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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:26 pm 
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Rotary wire brushes etch the surface and are sometimes harder to get the marks out than the original casting ones. persistance and sand paper, sanding drums and sandpaper flap wheels on dremels/die grinders are your best bet.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:41 pm 
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hmm. ok i will see wat i can come up with and whether i can be bother pullin it all apart to do

 

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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:52 pm 
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Do polished surfaces also attract more heat, or just chrome..?

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:44 am 
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hears what it could look like chromed 8-)
got the engine like it is so i dont know what it costs.
by the way its not cleaned up. but when it is :D

http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/4513 ... all1ky.jpg

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:55 am 
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Probably look a bit more like my setup since he has an EF:

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:57 am 
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theres a doco on here about doing it yourself
some pics he showed came up real nice

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:08 am 
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There we go:
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7582

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:11 am 
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lol i was looking for that for like 10 mins...
good job btw vox

do you have any pics of the whole bay?

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:17 am 
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Yep, just go back a page. It's the last post on the page so you might have missed it.

 

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