Polishing the Intake Manifold

[Frank]

Frank,

You would not replace the stock intake - just "polish" it. Make it slicker.

- w

I was reffering to the comment about swapping the lanos intake only to have a polished intake

our plastic one may still be ''polished'' though

http://chevy.mrmax.dp.ua/EN/document...art_kalos.html here is the service manual

Khan,

Thanks. This is handy to know about. Does the Kalos have a plastic intake manifold? The diagram looks a little different to me.

- w

Frank,

You would not replace the stock intake - just "polish" it. Make it slicker.

- w

I was reffering to the comment about swapping the lanos intake only to have a polished intake

our plastic one may still be ''polished'' though

If the plastic one comes apart like a clam shell - then it would be easy to polish with Klasse or another polish that makes plastic slicker. I had the throttle body completely off today to polish both ends of the throttle body. Even with the TB off, I can not tell for sure if the Plastic Intake manifold will crack open. It kind of looks like it could - but I think I will have to remove it to be sure.

- W

[khan4rtist]

http://chevy.mrmax.dp.ua/EN/document...art_kalos.html here is the service manual

Khan,

Thanks. This is handy to know about. Does the Kalos have a plastic intake manifold? The diagram looks a little different to me.

- w

NP but you know what, i forgot that this service manual is for the 1.4, 1.5, and 1.2 engines i have yet to find some diagrams for the 1.6 motor. the body and suspension and everything else is the same though

http://chevy.mrmax.dp.ua/EN/document...art_kalos.html here is the service manual

Khan,

Thanks. This is handy to know about. Does the Kalos have a plastic intake manifold? The diagram looks a little different to me.

- w

NP but you know what, i forgot that this service manual is for the 1.4, 1.5, and 1.2 engines i have yet to find some diagrams for the 1.6 motor. the body and suspension and everything else is the same though

Oh - I appreciate this. Its handy for a lot of things on the Aveo. I may check in to buying a service manual from GM. I'll post it when I find what out what it costs.

- w

[khan4rtist]

ill bet its pretty expensive....

ill bet its pretty expensive....

From Helm's - and I think Helm's is the authorized publisher for GM service manuals - it looks like $135.

http://www.helminc.com/helm/Result.asp? ... JEJ0QM46KC

- W