Polishing a ProCharger?

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03bamaGT

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Pretty cut and dry question...

What process/product to polish the ProCharger on my Mustang?

It is a polished part so I assume some sort of metal polish and some elbow grease is in order. Just seeing if yall had some tips/products you would recommend. Just don't want to screw it up lol.

Here is a pic for reference...

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It has been in and out of the car a few times, and is looking a little rough on the finish. Just trying to shine her up for show season.

Thanks :xyxthumbs:
 
I've used the Mother's power ball on some polished parts and it works great. I don't think that it will fit in all the nooks and crannies around that turbo though.
 
Rye said:
I've used the Mother's power ball on some polished parts and it works great. I don't think that it will fit in all the nooks and crannies around that turbo though.
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Centrifugal supercharger. It acts like a turbo power band wise, but doesn't use the exhaust for boost.



Me? I would tape the prop up and and give the Mother's Aluminum polish a try. Obviously a buffer will not fit down there, so bloody knuckles it is.
 
A quality aluminum polish and the PowerBall Mini (that 10" extension will really help) and the PowerCone (use the extension on it, too) will get most of the area on the ProCharger.

I polished my Vortech on a regular basis and it wasn't much work at all. Biggest thing will be to keep water spots off it if you run through rain or clean under the hood.

Taping off the adjacent areas is a good idea.
 
I have some Mothers Polish, probably give that a try on a small area and see what happens.

And yes, no turbo here. Boost comes in very similar though on the power band. It's a P-1SC, 3 core IC'd, Power Piped, PMAS BlowThru, etc, etc.
 
About 375 rwhp? lol Hope there's some suspension work under that thing. Our stock suspenions blows.
 
zinc02gt said:
About 375 rwhp? lol Hope there's some suspension work under that thing. Our stock suspenions blows.
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The car is built for auto-x and road racing. I run SM in auto-x and I need to keep up with those pesky Evos and STIs haha. And you are quite a bit low as far as HP goes. As for suspension, nothing much left from Ford on there.
 
I would go with what Forrest suggested to keep your little blower looking good.

Is the engine stock?, looks like it is a small Procharger so I would have to agree with Zinc on the hp, maybe a little lower hp to the wheels then he asked.
 
03bamaGT said:
The car is built for auto-x and road racing. I run SM in auto-x and I need to keep up with those pesky Evos and STIs haha. And you are quite a bit low as far as HP goes. As for suspension, nothing much left from Ford on there.
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The 19lb injectors give it away. You're pushing your fuel to it's limits as is.
 
ASPHALT ROCKET said:
I would go with what Forrest suggested to keep your little blower looking good.

Is the engine stock?, looks like it is a small Procharger so I would have to agree with Zinc on the hp, maybe a little lower hp to the wheels then he asked.
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Engine, trans, and rear are built for the abuse. Made 400+ to the tire on the last set-up, going for more in a couple of weeks :dblthumb2:. She has been couped up in the garage all winter and ready to put some numbers down. Same tuner I use has tuned to 400 on stock GTs, I just don't like radical tuning...big fan of safe tunes.
 
zinc02gt said:
The 19lb injectors give it away. You're pushing your fuel to it's limits as is.
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What you can't see is the 36lbers in the F150 sitting outside the shop...:props:

Car was prepped to drive back home to break in the trans last week before throwing it on the rollers, so the 19s went back on with the stockish tune. Took the PMAS and intake tube off, and put the stock MAF on. If the pic wasn't as blurry, you would be able to read the PMAS sensor...says 36lb on top.

Thanks for your concern tho...
 
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03bamaGT said:
Engine, trans, and rear are built for the abuse. Made 400+ to the tire on the last set-up, going for more in a couple of weeks :dblthumb2:. She has been couped up in the garage all winter and ready to put some numbers down. Same tuner I use has tuned to 400 on stock GTs, I just don't like radical tuning...big fan of safe tunes.
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Hmmm, what has been done to the engine? Also what Procharger is that, the P1?
 
ASPHALT ROCKET said:
Hmmm, what has been done to the engine? Also what Procharger is that, the P1?
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Well, last April...blew a plug out sitting in my garage after a night on the town. Motor came out, tore down, sent to the machine shop with the heads, put back together, and no problems since...so the combo we went with works so far.

And yes it is the P1. D1 is much better for power but this isn't a drag car, fixing to start a Fox coupe build for that.
 
03bamaGT said:
Well, last April...blew a plug out sitting in my garage after a night on the town. Motor came out, tore down, sent to the machine shop with the heads, put back together, and no problems since...so the combo we went with works so far.

And yes it is the P1. D1 is much better for power but this isn't a drag car, fixing to start a Fox coupe build for that.
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Thanks for the info, a stock rebuild then. Yes a d1 would be better than the p1 and the F would be better than the D1 for power-lol.
 
ASPHALT ROCKET said:
Thanks for the info, a stock rebuild then. Yes a d1 would be better than the p1 and the F would be better than the D1 for power-lol.
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Not quite a stock rebuild...stock block, the rest was various parts we had laying around the shop lol. No real HP increases, just durability.

Tuning at 10lbs in a couple weeks, then 12lbs a couple weeks after that. Just depends on how comfortable I am with the new set up.

The trans blew the output shaft seal due to the u-joints getting messed up some how, so new seals, u joints, bushings, stage 2+ came out and replaced by stage 3+, tweaked the clutch cable forever...so everything came off like I said to drive it just a bit before putting the power through it.
 
Best of luck on your set-up. I'm a Flitz man myself. I would take it off & use a buffing wheel. Happy polishing!!!:xyxthumbs:
 
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