carburetor + manifold

[CTowne]

Just finished cleaning up and polishing carburetor and manifold before adding a thunderjet and chroming everything. My father has a guy who does the chroming but was thinking about getting the materials to try and do it myself... wondering if anyone has tried and had positive experiences doing the chrome themselves with kits you can buy online. Thank you in advance

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[pauldeepsea]

Just finished cleaning up and polishing carburetor and manifold before adding a thunderjet and chroming everything. My father has a guy who does the chroming but was thinking about getting the materials to try and do it myself... wondering if anyone has tried and had positive experiences doing the chrome themselves with kits you can buy online. Thank you in advance

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Looks great!


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[Twisted]

Looking good!

 

[BWG56]

Sweet

 

[awg]

So that picture is of you just cleaning the parts? If so why chrome it? Looks just as good. And as for these chroming kits......I have no idea.

 

[CTowne]

So that picture is of you just cleaning the parts? If so why chrome it? Looks just as good. And as for these chroming kits......I have no idea.

Thanks for the reply ..I sanded +polished and it took quite a wile. I'm thinking the chrome will be much easier + quicker for me to keep clean which is why I wanted to take that route.

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[Steve2134]

So much work! Can see why you want to chrome it because nobody wants to pull their carb once a year to polish. I’m working on mine now. So many casting flaws in hard to reach places. I’m thinking of leaving the chrome to a pro though. If it’s not right it will drive you nuts


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[Steve2134]

Another thing to think about is messing up airflow and any little ports. Some guys chrome their carb and discover they ruined it...


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[CTowne]

So much work! Can see why you want to chrome it because nobody wants to pull their carb once a year to polish. I’m working on mine now. So many casting flaws in hard to reach places. I’m thinking of leaving the chrome to a pro though. If it’s not right it will drive you nuts


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Your right about the casting flaws, took a lot of sanding!

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[CTowne]

Another thing to think about is messing up airflow and any little ports. Some guys chrome their carb and discover they ruined it...


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I had ordered the rebuild kit. the carb will be taken apart and then chromed

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[CTowne]

I would be very careful with the home chrome kits. Just look at the chrome from the factory and then think about it before jumping in.

http://www.caswellplating.com/elect...-plating-kits/triple-chrome-plating-kits.html

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[CTowne]

http://www.caswellplating.com/elect...-plating-kits/triple-chrome-plating-kits.html

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You'll really like this one

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[CTowne]

I've got the xxx carb it's chromed and looks awesome! I just polish the quite a while and I'm extreme on meticulous

Good stuff

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[CTowne]

She looks great in black

I meant the chrome lol. Watch the first few minutes.

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[pauldeepsea]

Not as good as my xxx but 2 days of wet sanding and polishing

And I also sanded as stained my workbench

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[CTowne]

Not as good as my xxx but 2 days of wet sanding and polishing

And I also sanded as stained my workbench

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Hey nice job man, looks good. I like that enricher knob. Did you have the xxx carb with one or two thunderjets?

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[pauldeepsea]

Hey nice job man, looks good. I like that enricher knob. Did you have the xxx carb with one or two thunderjets?

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The xxx is on my big bear. It has one thunder jet.

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[CTowne]

The xxx is on my big bear. It has one thunder jet.

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I see the spray nozzle but no thunderjet?

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[pauldeepsea]

I see the spray nozzle but no thunderjet?

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I misspoke the thunder jet comes on their taz model.


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[pauldeepsea]

Wasn’t interested in the thunder jet when I bought the xxx

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