Polishing the C&L upper intake?

Sleepy1

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Did any of you guys polish the inside of your intake? Since it is so cold outside I figured I had plenty of time to work on it. I was just going to use a wire wheel attached to a variable speed drill. Since the intake is aluminum, it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes. Does anyone have any input on the subject.

 

krly79

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I ported and polished the inside of mine and it seemed to help a little...I think. I don't know if it actually helped or I just wanted it to help so I thought it did. It did seem like it opened it up a little in the upper though, but you have to really pay attention.

 

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What did you use to polish it? Did you first install it "as is" and then remove and polish it, or did you polish it from the start?

 

krly79

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Oh! my bad. I removed my factory upper and P&P that one, but I just used an aluminum polishing paste.

 

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wd40...

 

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WD-40 and a wire wheel or what?

 

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don't know what it's called but it's a combination of steel wool and sandpaper i believe.

 

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thanks, where did you get it from? Is it real abrasive, because aluminum is a soft metal and it is doesn't take much to sand it down.

 

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actually it's not that abrassive.. it was at my friends house but i'm sure you can get it at any hardware store...

 

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I used a dremel tool to P/P my stock one. I have the wand attatchment so it was easier. I used an actual drill for as much of it as I could. As for polishing just go to home depot or lowes and they have a paste that is made for a high speed drill to polish metal