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I was talking to a guy about setting my timing, he comes highly reccomended by a local diesel shop. So he asked what I was wanting, and what I had done. I told him I wanted the timing bump mainly for MPG, and I had a plate that I had ground down, he asked how I ground it and I described the profile, then he asked if I used a hand grinder, I said no, I used a Dremel and went real slow. He said he always freaks when someone says they did it themselves. He said he had one guy that used a torch and just cut his to the profile he wanted I just can't imaging taking a torch to my plate!
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Originally Posted by STACKED
yeah the whole torch thing on internal motor parts doesnt sound too smart.
No kidding..
some people just dont think... Dremel will work just fine.... Nick, what did you grind your plate to? 10 approx?
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i'll bet that cat even left the plate in the pump when he done it, to make sure he didn't cut off to much so it would still stay in place. can we say uhhh hmmm how to put it?? edited make sure he puts a new chrome canuder valve on there with it lol
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Originally Posted by TxDiesel007
No kidding..
some people just dont think... Dremel will work just fine.... Nick, what did you grind your plate to? 10 approx?
Rick
some people just dont think... Dremel will work just fine.... Nick, what did you grind your plate to? 10 approx?
Rick
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Originally Posted by turbo thom
From an old man that just started with these things, why even have a plate?
..Preston..
..Preston..
May take awhile but will eventually happen. Never fails that a person comes on boards such this touting removing the plate completely comes back later with their tail between their legs.
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A Dremel is a hand-grinder, as compared to an NC automatic grinder.
A plasma-arc - which is an electric 'torch' - can achieve a very smooth, compared to a gas torch, profile, needing only minor polish\grinding.
Still, as the factory plates appear to be pressure-cast, rather than cut and machined, applying any high heat seems risky.
Pressure-cast produces the final product, needing no machining or polishing steps, with extrude-hone type deburring in some cases.
A plasma-arc - which is an electric 'torch' - can achieve a very smooth, compared to a gas torch, profile, needing only minor polish\grinding.
Still, as the factory plates appear to be pressure-cast, rather than cut and machined, applying any high heat seems risky.
Pressure-cast produces the final product, needing no machining or polishing steps, with extrude-hone type deburring in some cases.
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Any one ever seen one of these in action, I have and let me tell you they're awsome. The guy running said the water was moving faster than Mach 1 at the tip. It uses a combination of water and some type of sand looking stuff.
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