Where mine is right now. Dont want to spring for paint till everything is completely sorted and holds together for a little. V6 body with peeling clear coat making over 700whp. Cams kinda give it away at the lights though.
Plus for me its all about the feel not the looks. Would like to do it up nice at some point though.
Well, I got the Bullitt motor on an engine stand and tore into it today.
Oil pickup all gummed up and some metal shavings...
I also started finding chunks of plastic from the chain guides everywhere. When I pulled the timing cover, the passenger side fixed chain guide was completely gone. There wasn't anything left on the block but the bolts. The pivoting chain guide and tensioner were pretty bad.
The tensioner was ground down...
The remaining chain guide worn all the way through the plastic and a lot of the metal...
The trigger wheel was also marred up but the teeth looked undamaged. I pulled the heads and didn't see any damage to the valves or pistons, so I'm thinking the chain never skipped on the sprockets. I'm not sure how much damage I didn't detect on first look, but the metal shavings all seem to be from the tensioner and chain guide.
While I'm not able to spend much money, I figured I'd invest a little effort into the Bullitt. I decided to polish the intake manifold. I'm not sure if I'll do the upper and lower or just the upper. It's going to take many hours of work, but this is the result of the first day of hand sanding, filing and dremel wheel sanding.
Thanks!
I think I finally found some affordable Dremel attachments to hit the areas that are really hard to reach.
I really enjoy polishing metal, I've done it a lot on bicycle and motorcycle parts in the past, but this is the most challenging part I've polished.
Many hours. I've not been keeping track, but I've been putting on Game of Thrones while I polish since it's something I've already watched and I don't care if I miss anything. I'm on season 4.