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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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You'll find a usefull article for porting your own heads HERE


And a video HERE
 
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These links are dead.
 
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be VERY carefull doing your own headwork.we get a lot of "DIY" heads in for us to see if we can "fix" them
 
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and OP is banned.

Porting and polishing is something I'd be interested in doing but I can't find too much info on it.
 
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be VERY carefull doing your own headwork.we get a lot of "DIY" heads in for us to see if we can "fix" them
What's the most common mistake?
 
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These links are dead.
Could be they are dead because the thread is 10 years old.......
 
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Could be they are dead because the thread is 10 years old.......
Say WHAAAATT???
 

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Originally Posted by JustDave13
What's the most common mistake?
Cutting away too much material (velocity vs volume,) I'd bet.
 
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Cutting away too much material (velocity vs volume,) I'd bet.
I was always under the impression that you want to make straight shot into the cylinder, so shaping rather than enlarging would be my guess to do it properly.
 
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I was always under the impression that you want to make straight shot into the cylinder, so shaping rather than enlarging would be my guess to do it properly.
Yeah, and rough surfaces on the intake vs smooth bore on the exhaust. I've seen it done but never tried to ruin a set personally.

 



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