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97Valk_CT_Euless
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« on: December 18, 2014, 07:00:05 PM »
Anyone know for sure what the intake runners are made of?  I thought aluminum, but they are weakly magnetic, about like a medium grade of stainless.  And they're relatively heavy, for aluminum.  Can't imagine why Honda would make the from stainless? Reduce heat travel to the carbs?  I know aluminum is slightly magnetic, and I am testing with fairly strong neodymium magnets.  They don't stick to the cheap Home Depot aluminum stock or T6061.

Any idea?

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Michvalk
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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2014, 07:22:50 PM »
I think they are regular cast metal. Pot metal, what ever that stuff is uglystupid2 cooldude
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Gryphon Rider
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2014, 06:36:56 AM »
Not sure about the base metal, but I think it's an aluminum alloy.  The nickel plating under the chrome plating provides the weak magnetic attraction.
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97Valk_CT_Euless
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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2014, 01:13:39 PM »
That's brilliant!  I'd forgotten about the nickel plating in the chrome plating process.  Easy enough to verify too.  Thanks!
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