Guest powers Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Well i poped my cherry of spending hours grinding on the same piece of metal. Cut the botton of the intake off to get access to bell out the runners. The casting on my intake pretty much is the suck. LOTS of casting flash everywhere. Just thought I would share. And I know I missed one of the runners, I left it that way for comparison. http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/6369/dsc018672pb.jpg http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/195/dsc018713oj.jpg Before http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/2554/dsc018686kr.jpg After http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/4613/dsc018695zw.jpg Top of the intake. This area has a cover that bolts to it that houses the throttle body. http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/738/dsc018747te.jpg http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/883/dsc018757rn.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Well I am all finished up and here is what I ended up with. Of course I need to weld the bottom back on. http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/6624/dsc018793dk.jpg http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/37/dsc018800bc.jpg http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/7485/dsc018811ax.jpg http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1377/dsc018848vq.jpg http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/2721/dsc018854zr.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 that looks pretty damn good. what kind of bit did you use to port it with??? i see a dremel laying there, but what bit for it did you use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 no dremel here. 3amp electric grinder with a variable speed controller. The grinder alone runs at 20,000 rpm but I have been running it at 8,000. I used 80 and 120 grit cartridge rolls. I could have used a longer mandrel to get way down in there but ehh. Here are tools used http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/1037/dsc018877uf.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 so you got the catridges from jegs i see... what they run.. and how big of a difference is that grinder from a dremel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 nice the "cross grain" may even help ya with turbulence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 so you got the catridges from jegs i see... what they run.. and how big of a difference is that grinder from a dremel?? HUGE difference from a dremel. Dremel has got to be a 1 amp at most tool plus a dremel spins WAY too fast and has too small a collet. Dremel's use a 1/8" collet and all the decent porting tools use 1/4" collet. The catridge rolls are cheap that little kit was 32 dollars at Jegs. And better kits can be had for the same money if ordered of the net. I didn't feel like waiting so I went and picked this one up at jegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTS1200 Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Nice job. Do you know if that was the upgraded intake or not? I never took my 99 in for the "fix". My 99 Cobra put down 278RWHP stock so I left it alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 SVT said that the fix had been done, but there was no dot on the intake. The runners into the heads are smooth like an extrude honed intake, but the rest of it was HORIBLE. I have no clue what was going on. I can tell you this, there was alot of material removed from this intake. After I finished i swept up half gallon of aluminum dust, and I'm sure there is still alot to clean up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 A dremel would have died halfway through that port job. TRUST ME. I killed one. Also, they aren't made for the environments created by porting. The metal dust gets into them and kills them quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KurtNew5 Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 u can also use a " Burr Gun " with like a rough grain sander they come in little rolls kinda like the one you see up in the pic.. works good also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Yeah, extreme use + dremels = a dead dremel. I might have to buy that kind of setup to do my intake if my roomate doesn't have enough time to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 thats a good first try wanna do mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70rsz28 Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 What did that Electric Grinder run you and where can I pick one up? I have done some porting before but I get sick of listening to my noisy ass compressor for several hours straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 I bought the grinder for 49 at harbor freight with the extended warranty in case I burn it up, but I doubt I will since I have been running it at half or less than full speed. The speed controller came from woodcraft in hilliard for 60 bux aprox. I looked at other electric grinders with variable speed control built in and they were all 300-400 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan900 Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Greg, Looks great. Port and polishing is a pain in the ass. I did a little on the double hump heads I put on my camaro. Its one of the those things that starts out really cool, buy about half way done you wonder if it really makes that much of a difference. Of course it does, but that doesnt make it any fun to do. Anyways, good luck on your build up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hate to bring up old posts, but damn dude. That looks badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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