Do you guys think a local shop could do my snout machining? because..
a) I dont want to have to send it away
b) I dont want to mess it up doing it myself
c) I dont want to pay a core charge
so am I
d) **** outta luck?

 

drive to a local machine shop and have them look at it. Most machine shops should have the tools required to do this for you pretty easily and at a low cost. I had the snout on my old M45 blower machined by my local machine shop for like $25 and it took about an hour, hope that helps!

 

I machined my snout this past week....I burnt out a drill doing it (with the ZZP tool). I could still smell the smoke from the drill for 3 days. If I have to do this again, I'll pay for it.

 

haha, yea i wasnt too keen on doing it myself! I will check into some local machine shops, thanks

i would probably have to give them a number though on how far to machine it? Anyone know the specs?

 

i think its 5/8 of an inch.

 

true, from the end of the snout...I was trying to remember how much from the outside...or what the diameter was I kept....make sense..?

 

can you put the stock pulleys back on if you machine the snout?

 

IU will never touch another snout again..........................

 

you sure can.

 

Im a machinist, so I say leave machining of crucial engine parts to the pros. They will make sure that the cut is parallel and they wont over heat the metal which is very important. don't just tell them some random numberto cut it to, they won't believe you anyway, bring the stuff you want to put on and they will decide how much metal to remove.

 

haha i heard that story!!! I wouldnt let you touch my snout unless you took me out to dinner first!


yea see i dont wanna send it off because i use my car every day, i think ill just buy the pulley and take it to a machine shop and let them do it right