Recent content by Amata Bene

A lot of good advice and ideas, thanks. I'm going with a complete do-over. Like my ol' man said "The road to success is paved with failure". I do no not think there was an adhesion issue, as I'm having to be verry meticulous as I blast them to get complete removal. I believe my downfall was...

I don't recall if the primer was Duplicolor. I have to swing by the parts store and see. That could have been part of it. I've run into issues with combining different brands of rattle can paint before.

Prep work was - Blasted then wiped down with acetone. Etching primer applied, 1 coat. Allowed to dry then the color was sprayed in lite coats and maybe 30 min between coats. Last coat was wet to the (my) eye.

I did blast them first. Got them used for like 75 or something, not real pricey, wasn't over a 100.

Hope everone had a good Thanksgiving. Like the title says I know little to nothing about painting, most of my experience comes out of a rattle can. You can see in the pic what I'm going for. I just want a bright aluminum look not polished. I have decal the print shop made for the large flat area...

Been a minute, work and life sometimes takes priority. OK, a lot of the times. As far as my balance issue goes I decided to use a different machine shop after a discussion or rather a Q&A of what my goal for the build is. A conversation that was always cut short and rushed at the other shop. I...

Yes, this what I thought would be done. Still trying to sort through this. Been trying to speak with the fella at the shop that did this. We've been playing phone tag for about a week now. I got real busy at my shop and they always have work. It will get sorted, one way or another.

@Oldmanmopar : No. They didn't give me documentation of any of the work and I did ask. Didn't request it when I dropped everything off. Didn't think it necessary because all other machine shops I've used write everything down for reference and available on request. That is why I spent a few...

Picked up some Fluid Film and PB Surface Shield on the way home last night. Hell I'll try (almost) anything twice. First times practice. :p

@RustyRatRod Thanks for the info. Is that a product normally stocked by oh let's say O'Reilly or should I look elsewhere?

So, I have been mulling this over for a minute. I picked up my block and crank from the machine shop a while back. Checked the work, coated it with WD, and bagged it. In the meantime, I worked on porting the J-heads, disassembling the 904, cleaning and inspecting, along with gathering the...

Did the same many, many years ago with my parents Subaru. Only got out of the driveway before it showed up. When I left for basic they were still driving the Cordoba. When I finished and came home they had a Subaru. WTH :BangHead:

Thanks for the update. I'm real curious about the results because I've decided to use a set of SM heads on my 340 build stock stroke (for now) engine. As apposed to a set of J heads ported with 202's. Fingers crossed for good results. Side note: I know your not testing J's. I've got plenty of...

Are we waiting for results? Did the discussion move to a different thread....? Inquiring minds want to know.

@Bobzilla the heads are fine. Just the valve bolt boss in one port. Cleaned it up, ran a bolt in the hole, filled in with JB weld. After it set up for a while I gently removed the bolt, let it finish curing and carried on. Couple days later I ran a tap in it, all good. So one pair of fully diy...