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Old 12-12-2009, 07:33 PM
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I pulled off my turbo manifold because Jeff and I are going to port the wastegate tomorrow and found my exhaust ports on the head were very dirty. Well not anymore bitches!

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Took about an hour. Used 60 grit sanding dremel attachment. Then the abrasive disc. Then polished with a wire wheel. On to making a manifold.
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What did you do to keep debris from falling into the cylinders?
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Originally Posted by Cspence
What did you do to keep debris from falling into the cylinders?
I kept the valves closed while i worked on them . Then after i was done took the air compressor and blew the crap out of them. I rotated the crank each time so that the valves were fully sealed.
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Whew, just checkin!
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Originally Posted by Cspence
Whew, just checkin!

I almost forgot to but luckily the first 2 i did just so happened to have the valves closed. Very lucky indeed.
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Wow that's going to last for about 2 sec after firing up the engine. But way to go!
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Old 12-12-2009, 10:54 PM
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Wow that's going to last for about 2 sec after firing up the engine. But way to go!
I think since I smoothed out the casting and polished the port, the air will flow better than a stock head. I know it won't stay exaclty like that though.
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I took a wire brush to mine when I was waiting on parts idk.
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Old 12-13-2009, 01:51 AM
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i wanted to do this when i was doing my install.................i was to lazy to do it. that and i was worried about getting **** in the cylinders.
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I would definitely try on a junk head to practice. I just felt comfortable and went with it. Make sure the valves fully seated and plug the other 3 holes grind sand polish compressor air. Rinse and repeat.
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sweet! ill prolly do this when i start to beef up my internals!
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