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bracket was sandblasted. Alternator and Pulley were wire
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pieces were painted cast coat aluminum. The tensioner was tricky
to paint because I wanted to keep the pulley black and I couldn't
get it off. So, i taped the pulley with masking tape and painted
around it. I used a similar method for the alternator. I taped the fan and spun it around while painting to get all the spaces
behind it. I think it looks really good. Water pump was
disassembled, sandblaster, cleaned with compressed air to get
the sand out, put together with form-a-gasket, and sprayed. Click
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Well I needed to add a little
attitude to the brakes, so, since the pads looked good, I figured
I'd take advantage of the red paint I originally bought for the
engine and paint the brake pads. Well, they look pretty good.
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Brembo brakes? I don't think
so!
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here is the rear axle wire
brushed and sprayed with por-15 metal prep
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Rear axle painted with por-15,
brake lines and brackets spray painted red for contrast. I highly recommend
por-15 because it is easy to prep for and apply and extremely
tough.
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Brake pedal before cut. I
marked out a 1.5" section.
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Brake pedal after cut and weld.
Its hard to see my weld because of the paint but it is very
strong. Maybe its better that you can't see it because it is an
ugly weld( heh, I've only been welding for a year and haven't
picked up that touch yet!). But rest assured, it is also very
strong (i tested it).
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This pic shows the Napa heater
hose 10743 that connects the two heater pipes. It needs to be cut
a little to fit. The heater pipe was painted black after a little
sanding
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The ceramic? coating on these
Mac headers didn't look to good out of the donor and had chipped
and rusted in many locations. So, I cleaned them up, sanded them,
painted the rust with rust convert, and painted them with black
Barbeque paint. In my opinion, they look nicer black than
the original whitish color. Oh yeh, I cleaned out the insides with
carb cleaner and a pipe brush to make sure they flowed nicely.
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Like my set of NEW FMS rear
control arms? Just kidding! These are the refinished donor ones.
Sandblasted and painted black with Krylon. Sweet!
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85 mph top speed? I don't think
so. This will have to be replaced. Still looking for a nice 140
mph! Anyone?
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Spindles were sandblasted and
painted cast coat aluminum.
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Front Lower control arms painted with
por-15. This stuff is great! and a little goes a very long
way. Before Painting I cut a slot out of each one. I used a
drill and a metal blade on a jig saw. Then filed them smooth. This
was a VERY time consuming process. If you want to do it the easy
way, find a friend with a plasma cutter. I'll post better
pics soon... I'm a little worried about the ball joints because
one is lower than the other and one is ripped. We'll see about
replacement.
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