The intake manifold 'hedgehog'

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Akinesis
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The intake manifold 'hedgehog'

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When I changed the carbs over I saw what people were on about when they were referring to the 'hedgehog'. I heard people shave this down for better performance. Is this true? And if so how do you go about shaving the spikes down???


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an old school mod -shave it down with a dremel, but the carb will take slightly longer to warm up (if 2E2) sans hedgehog.

The jury is out on any performance gain, but I am led to believe that there is some benefit. Fil will know...


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The Autoad wrote:an old school mod -shave it down with a dremel, but the carb will take slightly longer to warm up (if 2E2) sans hedgehog.

The jury is out on any performance gain, but I am led to believe that there is some benefit. Fil will know...
Sorry Ant, to clarify, trim it down or crew-cut approach?

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