PatS.... Posted May 25, 2009 Report Posted May 25, 2009 I wonder if this process might work for our old Mopars????? From an Audi Forum: "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." http://www.audiforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80267#693578 Quote
Don Coatney Posted May 25, 2009 Report Posted May 25, 2009 Perhaps it they had run the sand through a screen to git rid of the big chunks they may have been a bit more sucessful. If they now give it a good cleaning with Bonami they can possibly get it running again. I do think this Audi will now become a driveway car. Quote
dirty dan Posted May 25, 2009 Report Posted May 25, 2009 I don't see a problem. that's how I ported my GTO. I used fine glass beads for the polishing. Do you suppose that there is really someone out there that is that dumb? Quote
Don Coatney Posted May 25, 2009 Report Posted May 25, 2009 The really funny thing is when I clicked on the Audi forum link the first thing that I saw was an ad for K&N air filters:D Quote
T.Howell Posted May 26, 2009 Report Posted May 26, 2009 His brother has a motorcycle: http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=226570 Quote
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