Port and Polished Intake!!!
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Port and Polished Intake!!!
Speaking of crappy mods, this has to be the king of them all!
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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! My buddy only does Hondas so he doesn't know much about Audis.
From AudiForums:
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.
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RE: Port and Polished Intake!!!
I read that before on a Dodge forum, (my buddy logs into it all the time not me). You should have seen how much they ****ed with that poor bastard. And he kept buying it!!! They were like :"Oh now you have to wash it out with water. Run the hose in the intake." and "You need to drain the oil before you add the sand!" Lol it was hilarious.
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RE: Port and Polished Intake!!!
Oh man thats really funny! I pulled it off my the GTO forum my buddy goes on. He e-mailed it to me. I couldnt believe someone in thier right mind would even think that would work.
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RE: Port and Polished Intake!!!
I think it makes fun of the Honda guys. Some of the ricers I meet out here in Indiana might be dumb enough to try something like that.
Check this guy out.. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/j...icer_62006.htm
Check this guy out.. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/j...icer_62006.htm
