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To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« on: February 23, 2009, 11:08:53 am »
I have a empi dual carb setup I will be installing this spring.  I was looking over the parts the other day and noticed the seams in the intake manifolds are rough. Should i take the time to smooth out and polish the inside of the intakes??
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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 01:22:10 pm »
Hey didn't we go through this last week ???
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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 04:18:42 pm »
No, don't polish. Tell him why Bob.
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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 06:41:30 pm »
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No, don't polish. Tell him why Bob.

What is this D?j? Vu or....

Ok the answer is simple, the slight roughness helps break up the gas & air mixture at low speeds. If you polish the insides of the manifold theres a good chance gas can come out of suspension and "pool' or condense on the smooth walls of the manifold  - not a good thing for low speed driving.
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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2009, 06:59:00 pm »



                         My turn next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!












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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2009, 10:26:14 am »
cool thanks, and yes it was a repost, because the first one disappeared, and I never got to see the replys... i guess it was one of the topics that got lost...
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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 08:35:32 pm »
Holy Moley! Bob blasted me for 3 paragraphs! And you MISSED it?    Shame I1t
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Re: To polish or not to polish? (repost)
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 09:47:03 pm »
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Damn it Shawn!
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