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Toyota Pickup Projects \ Her Name is FrankHer Name is Frank
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nook
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Thanks, OH no!! can't do that, only 1 color coordinated blue engine allowed Actually I need a few more pullys on the front, not near enough things spinning around the front. See you guys have compressors to make your bags go up and down, I gots one to make my pistons go up and down
Thanks, OH no!! can't do that, only 1 color coordinated blue engine allowed Actually I need a few more pullys on the front, not near enough things spinning around the front. See you guys have compressors to make your bags go up and down, I gots one to make my pistons go up and down
twisted minis
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Lol. Nice motors nook. You obviously do a lot of these. You got any tricks for getting the aluminum clean? My front cover is caked in grease.
holcombe347
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yeah id like to know too cause mine was bead blasted clean and it left the metal with a weird texture...it was clean but weird feeling and dull looking. im prolly gonna paint it some way off color like a green or something.
nook
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No real tricks other than a lot of scrubbing, had good luck using Castrol SuperClean to get the grime off. Bead blasting works good but using a fine glass bead seems to leave a smooth finish, if too bad oor streaky I just paint the thing with aluminum high heat engine paint.
Yeah I have done a few of these engines over the years, probably a couple dozen at least, got one in the garage now rebuilding for a guy, hobbies (toyota's) seem to turn into after work jobs (workin on other peoples toyotas) but it helps fund more parts and pieces for my hobbies, kinda a viscious circle
As for engine paint, I have used regular body color, enamal, rattle cans of engine paint, both seemed to work fine, never tried any BC/CC or any of the epoxy/urethane paints. I was told years ago by an old bodyshop guy that using the catylized and hardened paints, that they don't hold up as well because of the hot cold cycling, the hard paints tend to crack where the unhardened paints will stretch a bit more?? no proof or documentation on that, just what I was told. Don't matter really, if ya drive them they look shitty after a short time anyways.
No real tricks other than a lot of scrubbing, had good luck using Castrol SuperClean to get the grime off. Bead blasting works good but using a fine glass bead seems to leave a smooth finish, if too bad oor streaky I just paint the thing with aluminum high heat engine paint.
Yeah I have done a few of these engines over the years, probably a couple dozen at least, got one in the garage now rebuilding for a guy, hobbies (toyota's) seem to turn into after work jobs (workin on other peoples toyotas) but it helps fund more parts and pieces for my hobbies, kinda a viscious circle
As for engine paint, I have used regular body color, enamal, rattle cans of engine paint, both seemed to work fine, never tried any BC/CC or any of the epoxy/urethane paints. I was told years ago by an old bodyshop guy that using the catylized and hardened paints, that they don't hold up as well because of the hot cold cycling, the hard paints tend to crack where the unhardened paints will stretch a bit more?? no proof or documentation on that, just what I was told. Don't matter really, if ya drive them they look shitty after a short time anyways.