[mikediaz]

cleaned out the bores with a tough metal brush and some solvents. It ended up a lot cleaner than it started.

Just can't adjust either butterfly to close up completely. I'm posting a pic of the best I could get it, as well as one showing my one of the bores as well as the butterfly on it.
-I definitely know this is not good enough of a seat to go on the car because air will definitely leak through those huge gaps i just wanted to post how far I got with it so far.

Note that the butterfly's edge has a tiny kink or two.. (see the first of 2 pics posted w/this msg). think this could be enough to keep it from closing or do you think I should just keep trying? I spent an hour on one today and while I admit I was only just getting the full hang of it, I'm not so sure that I could get it to fully close. Note that I certainly did remember to adjust the butterflies one valve at a time (so that the other valve wouldn't be a cause for not letting me get the 1st valve fully closed).

Keep trying? Invest in new butterflies? (50 bucks a pair :-/)

Thanks for the help all!
mike