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BigTurbo74 07-17-2003 07:31 AM

i am wanting to port my s4 n/a engine. but of course the sleeves in the exhaust ports get in the way of that. i was watching the turrentine rebuild video and i think he mentions them as roll pins, anyway he said that these diffusers can be removed if pins were taken out... i looked at them and i have no idea to go about that. i have also read that you basically just have to grind them out??? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683561.gif

Cosmo Donk 07-17-2003 09:10 AM

You might want to check the porting thread in Porting and Rebuilding.



I believe you just have to get the factory weld off and then you can slide them out. Never tried it but I am sure I read something about it somewhere.

FCmaniac 07-17-2003 11:01 AM

I couldn't figure it out either looking at my spare housing. I think like you said you can just grind them out.

pengaru 07-17-2003 11:05 AM

ito's stated method was to use a mig welder to extend the roll pin until you had something to grab onto with locking pliers.... it works since the housing is aluminum it will only weld to the pin if you use a low voltage setting.

BigTurbo74 07-17-2003 01:16 PM

hmmm interesting

mazdaspeed7 07-17-2003 08:51 PM


Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Jul 17 2003, 08:05 AM
ito's stated method was to use a mig welder to extend the roll pin until you had something to grab onto with locking pliers.... it works since the housing is aluminum it will only weld to the pin if you use a low voltage setting.

Thats a damn good idea. Drilling them out is damn near impossible...

pengaru 07-18-2003 12:20 AM


Originally Posted by mazdaspeed7' date='Jul 18 2003, 01:51 AM
Thats a damn good idea. Drilling them out is damn near impossible...

yeah, I havent tried it yet but when I read his post about it I made sure to take a mental note https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/cool.png


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