Before I put the blower back on I thought about polishing it. Would Mothers mag and aluminum polish work well?

 

i used a scotch brite pad and some polish as per Stephen Max's suggestion.

 

I had Vortech do mine. Added 3.5 weeks to my delivery time, but it was worth it.
Bought if from Paul at Avalon Racing, he placed the order with Stillen, Stillen dissassembled it and sent it to Vortech, Vortech polished it, Vortech sent it back to Stillen for reassembly, Stillen sent it to Paul, then it finally was sent to me. Took 5 weeks total from the day I paid for it.

 

Thanks for the pic. That's an awesome polish job but I want to do this myself. I've done the scotch brite pad thing and so I just want to know what polish to use.

 

BlackCat,

post some pics when you're done, I'd love to see how it turns out!!

 

I had mine done at a local polishing shop. I filed the "VORTECH" off and then brought it over to them. It turned out great for $300.

 

You need to use a high speed grinder/polisher + some flap wheels to get a decent shine. You won't even touch the shinyness of a pro job using just your hand.

 

that is just 35 mins worth of elbow grease and does not look as highly polished as the above picture

 

looks better than mine, ill prolly take mine off to do this... :-) 35 minutes huh? so 2 hrs should get it lookin pretty decent....wuts the procedure on this?

 

This is the best I could do with my caliper. And this was probably 10hours of work. Flap wheel, fine sandpaper, rubbing compound, then polishing compound followed by a coat of clear. I used an electric high speed drill and a dremel

 

To polish it good you need to sand it. Start with 200,400 ,600 all the way to like 1400,1500 grit. By the time you do that it will start to look real shiny then you can hit it with mothers by hand or with a buffer. There are some pics of my blower that I just sold in this forum. The post says wow v2 2400 the pics are in there towards the bottom it came out really good with that method.

 

It is possible to achieve excellent result with little money down, but it take time.
I bought all the necessary polishing wheel and compound to polish aluminum, SS, metal cast, plastic, copper etc. from www.caswellplating.com and the result are simply awesome if you follow some basic guideline. I've recently polish my 2k2 Headlight cover, all the scratches are gone and the plastic is very clear and shinning. I use a bench grinder for all my polishing. Caswell sell some motor with extended shaft that are very handy for serious polisher, but again a good bench grinder with 6" wheel will make a great job. For 100$ or less you can get a professional kit that will give you way much better result than sending by hand. How do I know that ? I let you guess.

 

Cool. Thanks for sharing. I really want to start polishing my own stuff. I'm going polish crazy under the hood!

 

Weird - I just asked Vortech for a polished one and they sent it to me in > 5 days.

 

Sweet. Your blower looks awesome! I assume you only bought the blower, and directly from Vortech? Good for you.
I bought the whole kit through Paul since his price killed everyone else's, and to avoid paying sales tax since Stllen and Vortech are both in CA.

 

I bought the whole kit with a V1 blower.

V1 Blower went bad - exchanged for Polished V2.

Now I have the reliability of the V1 Bracket with the "sleeper" quietness of the V2 SQ.

 

I've heard that the V2 is much quieter than the V1, however I've never heard a V1 in person. What's strange is Ptatoheds 3 year old V2 is reeeeaaaaly quiet compared to my brand new V2. Now, I would like to compare a V1 to my V2.

 

Trust me, its loud. Really loud.

 

WAY loud.

I got pulled over by a cop and he wanted to give me a "fix-it" ticket thinking my car was broken. He was 50ft away when he heard me.

 

This morning I went at the blower with 400 grit wetsand paper for 15 minutes and realized I should have put some rubber gloves on! Its starting to look good but definitely needs alot of elbow grease.

 

something i learned polishing turbo housings. if you use a polishing wheel and clay bar, u want to get as much heat built up as u can withstand. work it up until the metal surface has a slight warmth to it and keep working that area. warmer it gets the cleaner and shinier it will be.

 

That tranny is from a manual z32 300zx. I don't know if it is a TT or not. Can't tell the difference from a 240mm bellhousing from a 250mm housing.

Sorry guys, this is in reference to his signature

 

wrong!!!!!!

 

Way to tell him Steve. LOL Its from a Z33. Has 3K miles on it. Its for my little project that is also in my sig.

 

If you're into DIY polishing check out Eastwood. Those hot rod guys have been polishing stuff for years. Go on the website or get them to send you a catalog they have everything you need!

 

This is far as I got with hand polishing:


The photo isn't as good in person because of the flash. I haven't found the proper polishing implements yet for the cordless drill. That would take certainly take care of the inner crevices.

 

I just happened to find my Dremel catalogue and found the polishing attachments. Any particular pieces I should get to complete the job? How about the polishing compound that they offer? Is that any good?

 

you should hear the V1 T-trim, it sounds sick a little different tone than the S-trim especially when building boost.

 

Checked the Dremel website and found out that their #421 polish is really jeweler's rouge.
"When polishing precious metals such as gold and silver, use this bit with the #421 polishing compound (jeweler’s rouge) and apply lightly."

I'm going to try out the 520 polishing wheel as well:
"Use for light stock removal and high luster polishing of metals and hard plastics. The wheel is impregnated with a silicon carbide abrasive and lubricant, eliminating the need for polishing compound."

 

damn that dremel tip is gonna take forever. take a trip to your local home depot. they have a drill attachments you can use. not sure the number, but i use the dark clay first then the white clay to make it bling.

 

I found and picked up a cleaning and polishing kit put out by Dremel. Tried it out and its good for getting at the tight spaces. I've got it as bling as I possibly could now.

 

pics

 

Another shot without the flash

 

Nice!

How long did it take you to shine that sucker up?

 

I spent a half hour here and there so I figure about a couple of hours in total.

 

thats nice...

 

Good job! I am planning to do the same with my Vortech blower.

 

Well, I'm done with the polishing and am putting it back in tonight. Time to enjoy it now!

 

Looks great guys. I decided there was no way I'd be satisfied unless I had a pro do it... And I'm still not satisfied.

 

Huh? Wha...? What do you mean not satisfied?