Will do Craig.craig3.2 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:41 pmJohn,if you decide to sell the Remus for the M,drop me a pm,as mentioned when you bought them, I would still be interested, cheers
Good exhaust the Super sprint.
Have funnily enough been looking at them today and yesterday,as trying to source sensibily priced 100 or 200 cell Sports cats doesn't seem possible. The ss ones are over 2k,on a par with BMW oe ones.
Silly money,tbh
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They look great Grannyknot…superb results especially for a homemade kit. Yes the process is called either vapour or wet blasting, neither is wrong. The level of polish finish is by glass grade and air pressure, the lower the pressure the higher the polish. Top work sir.grannyknot wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:33 pmJohn, here are a couple of pics of the results of my homemade vapour blaster, I guess it's really more like a wet blaster.john-e89 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:58 pmYes but I've spent tens of thousands on kit Granny and it's a business. I'd be very interested to see your vapour results.grannyknot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:46 pm I will be following your progress closely, I'm planning to do something very similar to my Z4MC this fall, I only have a home made vapour blaster and my shop is nothing compared to yours.
Used and old pool pump for circulation and about 110-120 psi air pressure and fine grain glass beads.
The thing I like about wet blasting with glass beads is the little bit of shine it leaves, almost like it has been shotpeened.
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More progress, diff and rear subframe out with no issues. Usual input shaft seal failure. Considering a 4.10 new diff for better acceleration, however it’s pretty cost prohibitive unless really worth it, anyone with any experience please give your thoughts. Diff is going off for new clutch packs and a service so it’s an ideal time for a change in ratio if worth it.
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Couldn’t resist blasting the wishbones, they needed soda blasting first as they were too heavily oxidised for the vapour blaster only. It’s fine to blast ally like this, but not for delicate surfaces like cylinder heads or carbs etc.
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John do you lacquer or paint the parts after blasting to give them some protection or leave as is,
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Totally depends on your needs chaps, you can just wax them with eg, Meguires spray wax every now and again if the car is garaged, or clear coat them, or paint them. If you're painting no need to polish them in the vapour blaster, leave them a dull but clean finish after soda blasting. I've polished these as I'll be waxing now and again as this will be a fair weather summer only car.
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Thanks Johnjohn-e89 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:36 pmWill do Craig.craig3.2 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:41 pmJohn,if you decide to sell the Remus for the M,drop me a pm,as mentioned when you bought them, I would still be interested, cheers
Good exhaust the Super sprint.
Have funnily enough been looking at them today and yesterday,as trying to source sensibily priced 100 or 200 cell Sports cats doesn't seem possible. The ss ones are over 2k,on a par with BMW oe ones.
Silly money,tbh
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Great results, John.
The cars going to look great from top to bottom, once you're all done.
Wish I had the money to do all that to mine ,as it does look good when finished.
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A few more bits done, it’s ready for the valve clearance shims to be done, just waiting for the shim kit to arrive. Rear subframe blasted along with the trailing arms, these were really rusted and took an hour each to blast, I had to use plenty of iron grit to get them back but I think the pics speak for themselves. I'll be painting them with a very expensive primer then spray top coating in a Grigio grey with a clear coat to give them a shine.
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E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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MR2 MK 2
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Excuse the repeat pics, done from my phone and I'm hopeless with it....
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MR2 MK 2
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MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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