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In a message dated 2/8/14 7 10 36, cengles@cox.net writes:<BR>
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normal vendor and polish it yourself (which is very time consuming) or you<BR>
could find someone to polish it for you (which is expensive. Here the local<BR>
professionals would charge $600 to polish a $400 aluminum intake manifold)<BR>
with excellent results. If you polish it, then you'll need to consider<BR>
clear coating it, which will last a couple of years I am told.<BR>
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>>>Don't forget that Edelbrock (and perhaps others?) sell their intakes already polished, at only slightly higher cost (certainly less than if you took a raw intake and had it polished yourself?)<BR>
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Mike</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>