Opinions on Porting and Polishing!!
12-02-2010, 09:57 AM
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Opinions on Porting and Polishing!! I know this is the "LS1" section but I cant get those pics posted....I wanted to see how you guys thought of my porting and polishing! I have been P+P TB's, polishing intakes, wheel lips etc.... Give me some honest opinions guys. I will post a few more pics once I figure out whats going on with my other pictures. This one is a 350Z drive by wire. Fully ported and half shafted etc
EDIT: Just to clarify, this is not a pathetically weak attempt to indirectly pimp my services! Thank you
EDIT: Just to clarify, this is not a pathetically weak attempt to indirectly pimp my services! Thank you
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12-02-2010, 10:30 AM
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I'm glad the "master of installing 3/4 race cams" give such encouraging words...again, thank you very much.
12-02-2010, 09:56 PM
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Your work looks good. But going out of your way to mention "I do TBs, intakes, etc..." it's an obvious attempt to attract PM's asking you to port their stuff. I've been doing this a while man. I see through bullshit pretty easy.
But on a more positive note, your work looks good. One word of advice. Polishing to a mirror finish does absolutely no good, and can sometimes hurt power. I've ported about 200 TB's over the past few years and got a pretty good feel for what worked best. Hated doing it though. I'll never port another one as long as I live.
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12-03-2010, 07:20 AM
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I don't post for quantity buddy.
Your work looks good. But going out of your way to mention "I do TBs, intakes, etc..." it's an obvious attempt to attract PM's asking you to port their stuff. I've been doing this a while man. I see through bullshit pretty easy.
But on a more positive note, your work looks good. One word of advice. Polishing to a mirror finish does absolutely no good, and can sometimes hurt power. I've ported about 200 TB's over the past few years and got a pretty good feel for what worked best. Hated doing it though. I'll never port another one as long as I live.
Your work looks good. But going out of your way to mention "I do TBs, intakes, etc..." it's an obvious attempt to attract PM's asking you to port their stuff. I've been doing this a while man. I see through bullshit pretty easy.
But on a more positive note, your work looks good. One word of advice. Polishing to a mirror finish does absolutely no good, and can sometimes hurt power. I've ported about 200 TB's over the past few years and got a pretty good feel for what worked best. Hated doing it though. I'll never port another one as long as I live.
As for your honest words about the mirror finish hurting power, Thank you very much...seriously. That is a reply I was looking for to help me
12-03-2010, 08:13 AM
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Yeah you do some nice work,but I scratch my head at guys that spend close to 200 for work on there stock tb,I did mine with a few grits of sand paper a dremel,and a lil polish,it took me like 2 hours with the throttle stop mod etc,I also spent a lot of time polishing the outside,your work again looks great ,I polish pretty good but I will be hitting you with a pm for tips .
12-03-2010, 08:28 AM
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Yeah you do some nice work,but I scratch my head at guys that spend close to 200 for work on there stock tb,I did mine with a few grits of sand paper a dremel,and a lil polish,it took me like 2 hours with the throttle stop mod etc,I also spent a lot of time polishing the outside,your work again looks great ,I polish pretty good but I will be hitting you with a pm for tips .
12-03-2010, 09:11 AM
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Curious how does it hurt the power? I bought a P&P TB from a buddy and put it on and felt the throttle response.. Gave it a shot @ P&P my stocker and almost got it to a mirror finish but after reading some of the grits people stopped at I think I overkilled mine.. I started at I think 2xx? and worked up to 2000
12-03-2010, 09:14 AM
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As for your honest words about the mirror finish hurting power, Thank you very much...seriously. That is a reply I was looking for to help me
Curious how does it hurt the power? I bought a P&P TB from a buddy and put it on and felt the throttle response.. Gave it a shot @ P&P my stocker and almost got it to a mirror finish but after reading some of the grits people stopped at I think I overkilled mine.. I started at I think 2xx? and worked up to 2000
12-03-2010, 11:01 PM
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If you look inside of a cnc'd cylinder head's intake runner, some of them will actually have some ridges or "ribs" going down it. I know for a fact Patriot performance have done this on some if not all of their LSX heads. This actually causes the air to break up some which in turns helps with fuel/air atomization. When the the fuel and air mixes is where you want good atomization. This is why I respectfully disagree in Damion's reply. Smooth pipe for your "cold air intake" is fine to be completely smooth because the airflow should be direct flow WITHOUT any interruptions. It can be smooth here because there is no need for good atomization because you are not introducing fuel there at this point. I have a high gloss finish all the way up to the throttle blade so there will be NO interruptions in airflow. This is also why you take the big "humps" and "ridges" out. Now I should take pics of the same TB behind the throttle blade to show that i have smoothed it but left a type of swirl effect there to help "tumble" the air into the intake for better atomization because this is where the fuel and air will start mixing. I hope this all makes sense. Now I will agree you DO NOT want ultra smooth intake runners etc.
12-04-2010, 04:51 PM
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I take a marker and run it around the blade before removing it so I know where to stop. I am at a friends house right now....when I get home I will take pics of it.
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