Cleaning out the IntakeManifold, does it help?

[Soravia]

I just took out the SVC butterflies off my S-13 KA24DE manifold. I noticed that there is a lot of carbon in my intake manifold as if it were exhaust. I also noticed that the carbon were NOT from the combustion chamber side of the butterflies but from the air intake side of the manifold.

I used seafoam and a brush which helped remove them at the tip but I need to buy a bottke cleaner to get to the rest. I'm blocking out the EGR tube coming from exhaust.

Before I do all that, does it really help if I clean out the carbon from intake? Is it the same or similar to polishing intake or whatever?

Thanks

[180fan]

Yeah if you're almost there in removing everything else, you might as well go a little farther and make sure everything's clean.

Not really the same as polishing the intake...it's just making sure everything is clean.