Polished 12 rods

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97rada

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I am looking for some pictures of polished 12 valve rods. I have read in to it and have learned a decent amount. Just for comfort I would like to see a few before I try it on a core set of rods. Thanks


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I saw that. Looks like he only did the beams. It looks like there are about 500 different ways to go about it


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You can pretty much do it however you want. The most consistent finish would be to cover the bearing surfaces and put them in a vibrator/tumbler.
 
From what I have read there is a bit of method to the madness
 
I did just the beams, they are not a full polish but about a DA finish. the idea I went with was to take all the horizontal grinding marks off the rods, left from factory.

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That's about exactly what I was thinking. Hope to see how it turns out on junk rods first
 
Here the rods I did for a mild build. I used a high speed belt grinder with a 280 grit belt. Then used a 3M Unitized wheel to polish the beams. After that I chryo'd the rods and added ARP bolts.
 

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Its pretty...also relieves stress risers. Overkill though.

The gap between more and enough never changes.
 
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Make sure you sand with the rod not across it.


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^^ that's what I have read is to sand with not across. What did you use to clean them up?


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