Sweet. How does this compare to a wire wheel on a drill? I think they are both similar with the exception that steel wool can get into tighter areas.

I can not say from direct experience, but I would imagine the wire wheel would be much more abraisive bringing it closer to a polished surface. As you say though it would probably not get into the low pits quite as well.

WOW, that looks really good...nice writeup and good work. :) I don't know if I could spend three hours with steel wool pads though.

haha, on a sunday with nothing to do, the TV on and a few glasses of scotch you would be surprised how much patience you have :D

I know that game :) Scotch or Rum in a glass is all I need.

I just PM'd DMoneyRX7 who was the one that did the original write up on this. He has done it to his entire engine. I'm sure he'll be chiming in shortly with his $0.02 and pictures.

That looks AWESOME MAN. I'm glad you used my method. haha. I guess when I made this account here I typed an extra "07" on the end of my sn.

I did most of all my engine parts. I didn't spend near as much time on it as you did though. But it still turned out nice. You can pretty much use anything with the cleaning process. At first on my UIM I used engine degreaser which worked really well. Then once I got most of the dirt/grime off I used soapy water.

Here is the original thread http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=504318

These are some pics of the engine once I cleaned all the parts (Water pump housing, Front cover, LIM, etc) I'll try to get some "before" pics so ya'll can compare.

Here is a pic of how it was

here are some more pics of the "after"

wow that works really really well, i am definitely going to be doing this next time i have mine off on the FC.

That looks great DMoney. Thanks for posting that method it works great. Got the UIM back in today. Here are a few pics in the engine bay for comparisson.

With flash off

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...cy93/FD009.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...cy93/FD008.jpg

With flash On

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...cy93/FD006.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...cy93/FD002.jpg

damn homie, now take the rest of the parts out and do the same thing.....it looks out of place ;)

What type of steel wool did you use?? There are many different grades.

Haha yea tell me about it. The garage I rent isn't exactly sealed to the environment and the bay has a tendency to oxidize like that pretty quickly. As soon as I get some time I plan on doing some major cleaning. I used Coarse #3 the second coursest according to the bag I couldn't find any #4, and medium #1.

One word sums that shiney UIM up..........WOW

following it up with some polish would help as a finishing step, that gets you more bling