[Shotimes] Gasket Matching on the Intake

[Bruce Malachuk]

I wish I had a compress air source, or didn't live in an apartment complex
where someone would complain about the noise of a small compressor running
constantly. I was planning on using ATF as my lubricant, and I'm not wanting
to spend forever on it so it's won't be getting teh NASCAR treatment. I do
pull my intake off every 6 months and clean it out with some berrymans b12,
that way it never gets really bad. 10 min off 30 min to clean 15 to put it
back on. and its a good excuse to mess with my car :-)

Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Weidenbenner" <johnjweid@earthlink.net>
To: "'shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Gasket Matching on the Intake


> If you have a compressed air supply just buy a $20 die grinder.
>
> ATF keeps the carbide burrs from loading up.
>
> A carbide burr with a steady hand can give a 16 - 32 RMS finish. That
should
> be good enough, unless you are going for a NASCAR porting job. Besides, in
a
> couple months the ports will again be covered with intake goo.
>
> John W.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Malachuk" <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
> To: "'shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Gasket Matching on the Intake
>
>
> > Dremels have replaceable brushes that cost like $4, and as long as you
> don't
> > spend 5 hours straight at a time grinding it really shouldn't kill them.
A
> > dremel will make up in speed what a drill cannot, a decent corded drill
> will
> > do about 2500rpm, a dremel will do up to 35,000rpm. I have found a
decent
> > price on varying size porting rolls at http://www.eastwoodco.com/ and 80
> > grit and 120grit will work awesome. Plus I have some Tungsten Carbide
> > Structured Tooth cutters coming that will really remove metal quick if I
> > need it. Those coubled with the different tapers and rolls, and perhaps
a
> > 60-80grit conical stone should be very easy to do what I want to do. One
> > other this is to make sure there is a lubricant used to save the bits
from
> > getting gummed up with aluminum bits.
> >
> > If I were going to do something like this as a business I'd get
something
> a
> > litle more durable than a dremel, but seeing how I'm gonna do 2 sets of
> > runners, and some work arount the TB, and then the upper portion of the
> > heads, it shouldn't be too bad. Just gotta use the bits. Otherwise it
> would
> > take a lifetime.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kurt M" <kmetros@elkhart.net>
> > To: <TechSHO@topica.com>; "'shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:59 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Gasket Matching on the Intake
> >
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > A carbide dremel bit eats the material away pretty rapidly.  Then I
use
> > > a 80grit sandpaper wheel to smooth it out.  It's hard on the dremel by
> > > the time you are done, but it's not a horrifically slow experience to
> > > me.
> > >
> > > Kurt
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Midwest SHO Specialists [mailto:SHOtimes@midwestsho.com]
> > >
> > > >If you are using a Dremel, you will be married with a baby
> > > >girl and a 6 year old boy by the time you finish the FIRST intake.
: )
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