NOHC_WBody Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 Ok What grit of sandpaper do I need? 40 grit? Seriously, any of you guys tried Dremeling one out? I got a spare 2.8/3.1 TB just sitting around, and I'm dying to use my Dremel. Tips? Suggestions? Warnings? Quote
Redfox340 Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 Ok What grit of sandpaper do I need? 40 grit? How about bolting it on your engine, start up your car, and suck in a bunch of bead-blasting pellits!!! ...Anyone remember the kid that posted his 'experience' with port & polishing on his Audi A4 1.8T? That was f***ing hilarious! - RedFox340 Quote
NOHC_WBody Posted April 17, 2003 Author Report Posted April 17, 2003 I remember that. I just about fell over laughing that there'd be someone stupid enough to do that. He was like, "We didn't want the turbo to make boost, so the sand wouldn't get into the turbo: Quote
GrandPrix34 Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 SOMEONE POST LINK!!! I WANNA LAUGH TOO!!!!!!! Quote
Redfox340 Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 SOMEONE POST LINK!!! I WANNA LAUGH TOO!!!!!!! I so ripping off a thread... sorry NOHC! http://www.w-body.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3454&highlight= - RedFox340 Quote
NOHC_WBody Posted April 17, 2003 Author Report Posted April 17, 2003 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! My buddy only does Hondas so he doesn't know much about Audis. That was it. I saw it on the Vortex [edit] Damn threadjackers :dammit: Quote
NOHC_WBody Posted April 17, 2003 Author Report Posted April 17, 2003 No, just polishing it. Possibly smoothing the plate as well. Quote
JS91Z34 Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 you can do it, just leave that area around the throttle plate alone. Quote
badprix Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 roflmao man that poor kid i kinda feel sorry for him Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted April 17, 2003 Report Posted April 17, 2003 I'm pretty sure it was a joke. He kept following up with updates, but they were pretty lame. It was one of those jokes where he should have posted the joke, then forget about it. He dwelled on the same joke too long and it got real old real fast. Quote
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