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mumby · 02-27-2008, 11:02 PM

Under Going Postal in the April 2008 issue of Import Tuner…

“W…T…F…?!
Hey guys, I’ve got a ’98 Audi 1.8T that I wanted to get more performance from and was recommended to port and polish the intake and exhaust. I did a little research and found out abrasive material is used to do it a lot of times-like gritty sand. So I got my friend who tunes Hondas and we decided to try it ourselves. We got a bag of sandblasting sand and hooked it up to the intake of the car and started it up. We wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the exhaust so it would port the exhaust manifold. I was worried that it might cause problems but my friend told me it would be okay as long as we didn’t make boost and get it sucked in the turbo. After letting the car suck in about half the bag of sand, the check engine light came on and the engine started 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.”

--anonymous

Wow. We’re not even going to touch this one…

So now is this real or a joke? I’m hoping that there is no one this stupid out there working on there own car.

Thought it was good for a laugh and felt I should share.

Enjoy.

james_ls · 02-27-2008, 11:26 PM

This was on VWVortex a while back.

SovXietday · 02-27-2008, 11:38 PM

It's a joke.

i like rice · 02-27-2008, 11:48 PM

It's on various forums with the car being changed depending on the forum (Mustang, Corvette, etc)

Scapegoat · 02-27-2008, 11:51 PM

VtechISfun · 02-28-2008, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

ROOFLLL... Scape i wouldn't have been able to say it any better myself

05Accent · 02-28-2008, 12:39 AM

oh damn.. yea its been done..

02-27-2008, 11:02 PM	#1
mumby Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Member #5374 iTrader: (1)	Submitted to Going Postal Under Going Postal in the April 2008 issue of Import Tuner… “W…T…F…?! Hey guys, I’ve got a ’98 Audi 1.8T that I wanted to get more performance from and was recommended to port and polish the intake and exhaust. I did a little research and found out abrasive material is used to do it a lot of times-like gritty sand. So I got my friend who tunes Hondas and we decided to try it ourselves. We got a bag of sandblasting sand and hooked it up to the intake of the car and started it up. We wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the exhaust so it would port the exhaust manifold. I was worried that it might cause problems but my friend told me it would be okay as long as we didn’t make boost and get it sucked in the turbo. After letting the car suck in about half the bag of sand, the check engine light came on and the engine started 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.” --anonymous Wow. We’re not even going to touch this one… So now is this real or a joke? I’m hoping that there is no one this stupid out there working on there own car. Thought it was good for a laugh and felt I should share. Enjoy.

02-27-2008, 11:26 PM	#2
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02-27-2008, 11:48 PM	#4
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