My Daytona Coupe Build... Ten Years in the Making

[Carlos C]

Bill:

Thanks for the heads-up. I use glass beads on the blaster at work. I only media-blasted the exterior of the manifold, after I had taped off every orifice. Just in case any media got inside, I used a heavy-duty shop vac to get any residue that may have gotten in. After that, I circulated the cleaning chemical from my parts washer through the intake for over an hour. Hopefully, there is no media inside the manifold.

I was also thinking about grinding down the intake ports, but I'll probably won't do it. The minimal gain (if any) won't be worth the time and effort, but mainly because of the issue of getting all the material out of the intake.

Carlos

[wallace18]

Every thing is looking great. Your hard work will pay big dividends for your build. Great job!