MIlling off unneeded material

I have a question about milling off unneeded material on aluminum parts. Namely my 440 source water pump housing and a Mopar M1 Dominator intake. I don't need the coil mounting area on the intake and I don't need the power steering stuff on the pump housing. Anyone milled this stuff off? How far can one go to get rid of it?

I cut that stuff off ours

I'd like to see some pics of intake manifolds and other parts that have been milled. Always liked the looks of some intake manifold after they've been "cleaned up".

And if the OP does go too far, its not the end of the world, and likely repairable. The shaved leg analogy is a little creepy.

INDY intake with the logo and EFI bosses cut/ground off. I then took the sand blaster to it, to give it the as cast look.

Jeff

Ounces make pounds...

Yea, tell that too FMJ.......

Whacked the coil bracket off an M1...

Sorry for the pic, fuel solenoid is taking that space now...

Once again, you making absurd comments totally irrelevant to the topic and not helpful. Again sir you are excused from this post and any future posts. Bye.

Jeff do you have formal structural engineering training? If not how on earth did you know how far you could go? LOL

Looks good Jerico...that's exactly what I want to do w/ my Indy manifold. Gonna have a buddy set it up in a milling machine to do it.
I have an old Holley SD here too that I started getting rid of some unnecessary stuff years ago. It's a lot of work w/ cutoff wheels and a die grinder, lol. I remember Bubba had one that looked real nice and "streamlined".

You dont save much on the weight but they sure do
look better without all the extra junk on them ...
specially if its not needed/used.. I have cut a
bunch of junk off SB manifolds and valve covers..
these 2 valve covers were once the same part number

If you really want it to look "as cast" after cutting off the excess... contour it to shape manually with grinder/burr whatever, then go over it with an engraving tool. Loosely hold the tool in your hand to let it bounce on the surface. You can fade the repaired/ removed area with literally no trace anything was ever there. Works awesome.

I use the SWAG method. Here is a Moroso valve cover and breather for my Road Runner. I hammered and dollied the logo flat on the V/C, and am in the process of blocking them out. I had the face of the breather turned on the lathe, to remove the logo.

There was a guy talking about having done this to his. I found a set and am waiting on shipping cost. I may hammer and dolly the logos but fender well headers, 3.5" Flowmasters and an ARE motor plate don't scream sleeper so I will likely leave them alone. Wait savings over steel is enough for me.

Here ya go.