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Re: I am an Activa owner...a V6 and I am an addict

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That's looking good Alasdair :D
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xantia_v6 wrote:The dirty tubes all take their air from the lower part of the plenum, so probably pick up more oil from the crankcase ventilation.
Well I never thought of that !

@Jim
Getting there mate, I have run out of sanding tubes (£3.50 for SIX from HalFrauds...As if !) so I am a not able to finish the nooks & crannies just yet :)
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A bit more polishing............but not really very happy
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I was planning on having it anodised however there is so much slag in the casting I am finding it hard to get a blemish free surface.
Any craters will ruin the finish and some are very deep so as to be a bit of a worry if I dig in to far to clear the contaminant.

So that then leaves me with either as is, polished as best I can get ........................or a paint / powder coat finish.
That could be chrome, a silver or a matt-Black wrinkle finish.

?? your thoughts
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Re: I am an Activa owner...a V6 and I am an addict

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That looks fab! Can you get a tune out of it!
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LOL....don't know, I never thought about blowing it
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That looks great! I would leave it just as it is...
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As well as tuning the engine you could (with clever use of the right valves) tune the exhaust! Imagine a V6 Activa blasting down the motorway to the automotive notes of "Ride of the Valkyries"!
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I will be doing the internals of this as well (as far as I can reach) and match porting the exhaust manifolds as wel fyi
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When my Great Uncle Jim (and his friend, Nigel) had to turn a road car into a racing car within a fortnight, they (amongst a lot of other things) polished the airways (in and out of the engine). What they ended up with was a vehicle that, while it wasn't great on cornering, generated a LOT of wheel spin off the line, and then came third in class. I have the article available.
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Throttle body cleaned, smoothed for air flow and will polished to match tomorrow.

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Nice :D
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God help if you get an oil leak ;)
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Part of the reason to clean mate, I can see where the oil is coming from.............and it wipes off :)
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and the rocker cover
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You're a polishing demon, sticky :)
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