dremmel + intake manifold?

kirktalife · Post by **kirktalife** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:50 pm

i was wondering if i should dremmel out my intake mani when i put my mpx throttle body on, one of m buddies did it to his car and it worked out pretty sweet, is this reccomended, what do you guys think, i mean there will be no real gains if i just bolt the throttle body on right?

neonpla · Post by **neonpla** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:21 am

they did that on the project neon on sport compact car magazine... its still on there website. make sure u stuff a rag down the hole and dont let and shavings get in there.

-pla

mynameiskiller · Post by **mynameiskiller** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:42 am

just take the manifold off, its fairly easy. if you can afford the downtime, you can open up the plenum and smooth out the ports at the head. if you fill the injector humps you can grind the ports out pretty big.

i did it with a spare manifold and took my time. i used a dremmel with sanding drums and metal putty to fill the injector humps, opened and smoothed the runners as far in as i could, and port matched them as close as i could. it makes a noticeable difference, especially mid and high range power delivery. its not a 10hp bump or anything, but it helps, especially if you are going to put a 60mm TB on there.

neonpla wrote:they did that on the project neon on sport compact car magazine... its still on there website. make sure u stuff a rag down the hole and dont let and shavings get in there.

-pla

that was a first gen, btw. the intake is totally different.

neonpla · Post by **neonpla** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:55 am

yea but he can get the idea of the project.

mynameiskiller · Post by **mynameiskiller** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:22 am

i see what you mean...

nodestiny · Post by **nodestiny** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:57 am

Dremel = crap. Overheats easily, and is usualy bulky. Get a small die grinder... i found a kit at home depot for 27.XX for a husky and a few bits

Works great! Will post pics soon...

Sparky828 · Post by **Sparky828** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:38 am

yea die grinder all the way...