over the winter i am going to have plenty to work on my car, can someone give me the info on polishing peices under the hood, (i.e. alternator, and such) . tell me what i need and exactly how i do it so i dont mess anything up. Basically a synopsys or direction or steps needed to complete this task

 

Well, since you have a LT1 powered car like mine, you can probably get some good tips looking at my engine bay:

http://www.transam02.com/ls1/kevinss/images/index.htm

Hand polishing an alternator is going to be tuff as it has all kinds of flashing and casting lines on the cases, all of this has to be ground off before polishing or chroming. I am now doing chrome alternators for poeple for sale straight out or on exchange of your old one. What I do is take a stock CS-144 alternator (this is what fits the LT1 and is 140 amps which is what yours is) and chrome the case halves (I can add a chrome pulley, billet pulley, and/or chrome billet fan also) and then have the insides of the alternator put to new condition thru my alternator man. I can sell one for around 200 to 250 depending on if you get fan and pulley done. I will have one ready in about a week or so. Look at my engine, I did that alternator myself.

Other things that are easy polished is the AC cannister, can be done by hand with some metal polish.

I get a lot of my parts from www.hotrodlane.cc (call and request a catalog) and www.mbaproducts.com

I have LT4 valve covers but these are very nice if I where buying a set today: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1863684270

 

You can totally sand and polish things yourself. There are resources like eastwood company, and tar heel parts that sell ALL of the sanding wheels and polishing equipment to use with your bench grinder and high speed drill. I have polished everything from alternators to my trans case as we speak. Just practice, using grits from 120-320 ish and also sand by hand in tight places. It is very time consuming, but it saves big dough.

Check out my engine compartment at:


www.camarocasanova.freeservers.com

click on the photo page

I am currently polishing the trans case, power steering unit, heads, and chroming the k-member and oil pan.

 

This is off topic but damn, Casanova... Your Camaro is the best Camaro I have ever seen...
I couldn't even say a word when I saw that.
How much did it cost you to make the door open like that?