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Figure I'd post up some of the polishing and porting I've been doing

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  • Start date Start date Mar 15, 2009

CobraRed_96_GT

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To a 01 cobra intake manifold:
How it was:



Finished
YouTube - Hand polished 2001 cobra intake manifold


Did porting/gasket matching today:


During porting. Notice how much material is taken out and the roughness of the stock port next



Polished:


 

02nightmaregt

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Nice dude. That thing is looking real good!
 

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looks good but you should leave a rough surface in the intake runners to aid in fuel atomization. if the runner is polished the fuel will form droplets and not burn efficiently.
 

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Tazzy said:
looks good but you should leave a rough surface in the intake runners to aid in fuel atomization. if the runner is polished the fuel will form droplets and not burn efficiently.
Click to expand...
The runner isn't polished
It's just the plenum that attaches to the throttle body, Everything else in the lower is stock, and since the plenum area never sees fuel as the injectors are well after it - i dont see how that applies.
 
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