Engine Cleaning

[Minitor911]

I was looking through the gallery and noticed Gert Pettersson's 82. The engine looks beautiful. It appears as though he had the thing chromed, but I curious as to whether or not anyone had an inside on how to clean the engine up so flawlessly? Chemicals, techniques?


Thanks!

[YellowJacket!]

Mothers aluminum polish and elbow grease lots and lots of elbow grease...and then some more on top of that. ;D
Currently working on mine.

David

[archangelof2003]

Mothers is good stuff too...But I really really like this stuff... 

http://wizardsproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=WP&Product_Code=M22011&Category_Code=

My local dealer carries it and I love it.  I've used it for 15 years...

But definately a ton of elbow grease. Lots and Lots of elbow grease and time.

bk

[kiawrench]

it is possible to polish the V to a brilliant glow, but unless you plan on doing it every other week, you need to use something that works.
you can use mother's , brasso and all sorts of stuff, but i tend to think with a different mind sometimes - i use alcoa products on the cars i set up for show, when i do that sort of work.

   http://www.southwestwheel.com/wheels/alcoa/alcoacleaningkit.htm

use aircraft stripper to remove any clear coat still on the part(be sure to use gloves)
apply the product exactly as per directions, allow it to work a bit, use soft brush to help it along in really bad spots, clean it up and move to next level. all said, once you use the products, you wont need to work on it so hard to see a great shine.

   in case you are wondering about it's ability, nasa uses it it on the majority of display items to dress the stuff up for visitors.

if affordability is your main issue, nothing at all comes close to wenol prioducts , but it can be,and most of the time is , labor intensive . you have to start with stripping the surface, use wenol red and work it as directed, lot of rubbing and buffing ,then use the blue  to get a mirror like shine, - it also contains an additive that prevents  oxidation.

.http://www.shinesbrite.com/wenolmetalpolish.html

is the link for that .
for a V , i would say get two tubes of red, and a tube of blue, and if you took time to prep the parts, you will get your mirror finish. (the red will cut rust on old car trim too !)

not a paid endorsement, but most guys around here swear by it on the show cars, and they do shine!