So the snow is finally gone and now it's time to start putting this thing back together again. I bought a ton of stuff over the winter and I'm in the process of polishing the last couple of pieces before I attempt to install all this ****. I thought I would post some before and after pics of my work in progress. I spent alot of time on it so I thought I would show it off.

I purchase a 92' FD Montego Blue (RHD) w/ about 50000km (stock motor and twins) in 2007. This is what it looked like:


So I did the regular maintenance stuff, clean up the engine bay, and this is where I was at the beginning of the off season in 2008:


Stuff I bought over the winter:

HKS BOV (used) before:



HKS BOV after:




Gotta go for now. I'll post the rest of my pics later.

 

Nice clean up of the engine bay. The colors really set it off. I like your front aluminum ducting sheild...is it custom? I've been tinkering on mine too..... just got done doing a single turbo swap (T78) over the past two months. Just awaitng to get it tuned. Hoping for at least 400 hp to the ground on moderate boost. Good luck with the car.

 

More pics ....

Efini Y-Pipe (used) before:


Efini Y-Pipe after:




Greddy Elbow (used) before:


Greddy Elbow after [already polished but cleaned up Greddy logo and repolished]:




IC Pipes after [repolished]:


Y-Pipe Bracket after:

 

Turbo Inlet Pipe after:



HKS Air Intakes before:


Hks Air Intakes after [bought them new but cleaned up HKS logo, repolished, and remove all the red]:





I'm actually looking for blue or grey replacement elements for the HKS intakes if anyone knows where to get them.

 

TB before:




TB after:

 

Greddy SMIC (used) before:




Greddy SMIC after:

 

Alternator after [bought this already polished but took it apart cleaned it all up, painted stator black, and repolished]:






Well that's all for now. I gotta get back to polishing the UIM. What a PITA. I still have alot more stuff to install besides this so I'll try to take pics and update as I go along.

 

wow very nice, you own a polishing business or what?...lol. Parts look great!

 

no kidding you look like a pro at polishing. Great work cant wait to see them installed.

 

I recommend having a clear coat applied to those parts to keep them nice and polished!

 

wow, looks awesome. how did you polish those parts?

 

This thread is win. Amazing job on the polishing.

 

^+1, how did you manage to polish each and every TB spring and armature?


=Ben

 

Thank for all the comments. I used alot of sand paper, a palm sander, dremel tool, more sand paper, converted my grinder to a buffing wheel, metal polish, more sand paper, and a **** load of time. Half way done my UIM, so I'll post some more pics when thats done.

 

Awesome work, props. Looks great!

 

Looks great!

 

Wow those parts look amazing!! Can't wait to see it when its done!

 

So I got a little side tracked. I started tearing down my engine bay and realized my air pump was in pretty bad shape and a little seized up. So I took it apart, clean the inside (as much as I could), and painted it. Don't know how well the paint will hold but it looks alot better than it did.

Air Pump before:



Air Pump after:

 

Wow that is absolutely stunning. You need to do a write up on polishing or something.

 

Holy crap. VERY nice work.

+1 on doing a write up haha.

 

+1 yes plzz!!!


how did you straighten the fins on the greddy SMIC? doesn't look like you did them individually. if u did, they look superb

 

im guessing with needle nose pliers and perhaps a flathead screw driver...

ive had to straighten out fins on several occasions.

 

you have given me the inspiration to do the same

 

That air pump looks brand new!! WOW!!

 

they don't totally look like needle nose plier or flat head screwdriver job

I remeber there's some tool you can roll around to straighten that as well, but not sure if that's what he used.