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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Engine bling 02/08/09 at 17:21:41 The fish weren't biting in the pond today so I figured I go ahead and do the engine mod I've been thinking about for a while. Well, here it is:
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28387 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #1 - 02/08/09 at 17:34:19 is it the fin highlights?.......
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #2 - 02/08/09 at 17:54:53 ... Serowbot!
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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #3 - 02/08/09 at 18:04:06 Did you just sand the edges of all the bottom fins? Pretty neat... Different from the normal take on the bottom half of the engine. Most people tend to black them out. I wonder what the Savage would look like with everything there blacked out?....
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Re: Engine bling
Reply #4 - 02/08/09 at 18:10:38

I started to sand them then I switched to a file. The file worked much faster and gave the fins a nice flat edge. It took maybe 15 minutes to do then another 5 to clean up. I think it looks more uniform now. I like it how the silver contrasts with the black. It seems, in person, to make the engine look bigger. I guess black is slimming after all!

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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #5 - 02/09/09 at 05:22:59 Here's a comparison pic although the detail isn't that great.
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savagedml Full Member Offline Paid Alliance Membership (07/09) Posts: 246 Portsmouth, VA Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #6 - 02/09/09 at 17:38:17 Jim, I think it looks pretty slick. I just may have to go out to the garage and start filing myself!
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #7 - 02/09/09 at 17:59:21 In person it gives it a sort of old school (obvious fins) + new school (recesses and rest of the engine blacked out) look. Somehow it just looks like a more quality, well made engine cause of the detailing. It's tough to explain but I love it.
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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: Engine bling Reply #8 - 02/09/09 at 18:31:06 Now, just to follow up on the idea, you should pull the chrome faux valve cover off. Take a look at Serowbot's bike.
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