With the summer comes car projects. Some people focus on enhancing the performance of their car and many of these people don't know what they're doing. What's the easiest way to screw up your car's engine?
This story may be apocryphal, as it appears on forums from time-to-time, but someone claims to have attempted to "port and polish" their intake using sand. Of course, this isn't a crazy idea. Many people do sandblast parts of the engine to increase air flow and performance. Those people do it while the parts are off the car. This person decided to do it while the parts were on the car. Even better, rather than using real equipment he decided to accomplish this by pouring bags of sand into the intake. It's a simple, cheap, and effective way to completely clog all your lines, screw up your exhaust system, and otherwise turn your car into scrap metal for a Chinese gymnasium.
What's the easiest way you've found to make your engine go from hero to zero?
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