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Apr 14, 2009 | 12:22 PM

seering

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new port and polish method

I think i missed the memo on this new method.

http://audiforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80267

Edit- in reading through it does look like a Joke... BUT im thinking somewhere .. somehow there is a grain of truth to it

Last edited by seering; Apr 14, 2009 at 12:37 PM.

Apr 14, 2009 | 12:35 PM

C4B4the04

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So they used a gen-1 Vararam?

Just kidding, I heard they really leaked at the gasket seals

That is the dumbest thing I have ever seen/read. Don't they think the filter in the system is there for a REASON? Otherwise we'd all be sucking grit and picking up MAD horsepower.

guess it also polishes the rings, landings, cylinder walls, etc.

Cassidy

Apr 14, 2009 | 12:49 PM

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Give me a break

Who would even believe this? He is yanking our chain big time.

However, I would recomend it for Hondas.

Apr 14, 2009 | 12:53 PM

Rindaen

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I could see someone somewhere doing this ....

Apr 14, 2009 | 01:02 PM

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Laugh if you will, but the first 265 ci engine that Chevy built was a real oil burner as the rings would not seat. The fix (approved by the Detroit Chevy engineers at the time) was to start the car. Hold at 1750 RPM and sprinkle Babo, like Ajax, into the carb for two minutes. Once done they would drain the oil and refil. Just enough abrasive to seat the rings properly.
What is amazing it worked.

Apr 14, 2009 | 01:36 PM

Slow Z06

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wow

Apr 14, 2009 | 01:47 PM

Sinister-one

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Hey guys, I've got a 98 1.8T. I've had a k04 and chip for a while and wanted to get more performance. I was recommended to port and polish the intake and exhaust. We found out they used abrasive material to do it like gritty sand. So I got with my friend that tunes Hondas and we decided to try it ourselves. We got a bag of sandblasting sand and hooked up into the intake and started the car. We had to hold the gas so it would run. He wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the ehxaust so it would port the exhaust manifold.
I was worried that it might cause problems but he figured it'd be OK as long as we didn't make boost and it get sucked in the turbo. After running the car and letting it suck in sand we got about half way through a 25 lb bag. The check engine light was on and the engine was bucking and kicking and sounding really weird. We stopped and hooked the car back up normal and took off the sand supply. We tried to start it again and it was really hard. Once started it couldn't idle and kept making weird noises. We took it out and drove it and it started to make scraping and knocking noises.
Help! Can anyone tell me what to do!