efini Y-pipe that I finally got put in. One last thing to polish (see if you can spot it ! ! !
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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Intercooler.

Yep that's it. The set of turbo's I've got to put in will have the compressor housings polished so that's it till the motor has to come out. Guess I'll start on the suspension ! ! ! I bet we've polished 2lb's off the car so far. LOL
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by CantGoStraight
Dave your parts are comming (I swear to it) should be there by the end of the week. Jack

Thanks for the kudo's and I'm glad everyone is pleased.
Jack - you knew I was reading this thread last night and today and keeping quiet!!! After looking at all of Rotary4tw's stuff now I know why mine is taking a little time
I have no doubt that everything will look great and it'll be here soon.
I agree with everyone's comments here - this stuff has to be seen to be believed. It's worth every penny if you are considering sending stuff to Jack and James.
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