What the $#%& is this??? (pictures and story)
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Originally Posted by SFLG35
wow thank god that didnt go into the motor
It looks man made to me, probably related to tooling - I agree to check with Vortech. That's a big QC issue - could've destroyed your motor and god knows what would've happened if you were at highway speeds and it gets sucked in...
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From: florida
Originally Posted by Drewer
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It's a tumbling stone. . .abraisive for removing flash from metal parts. That really woulda be an ouchie ouchie if it got into yoru engine!
-drew
It's a tumbling stone. . .abraisive for removing flash from metal parts. That really woulda be an ouchie ouchie if it got into yoru engine!
-drew
I actually called vortech earlier today and confirmed that this was in fact the item that I found. No harm no foul (knock on wood), but I just wanted to confirm what it was. Now it's time to drill a hole in it and hang it from my rear view mirror, haha!
Well....that just gives me a "warm & fuzzy" about their quality control and inspection before the product is shipped out....... 
My snail housing doesn't even have the Vortech logo on the front like they used to....does yours??
My snail housing doesn't even have the Vortech logo on the front like they used to....does yours??
lol..i'm a lilttle late on this one am i?
on molded/casted parts such as turbo housing,there're little flashes,burrs on the edges as result of the gap at the parting line.
it would be a lot of time consuming to remove those by hand.so they throw the parts inside the "tumbling drum" which look like a cement mixer.along with those some water and those little green thingies.i believe they called "media" they come in all sizes,shapes,colors and roughness.basiclly they're stones.with the switch on,the drum viabrates and rolls to take care of those burrs.very offen the stone get stuck inside the part.it's the operator and the inspector's fault for let it goes like that.i say save that "thing" and if later anything happen,use that agaist them hehehe...glad to hear you found that before disaster
on molded/casted parts such as turbo housing,there're little flashes,burrs on the edges as result of the gap at the parting line.
it would be a lot of time consuming to remove those by hand.so they throw the parts inside the "tumbling drum" which look like a cement mixer.along with those some water and those little green thingies.i believe they called "media" they come in all sizes,shapes,colors and roughness.basiclly they're stones.with the switch on,the drum viabrates and rolls to take care of those burrs.very offen the stone get stuck inside the part.it's the operator and the inspector's fault for let it goes like that.i say save that "thing" and if later anything happen,use that agaist them hehehe...glad to hear you found that before disaster
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