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Re: Stock manifold vs. 4-1 header

To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Subject: Re: Stock manifold vs. 4-1 header
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:02:28 -0400
At 08:04 AM 7/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:

Good observation on aftermarket header quality!

> You
>can do an effective job of this with plate glass and grinding compound. 
>It works.  Also lets you see when you finally get the surface flat.


Does this really work?  In my experience, when you grind glass against cast 
iron,
the glass grinds away about 10x faster than the iron.  Thus, you would
grind the glass to match your header, not the other way around.

Doug Braun

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