HaRrYbOy

Would polishing the block/head have any ill affects on the motor?

Ricey McRicerton

I don't think so...but why in gods name would you try this?? I don't even think you're going to be able to do this, but if you could, it would make tracking down an oil leak failry easy. Oh yeah, how do you plan on keeping this clean???

KillerBee18

shouldnt have any problems, but i hear that polishing holds in heat??? dont ask me bout that one just heard about something may or may not be true.

RyanEJ8

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Why the hell would you want to hold in heat?

Shawn C

iTrader: (1)

my best friend polished the intake manifold, valve cover, head, block, tranny, all mounts, and anything else metal under the hood. it definitely didn't hurt anything. what he did was totally clean everything, polished all he could, then sprayed some aluminum paint on it. it turned out looking incredible. hope you can see it from his shaky-*** pics:



heres a link on import lounge with a few more shots: http://www.siatlanta.com/cgi-b...00721

SIReg9

Thats Brians isnt it? Thats actually paint on the block, i think he swirl polished the manifold and tranny with a dremel though

HaRrYbOy

well, my car isn't a daily driver. and its mostly a show car but i do plan on racing the car too...

Ekizzle

I wish the pics were better but from what i can see it looks awesome.

Fred n J_v2.0

give your boy a from me. came out very nice

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whatVTEC

looks nice
Can anyone confirm that it holds in heat...?

RyanEJ8

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I REPEAT....

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slvrcivic97

looks really nice.

Plan B

Here is a better one, sorry.

In retrospect, i don't think i would paint a block again. That one was already really clean, really the only reason i painted it, because i knew that the paint would adhere really well to the sterile metal.

Never really had any heat issues, although the motor was pulled in april and really hasn't been driven since.

Shawn C

iTrader: (1)

yes, this is brian's (Plan B on here) engine. it is a 12.5:1 compression B18C1 running on pump gas. he's had absolutely no problems with heat issues, and he's even running a half-*** (i mean half-length) stock civic radiator. this would lead me to believe that there are no problems caused by doing this.

Plan B

Plan B

sorry for the thread jack, i came across that while searching the shady-archives.

infinatenexus

If you polish a block/head, you reduce the surface area. that leaves less room for the heat to dissipate

Shawn C

iTrader: (1)

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now why in the hell would you post a pic of my damn gsr in it's worst possible state. EXPLINATION- just sold the bodykit, got the 94-97 bumpers for free, ghey intake because i was getting a turbo kit, head ground in the wrong spot because i was still learning, ghey other stuff because i was a dumbass. at least i was rollin on VOLKs yO!

brian- don't let me dig out old pics of jOOr rides in poor stages. punkass


Modified by 22lbGS-R at 11:40 PM 9/16/2003

Plan B

also the last time the turd had paint on it.

I wonder what happened to that car, the rods, head, transmission and clutch were all still really good.

I wonder if somebody bought the swap, put it in their civic, and then said, "there is oil squirting out of my oil pan and my car slows down when it hits vtec."

Shawn C

iTrader: (1)

ha ha, no ****. last i heard of it, it was in a junkyard in virginia. i know somebody got the 2 good volks off it. i wish i could've found a donor D15 for the damn thing. oh well