spent today refinishing the supercharger
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spent today refinishing the supercharger
I needed to change the spark plugs in preparation for VIR, so I decided to remove and repaint the supercharger and the BPV pipe while I was at it. The original paint was starting to show age and peeling plus I was never happy with the beige color. I used high temp black paint.
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/supercharger_001.sized.jpg">
The worst part of the process was removing all the sound deadener I put on it before. It took hours of scraping and a whole bottle of goo-gone, that stuff is hard as hell to get rid of.
While I had the supercharger out I also emptied out the old oil and refilled with new one. New oil is almost colorless and has very little smell to it. The old oil stunk horribly and this is what it looked like
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/supercharger_004.sized.jpg">
Nasty stuff after 20k miles.
I installed NGK plugs, temp range 6 gapped to .030, we'll see how well they do in the long run. Here's everything back together again. Finally it looks at good as it runs
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/supercharger_005_web.jpg">
Now I just have to put on race pads and flush the fluids and I'll be ready to hit the track.
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/supercharger_001.sized.jpg">
The worst part of the process was removing all the sound deadener I put on it before. It took hours of scraping and a whole bottle of goo-gone, that stuff is hard as hell to get rid of.
While I had the supercharger out I also emptied out the old oil and refilled with new one. New oil is almost colorless and has very little smell to it. The old oil stunk horribly and this is what it looked like
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/supercharger_004.sized.jpg">
Nasty stuff after 20k miles.
I installed NGK plugs, temp range 6 gapped to .030, we'll see how well they do in the long run. Here's everything back together again. Finally it looks at good as it runs
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/supercharger_005_web.jpg">
Now I just have to put on race pads and flush the fluids and I'll be ready to hit the track.
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looks very good...looks brand new even :)
on another note, do you know any good paint or what to use if I were to try and have a go at my wheels? Wonder if I can do it instead of paying to have it done, but we'll see. Keep up the good work
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Definately better then before
<img src="http://tomasz.data2net.org/gallery-albums/album08/Picture_004_Small.jpg">
For the wheels you really need to use a paint gun and bake the finish on. A finish from a spray can will be too soft and it will strip the first time a shop tries to mount tires on the wheels. Trust me, I tried this with my old set of wheels and that's exactly what happened. I ended up having them refinished again at Ye Ol' Wheel Shop.
For the wheels you really need to use a paint gun and bake the finish on. A finish from a spray can will be too soft and it will strip the first time a shop tries to mount tires on the wheels. Trust me, I tried this with my old set of wheels and that's exactly what happened. I ended up having them refinished again at Ye Ol' Wheel Shop.
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Rob, Julia, and I had a work day at my house on Saturday, we did brake fluid flushes
Rob did his allroad, I did my Civic (brakes and clutch), and Julia didn't get to her brakes but did her spark plugs.
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