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Message started by bluesavage218 on 11/21/08 at 13:12:06

Title: Chrome for the engine
Post by bluesavage218 on 11/21/08 at 13:12:06

I've got a 97 Savage, and I'm going to be dumping some money into it over the winter. Is there any place to find chrome parts for the engine?

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by serowbot on 11/21/08 at 14:52:00

nope...

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by serowbot on 11/21/08 at 18:24:24

You can find other chrome goodies,...just not any for the Savage motor that I know of....
Sorry for the terse original reply... I thought others would chime in with more ideas.
Serowbot

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by Tincanman on 11/21/08 at 18:28:40

send out what you can and have them done.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by sluggo on 11/21/08 at 21:10:54

370A0D00020D0E020D630 wrote:

send out what you can and have them done.

yup, just remember you will have to retap any bolt holes as they get chromed also and get smaller because of it.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by bluesavage218 on 11/21/08 at 22:15:32

aight thanks i'll remember that

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by mick on 11/21/08 at 23:10:27

WHY ! I always thought chrome was for Harley's.
I do not want to be mistaken for a Harley rider.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by verslagen1 on 11/22/08 at 09:02:20

can't chrome aluminum
our's are either polished and clear coated or painted and clear coated.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by mikestrikes on 11/22/08 at 09:39:12

263522233C3137353E61500 wrote:

can't chrome aluminum

Ahh yes you can.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by 88pagan on 11/22/08 at 20:26:47

I think polished aluminum looks 100x better than chrome on most things. The case covers polish nicely if you use the right stuff and are motivated. I'll post better pix of my covers if you want to see them. If you want the chrome head cover pcs I'll sell you the ones I took off my bike, they look brand new.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by bluesavage218 on 11/22/08 at 21:54:34

yes definately, if you don't mind. what kind of polish did you use?

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by 88pagan on 11/23/08 at 11:54:23

I'll see if I can get some pix up later tomorrow, heading to work now. There was another member that had pix on here that got farther in the polishing than I did. Haven't had the patience to finish all the oxidized parts like the brake cylinder and some others. I USED to use a polish that I found at a gun show. It was a 3 part system and I believe it was called "heavy metal" polish. Haven't made the effort to find it since I ran out so now the best thing I've found is the Mothers billet polish. It's a small can and about 12-15$ but. I start off with a 00 or 000 steel wool and then polish away with the billet stuff.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by rigidchop on 11/23/08 at 14:47:48

the only bad part about chroming aluminum is that you have to polish it first, most chrome shops won't touch it if its not.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by mikestrikes on 11/23/08 at 16:57:51

2D3638363B3C37302F5F0 wrote:

the only bad part about chroming aluminum is that you have to polish it first, most chrome shops won't touch it if its not.

That and dont try and crhome any cooling fins as it wont cool the motor worth crap and over heat... but the rest of it should be fine.

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by bluesavage218 on 11/24/08 at 14:43:25

I think I'm gonna go with polishing the aluminum. It sounds cheaper. Ha

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by 88pagan on 11/25/08 at 06:46:36

Was getting set to post some close up pix of my polished pcs and decided I might as well give this post that I ran across some credit. I did it pretty much like this also but I used wet/dry sandpaper and steel wool till it was pretty close to what I wanted. Then hit it a few times with the billet polish. Didn't use a machine, just hard work, but it looks the same as this. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1182464837 Oh by the way, I've heard people have different opinions about this but I was taught you're supposed to try to polish with the grain of the metal.Another useful link for ya http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/articles/polishing/how_to_polish_metal.html Have fun! The results are very worth the hard work

Title: Re: Chrome for the engine
Post by sakara on 11/25/08 at 08:12:44

Thanks for the links. I've just wirebrushed a dozen years worth of corrosion of my cases (slowing doing a restore this winter) and these will help a ton. Now for the elbow grease...