After sandblasting for several days I received my Cerakote. I decided on the first go-around to use Glacier Black and Glacier Silver in the high temp variants. This is rated for 1800 Fahrenheit, so it can take the heat of the exhaust just fine.
I never thought I would get to the point where I am rebuilding turbos, but I guess it speaks to how far I have come in a year working on this thing. At
I've been saving this for a while now because a lot of people get excited for wrinkle painted valve covers and such. Another reason I have been hiding it is because the process
One of the conditions for this engine block being steel-shot blasted and clean tanked is that I take out the freeze plugs and oil check valves. No problem, I thought. This was incorrect
Well, I finally grabbed probably the biggest tool I could get when it comes to workshops. I've put it off for years because welding always seemed to be unattainable for a normal problem.
I've lost track of how many times I have painted things now. This is the big batch and final spraying of Burnt Bronze that I will be doing. As of writing this I
The old turbo lines were crappy. Not all of them, mind you. I did replace most of them in the past, but a few of the repairs were not ideal due to me
Well, when it rains it pours. They say that projects like this never end because you always find something else to do. This time it is a pretty big "thing to do." While
This time I finished up sandblasting. I grabbed the remaining parts I figured I would need to coat up and got to blasting. This was a pretty hectic period and super hard to
We're back at it painting various parts for the S6. When I said painting I really mean Cerakoting. We're doing C-148 Burnt Bronze and C-7600 Glacier Black. All parts were prepped first with
Received some new parts before, during, and after sandblasting and Cerakoting. Some of these have been covered before and some have not. I'll just get on with it. Billet coolant tee and thermostat
This is the last time I will be sandblasting parts for this car, I promise. Same setup as previously. 100 to 125 PSI. Aluminum Oxide. Harbor Freight stuff. Anyone can do this! This
This is the second attempt at applying Cerakote to parts on my Audi S6. The parts come in various shapes and sizes but I think I can handle it. This time I went