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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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Talking Intake Manifold

I was wanting to know who i could take my intake to, to make the opening bigger? Is this something that I possibly could do? Ive heard if you have a dremmel tool you could do it yourself in an afternoon....is this possible?
 
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 11:38 AM
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Check out several different threads in the Performance forum with titles like ....Porting & Polishing....

Look for a few notes by either JWTaylor or myself - Ferguson777.

Those posts should contain links to several very thorough articles on the WWW about how to do it. There is also a fairly good article on the webpage of Standard Abrasives ( related to using the porting and polishing kit they sell).

Later,

 
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 11:47 AM
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cool...appreciate it gus
 
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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What opening are you refering too? The throttlebody opening or the actual ports.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 09:11 AM
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the actual ports...i didnt know you could open up the throttle body ?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 12:37 PM
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You can open the ports to match the intake gasket, but unless you open it up all of the way from top to bottom, it really won't help.
Most people have these type of intakes Extrude Honed. They run a thick abrasive substance thru it that ports it all of the way thru.
Jimmy
 
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Old Mar 8, 2004 | 01:28 AM
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Actually, if you gasket match just the intake, you loose performance. The incoming air hits the ridge in the cylinder head port and backs up.
 
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