Since we had a heat wave today

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 07:46 PM

I was able to go out in the shop and do something! It got to 37 degrees! In my quest to make my engine actually look decent, and my severe boredom, I decided to polish the powdercoating on my headers. Now my boredom has led me inside to share this with you

It's very time consuming, and I still have a ton of work to do on them, but they're coming along. I'm actually surprised as to how much they are shining up.

They've been on and off, and "massaged" so much, they're pretty dulled and scratched. I can't buff the scratches out of the coating like I can paint, so the goal is to shine the finish up a bit.

Here is how bad they looked to begin with.

Here is a piece I had polished on a little up against an untouched piece.

Some progress as I started getting some shine in them.

93hatch · February 5th, 2011, 07:52 PM

Wish I gave a shit what my motor looked like. Now trade me heads

Digsj7 · February 5th, 2011, 07:57 PM

It got about 40 here..now I have a lake on my sidewalk in the backyard from all the fuckin snow melting!!

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by 93hatch

Wish I gave a shit what my motor looked like. Now trade me heads

These heads?

I'll hook you up with these

fogged306 · February 5th, 2011, 08:19 PM

Yea it's cold down here. I'm in Houston right now for work and when I flew in on thrus, it was in the friggen 20's. I didn't even know it got that cold down in this area.. It did make it to close to 60 here today though... hell of a lot better than the single digits and over a foot of snow back home.

93hatch · February 5th, 2011, 08:37 PM

It'll be back in the 70s here. Losers

fogged306 · February 5th, 2011, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by 93hatch

It'll be back in the 70s here. Losers

If I didn't blow up my truck and have to buy a new one, I'd be living in fl right now. That new truck was my moving van funds, lol. Now I'm stuck back in shitty buffalo for a while.

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by 93hatch

It'll be back in the 70s here. Losers

I was in Tucson week before last for my yearly Learjet school......

It was awesome! Since I've been back home, we've been having single digit highs, and got 14" of snow last week.

fogged306 · February 5th, 2011, 08:58 PM

Do they even have snowplows in Oklahoma? lol

I got a phone call yesterday from my hotel informing me that a lot of their staff weren't able to make it in to work today, so room service might be a little slow. I looked outside and there wasn't one snowflake on the ground.. maybe most Texas drives diesels and makes their own biodiesel?

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by fogged306

Do they even have snowplows in Oklahoma? lol

Not many. Thats why everything shuts down around here for weather like this. We don't have the equipment to deal with it. It sucks.

fogged306 · February 5th, 2011, 09:02 PM

Oh yea.. your headers look nice by the way, lol. Whats with the pancake tho. Needed a little clearance?

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by fogged306

Oh yea.. your headers look nice by the way, lol. Whats with the pancake tho. Needed a little clearance?

Thanks. Yeah, 1 3/4" headers in a classic, with a 4 speed never fit. That's where the stupid Z bar has to clear, and what sucks now, is the Z bar will be gone because I got a hydraulic T/O bearing. Oh well.......I called Hooker about them not fitting, and they said you could smash a tube halfway down before it affects airflow

. I don't know how true that is, but I didn't really have a choice.

93hatch · February 5th, 2011, 09:28 PM

This are some baby headers....

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by 93hatch

This are some baby headers....

I know. I'd really like to have some 2", and now that the Z bar is gone, I may have some custom made for it, but those are the biggest OTS headers you can buy for it.

93hatch · February 5th, 2011, 09:34 PM

You could always stuff it in my car with some 2" to 3.5s....

69fastback · February 5th, 2011, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by 93hatch

You could always stuff it in my car with some 2" to 3.5s....

Everything I own is for sale or rent

That's what my car will likely end up with. 2" to 3.5". Fuck, I just don't want to listen to that loud SOB.

ryanw · February 5th, 2011, 11:13 PM

Thats looks great, you do good work

OmniEquipped · February 8th, 2011, 12:58 PM

They look great. You say they're powder coated? How does that hold up to the heat? I haven't tried it on automotive headers, but I had to go to ceramic coating my ATV headers to handle the heat (on non-stainless headers of course). I did this one and it turned out good; it's been to heck and back and it still polishes up nicely. And then this one is JetHot coated. It works really well against the heat too, but I didn't try polishing it; it never got rode enough to get it dirty.

February 5th, 2011, 07:46 PM	#1
69fastback Premium Member 1969 Mustang Mach 1 6.824@101.61 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma jackass, get to driving Posts: 5,565 iTrader: 0 reviews	Since we had a heat wave today I was able to go out in the shop and do something! It got to 37 degrees! In my quest to make my engine actually look decent, and my severe boredom, I decided to polish the powdercoating on my headers. Now my boredom has led me inside to share this with you It's very time consuming, and I still have a ton of work to do on them, but they're coming along. I'm actually surprised as to how much they are shining up. They've been on and off, and "massaged" so much, they're pretty dulled and scratched. I can't buff the scratches out of the coating like I can paint, so the goal is to shine the finish up a bit. Here is how bad they looked to begin with. Here is a piece I had polished on a little up against an untouched piece. Some progress as I started getting some shine in them. __________________ ./___ _ ____ ___ \. ( ]]] _ _ O _ _ [[[ ) \_ o _ _____ _ o _/ \|___\| ......... \|___\| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyYU3...e_gdata_player

February 5th, 2011, 07:52 PM	#2
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,644 iTrader: 0 reviews	Wish I gave a shit what my motor looked like. Now trade me heads __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

February 5th, 2011, 07:57 PM	#3
Digsj7 Enthusiast 1993 Mustang LX my dog runs faster... Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Columbus NE Posts: 626 iTrader: 0 reviews	It got about 40 here..now I have a lake on my sidewalk in the backyard from all the fuckin snow melting!! __________________ CAI, GT40 Intake, GT40P heads, 1.72 RR, 70mm Accufab, UPR Control arms, Hedman Headers, Mac H-Pipe, Flows, Pro-5.0, 3.73 Gears, BBK caster/camber kit, Eibach springs, Subframe Connectors, 5 lug conversion, MM+Cleavage Club Member #19

February 5th, 2011, 08:37 PM	#6
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,644 iTrader: 0 reviews	It'll be back in the 70s here. Losers __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

February 5th, 2011, 09:28 PM	#13
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,644 iTrader: 0 reviews	This are some baby headers.... __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

February 5th, 2011, 08:19 PM	#5
fogged306 MM Fanatic 89 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 4,875 iTrader: 2 reviews	Yea it's cold down here. I'm in Houston right now for work and when I flew in on thrus, it was in the friggen 20's. I didn't even know it got that cold down in this area.. It did make it to close to 60 here today though... hell of a lot better than the single digits and over a foot of snow back home.

February 5th, 2011, 08:58 PM	#9
fogged306 MM Fanatic 89 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 4,875 iTrader: 2 reviews	Do they even have snowplows in Oklahoma? lol I got a phone call yesterday from my hotel informing me that a lot of their staff weren't able to make it in to work today, so room service might be a little slow. I looked outside and there wasn't one snowflake on the ground.. maybe most Texas drives diesels and makes their own biodiesel?

February 5th, 2011, 09:02 PM	#11
fogged306 MM Fanatic 89 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 4,875 iTrader: 2 reviews	Oh yea.. your headers look nice by the way, lol. Whats with the pancake tho. Needed a little clearance?

February 5th, 2011, 09:34 PM	#15
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,644 iTrader: 0 reviews	You could always stuff it in my car with some 2" to 3.5s.... __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

February 5th, 2011, 11:13 PM	#17
ryanw I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1991 Ford Mustang GT Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 6,063 iTrader: 0 reviews	Thats looks great, you do good work __________________ DART 331ci stroker, AFR 185 heads, Trick Flow R intake, Accufab 70mm tb, 75mm pro m Maf, 30lb injectors, jba headers, 2 1/2" x pipe flowmaster super 10 mufflers, 255 fuel pump, 3:27 gears

February 8th, 2011, 12:58 PM	#18
OmniEquipped Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Arkansas Posts: 35 iTrader: 0 reviews	They look great. You say they're powder coated? How does that hold up to the heat? I haven't tried it on automotive headers, but I had to go to ceramic coating my ATV headers to handle the heat (on non-stainless headers of course). I did this one and it turned out good; it's been to heck and back and it still polishes up nicely. And then this one is JetHot coated. It works really well against the heat too, but I didn't try polishing it; it never got rode enough to get it dirty. __________________ My 5.0 - View the vitals here.

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