Josh's City Goblin - 10 XFE Donor

[escapepilot]

Where did you find/buy the Lume Bright?

I found it at Advance Auto.

 

[Gtstorey]

Interesting how an internet search turns up several different "Lume Brite" sold under various distributors names. I wonder if they are all made by the the same company or if someone screwed up on patent/copywrite protection.

 

[jirwin]

I think I'm going to pull my engine then to clean it up and do the timing kit. That and possibly try out a LSD insert unless I find a great deal on a LSD trans before then.

That's exactly what I'm doing right now haha. I figured I'd try the Lume Bright on something like the trans/engine mount or intake like you did and go from there.

 

[jirwin]

Interesting how an internet search turns up several different "Lume Brite" sold under various distributors names. I wonder if they are all made by the the same company or if someone screwed up on patent/copywrite protection.

Yeah that's why I got confused!

 

[jirwin]

My Advance Auto, O'Reily, and Autozone all didn't have it

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Found this on Amazon, not sure if it's the same stuff. Kind of expensive.

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Cleaner-Brightener-Restorer-gallon/dp/B01M6Y4YXH/ref=mp_s_a_1_30?crid=258V4RYBRQCQH&keywords=lume+brite&qid=1674609221&sprefix=lume+bri%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-30&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0

 

[jirwin]

I cleaned and painted a SC lower intake manifold. I think I used Aluminum engine Duplicolor engine paint.
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Is this what you used?

I saw it in this video:

I'm honestly thinking about going this way because it seems a lot easier and a lot less... chemical-y

 

[Sluggonaut]

The easiest way is to drop it off at your powder coat guy. They can blast it and coat it for an amazing look, but that is likely overkill for an intake manifold like ours that is more hidden than on display.

 

[Robinjo]

Yes, that’s what I used after a thorough cleaning and drying.

 

[jirwin]

The easiest way is to drop it off at your powder coat guy. They can blast it and coat it for an amazing look, but that is likely overkill for an intake manifold like ours that is more hidden than on display.

I'm planning on doing *everything*. Want the engine to look new like @escapepilot

 

[escapepilot]

I don't know if this will help but here are photos of the label for Lume Bright.

 

[jirwin]

So just like any other logical person would do... I ignored most of my to do list and went the forged internals, ported head, and moon tune route. Gotta get it all back together now!

 

[Tinkles]

Ummm, your wing is installed backwards and it is bugging the crap out of me.

 

[jirwin]

Ummm, your wing is installed backwards and it is bugging the crap out of me.

I know

I liked how it looked that way. I'll put it the right way once I get different wing mounts that are higher and further back

 

[jirwin]

Any idea's where I should put the last engine stand mount? Do I even need it? I would like to do the far left hole, but there's a locator thing in there. Is that removeable in a way I can reuse it?

 

[jirwin]

So, here's what I ended up doing. I added a little shim thing as insurance that I 3D printed on the inside of the dowel/locator thing. I'm not sure which I ended up using, but I printed 2 depths. Attached both. Its a tight fit. May need some light sanding or persuasion. Then I took some giant washers I had lying around and hollowed out the center with a dremel. They were already really close to fitting over top. Just took a little more off and they slid on nicely.

After that I mounted the block flipped er over and separated the main from the block. Marked it up a bit more than I intended too at the pry points, but I don't think it will affect anything. Can't believe how soft that aluminum is!

 

[jirwin]

Forgot to attach the 3d print files:

 

[jirwin]

Does anyone know if there is a torque sequence for the main bolts? There's 20 inner and 10 outer. I just realized that I don't have the 10 outer ones when prepping to measure bearing clearances. Also, how worried would you be about seemingly not perfectly straight main bolts. I ordered the OTTP upgraded main bolts because I didn't want to spend $400 on ARP main studs. I'm not sure if its just me, but they seem to "wobble" in a circle a bit as I thread them in by hand.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Not good if brand new bolts are not concentric/straight and wobble. Just me, but I would be asking questions of OTTP why. I'm thinking the torque may be a little off if the bolt is not clamping perpendicular to the face.

 

[jirwin]

Not good if brand new bolts are not concentric/straight and wobble. Just me, but I would be asking questions of OTTP why. I'm thinking the torque may be a little off if the bolt is not clamping perpendicular to the face.

I'm going to look at it closer tomorrow with a closer eye (maybe roll them on a truly flat surface?) Before I contact OTTP. To be clear, this was just me threading them in by hand without the main cap girdle thing on - just into the block.