Thanks man.

By the way, what's up with the face being cut out of the dollar?

A few years ago my sister had a job working as a cashier at a convenience store, and somebody paid with that dollar. She swapped it with a good dollar, kept it for awhile, and then later gave it to me as a little "souvenir." I don't really feel inclined to roll the dice and see if I could get away with spending it, so I figured I could put it to good use another way.

No clue why somebody would wanna do that, unless they were high maybe...

well can i just use the wire wheel to sand it down with since it has the rough and fine sand from it? isnt that the same thing? and the intake im doing is the edelbrock 455 one for my oldsmobile not the lt1, sorry i forgot to mention that.
thanks

Would you mind posting some pics of these wire wheels?

on www.homedepot.com the sku # is 765601
like those, they come in rough and fine

Nah, those types've wire wheels won't sand, they'll just clean. And actually, if you were to use a steel bristled brush like the one in that link on aluminum, it would end up just gouging the crap out of it.

You need a sanding kit like this one from Eastwood:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...iProductID=944

If you use these rolls up to 320 grit, then hand sand with regular sandpaper in 400 & 600 grits to get a uniform surface and even out all the low spots, then you'd be good to use that kit from Ebay to buff to a mirror finish.