Started work on the intake manifold. This is after about 45 minutes of hand sanding with 80 grit.

 

45 minutes.. this took me about 10-15 minutes of hand sanding

 

Sorry my hand sanding skills aren't up to par. I'll work on that just for you.

Your manifold looks nice for a half-polish.

 

lol. did you sand the whole thing or just the flat top? move to a higher grit! I think I used 80, 200, 600, polish

 

I just worked on the top and had done some light work on a couple of the runners.

This weekend I'll probably take it over to my dads where he's got all the tools.

 

I was browsing the Audiworld articles and saw one about modifying the lower grill on the stock bumper with a chrome ring to match the grill. Since I got out of class early today and was bored I decided to do this little mod.

It was easy, but I had to deal with a stripped screw holding the license plate frame on which I hadn't expected. Getting the strip around the corners without totally deforming it was the most difficult part of the install.

Over the weekend I put a K&N air filter in and started to replace some of the one time use hose clamps with screw style clamps. Its a work in progress!

Heres a quick picture until I can go take some real shots.



I forgot to post this picture of my cabin air filter before I changed it...

 

VERY NICE! high five

 

Thanks!

Walnut Creek huh?

 

yeah lol. i was in SF yesterday, it was a nice day haha

 

It was even nicer today . I'm sure it was warmer over the hills where you're at. So do any of the bay area peeps ever have meetups?

When I had my RX7 we had a nice meetup/BBQ on treasure island one day.