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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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Check out my Intake Manifold Polishing Job

Me and another dude have been polish 2nd and 3rd gen intakes for a while, here is one we did for an east coast rx-7 tuner, check it out and leave some feedback or PM us if you like what you see!!
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 09:53 PM
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theyr pretty bling blingin man
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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Very smooth. Most I see still have some bumps, but that looks excelent.
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 10:57 PM
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Re: Check out my Intake Manifold Polishing Job

Originally posted by YearsOfDecay
Me and another dude have been polish 2nd and 3rd gen intakes for a while, here is one we did for an east coast rx-7 tuner, check it out and leave some feedback or PM us if you like what you see!!
How much for the intake (upper with throttle body)?
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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THey're looking very good. What kind of tools are you using to polish them with?
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 11:25 PM
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Very nice. It's all shiny and pretty.

I'm also interested in what tools you're using. How long does it take to do the UIM?
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Old Jul 22, 2003 | 12:10 AM
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oooohhhh Youse guys want trade secretes Huh???

We use, drills, dremels, die grinders with a myriad od different sized and shaped sadning cones, wheels, mini buffs, felt bobs, aluminum grinding burrs, orbital sanders, micro sanders, and of course, some times you have to break down and use your little fingers to take a peice of sandpaper and get into the creases to get the "bumps" that DaedelGT was talking about out. The biggest peice of equipment we use is a home built buffing machine with 10" wheels and a 1hp motor (turning the wheels with an RX-7 altenator belt.. of course!!!!!) We use at least four different types of buffing wheels on that one after the sanding has been done.

If you're trying to do an intake yourself, ,PM me and I'll help ya out as much as i can... Keep in mind though, we've been throwing money at this polishing thing at almost the same rate we thro money at our cars!!!!!

You can do a pretty good job with basic tools, just be prepared to get WAAAYYY dirty and spend probably 50-75 bucks on materials. Oh, and aluminum dust is EXPLOSIVE, and slightly poisonous... make sure you do it in a well ventilated area!!

Remeber about 80% of the work is sanding, and if you do a shitty job sanding, no amount of buffing is gonna help you, so take your time.

But, if your not the "do it yourselfer, cromagnon type", i'll do it for ya!!

This is our site... forgive me, I'm still working on it!

http://mysite.verizon.net/res1f3en/
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Old Jul 22, 2003 | 02:14 AM
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Whoa.... blinded by the bling! I might have to hit you up about a polished intake, looks damn good.
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Old Jul 22, 2003 | 05:54 AM
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Old Jul 22, 2003 | 06:50 AM
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Dude, your website has a misspelling:

"Here are some exapmles of the work we've done"

I want that bling bling UIM/throtle body?

Quanto Es?
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Old Jul 22, 2003 | 07:29 AM
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Hey pomanferrari, fd3boost (aka Dave) does it for $200 and he is local (MD). I'm thinking about getting it done later on.
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:56 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:56 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:56 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:57 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:57 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:58 PM
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We'll do the trottlebody
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:58 PM
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We'll do the trottlebody and UIM for
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:58 PM
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We'll do the trottlebody and UIM
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We'll do the trottlebody and UIM for 150
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 03:59 PM
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what was that all about?
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 04:02 PM
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Damn yo- that was some extream postwhorin!

But it looks good!
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