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port and polish

PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:03 pm
by beachrat92
I was Looking on the web and came across this.

http://www.audiforums.com/forum/showthr ... 267#693578
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.

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:49 pm
by 4doorciv
I've read that so many times. Haha. Was on the vwvortex forums first. Lol. Then a few Honda sites.

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:10 am
by Johnboy72
I thought you were supposed to use gravel? That's what I did wrong.

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:28 am
by DarthWookie
O.M.F.G. :snooty: :lol: :clap:

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:32 pm
by pennyman1
Dimwits, they should have used Black Beauty; they killed the motor by siliosis - LOL :wiggle: :roll: :doh:

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:52 pm
by camoit
did you see how many pages it has gone. Now that is some funny stuff. I bet he is no longer using the board. But I did see he replied to a guy on page 2 that said to add water to the oil to thin out the sand.

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:30 pm
by 4doorciv
Maybe I should find that other hilarious one where this guy put nos "additive" to his motorcycle. Lol.

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:40 pm
by pennyman1
Did anyone catch how long the post has been going - 3+ years!?! No wonder it has 27 pages of replies!

Re: port and polish

PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:28 am
by joey_crandall
oh man on starquestclub some guy asked about mixing 2 different weights of oil about a year ago and its turned into and 80-something flame thread. the dudes a trooper he keeps coming back.