Painted the IRS Differential

Painted the IRS Differential

After I got everything taped up this week, my son and I tag-teamed painting it. While this Differential housing and cover are all aluminum with no risk to it rusting, we started off laying down a thing coat of POR-15 Rust Preventative Paint because it has superior adhesion to bare metals than the high-temp engine paints alone. The instructions say to apply a second coat coat when it become tacky and can still be finger-dragged (rough 2-6 hours depending on...

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Prepping the IRS Differential Carrier for Paint

Prepping the IRS Differential Carrier for Paint

Decided to paint the IRS Differential Carrier after all. Since it's already installed in the car I've got my work cut out for me. This is going to be very tedious. Spent a little time today prepping it with POR-15 degreaser and metal prep. The painting requires several coats and there isn't enough time to finish if I start now, so I'll wait until a day while I can do base and final coats all at once in one straight...

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CNC Triple Reservoirs

CNC Triple Reservoirs

I just picked up the CNC triple reservoirs off another forum member. Save me some money, and got them for $150 shipped. Two things I'll do differently: Having them anodized black Low fluid level sensorsJamar sells a knock-off of the CNC reservoirs in black, and I would have gotten those had it not been for the extra $100 added to the CNC price and the ugly logo they put on the front. I'll be ordering the CNC low fluid level sensors from Mike...

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