Well, as if polishing fresh metal ain't bad enough I sure have some work ahead of me.

It took a bit of work to remove the combination of stainless patina and baked on earth from just one half of my turbine uppipe.

This is the piece that connects to two headers, wastegate and turbo.

The rough finish is only half done but the pic should give you a good idea of the before and after effect.

I figured as long as I am lucky enough to have a stainless exhaust system I should at least make everything pretty while I have it apart.

 

damn tony, good luck

 

have fun lol, I help my friend do his TL1000 it took a few hours

 

wire brush on a rotary tool?

making things look clean doesn't make them faster...usually.

 

What are you gooing to seal it with? I would think that it would discolor again just from exposure to the heat of the engine and moisture in the air. I would also think that most clear finishes would cook right off of them. Have you considered one of the shiney high temp coatings? Once you have all the old crud polished of any one of them would stick really well.

 

damn good luck man.

btw... I think I saw you on BBD like a week ago in the escort wagon but I wasnt sure and I wasnt about to weave through traffic to get next to you. Just some random post here...

 

I'm using a brush like tool on a drill to get most of the crap off.

I'm not going to need to seal it with anything since I like the look of brushed stainless turning orange.

I much rather see that than a bunch of dirty and dingy plumbing surrounding my engine when it is done.

This is one of the most visible parts of the engine from behind or beside the car so its more important to clean this up than other parts of the exhaust though they will get their fair share too.

 

looks like a fun job

 

Time to bust out the dremel

 

HAHA, more like a belt sander!