Port matching intake. Need suggestions
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From: Millington Illinois
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Way too much hastle to disassemble. Will blow it out real good when done!
Melting Slicks
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From: Orrtanna Pa.
I have about 3/16" to take out across the bottom of the port. It needs to go all the way back to the floor of the intake. I am using a dremal but it is slow going. Used 6 bits to do the first port and it took about 45 minutes. Any better options out there? I don't have access to machine shop tools but have pretty much all basic hand tools.
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From: Millington Illinois
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Call me a cave man if you want,but I hand filed mine. Put the intake in a bench vise using a lift plate to clamp the intake in the vise,and hand filed with a flat file and rattail file to blend in well over an inch per port. I did two ports a day after work (spent an hour a day),and I think it came out just fine. The fear I had with power cutting is aluminum is very soft,and a lot of material can disappear with one flinch. Cutting by hand is much more controlled.(If the intake was cast iron.....different story.
