yonerhottlt1

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Definitely looks like some nice port work. I'm sure we all would love to see some flow numbers on those things

mark21742

I love the pic of all the metal shaving on you lol I REALLY sucks when they end up in you pockets and boot and start cutting the hell out of you

3pedals

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my fav is washing the filings out of your hair in the shower........

MonmouthCtyLS7

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Looks like some real clean work

thunderstruck507

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I meant it as a compliment haha. The work is so clean and nice it is hard to believe they are really hand ported. I spent a lot of time on mine and they still do not look very pretty.

You do very good work.

Shockwave179

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Yeah and I think I'll be the last person to benefit from it because I'm pretty sure he never wants to ports heads for someone other than himself ever again.

thunderstruck507

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I'm sure if he used carbides and things all over it went faster, but it took me 14 hours and a bag of sanding rolls to get all mine as shown above (which as you can see isn't near perfect) after a friend cut down the guides and rocker bosses. Some places I just couldn't get with the tools I had.

Congrats though, yours look amazing.

speedtigger

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It is a boatload of work for sure. But, aluminum is a piece of cake compared to porting cast iron heads. I am sure glad those days are over.

RonSSNova

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I have the same Makita grinder. Nice tool! I rounded the corners off on the collet nut for getting into tight places when you have too short a bit. A controller (variac) is a must for aluminum.

Nice work.

Ron

studderin

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Ya, I did the same thingnot sure if you can see it in any pics. Turned down the collect nut end, it cleans up maybe 5/8 round and brought that to about 80% of its length. So just the end 1/8 has the hex for the thin wrench. I dont use it much anymore so thats in the injector hole lately, been useing longer stuff. I hate the noise that makes when you would hit the nut

Cool, some people on here notice the good hand work








thunderstruck is that finished? what size is your throat, looks small still. You can gain alot and not touch most of the port at all You don't have to just go around and sand everything.

thunderstruck507

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Yes, that was after I was done sadly. I didn't know enough about how much to take where and had no access to a flowbench so it was just a lot of effort on my part to clean up the casting. The flash in my ports was horrendous.

The intake guides were trimmed like that one, the rocker bosses were removed, we blended the seats to the head to remove the lip they had, and I went over all the areas I could with sanding rolls. The exhaust ports I went to a finer 120 roll set.

It took a lot of time and effort and was a real eye opening learning experience as to what goes into porting heads. Something like the work you did is amazing to me after having done what little I did to mine.

Thanks for sharing the pictures

McAllister513

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Studderin that looks like a ton of material but they look amazing.

JS01

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Definitely a nice job, Mr. Wheet is a good guy with alot of knowledge thats for sure. how much work did you do on the SSR? I'm looking to do a set of 243's that I have laying around here soon.

studderin

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Ya we started the car but it runs kinda sluggish, and making some popping noises? I noticed some light around the exhaust valves when we put them together, I think we need to lap them more? Looking for some 40 grit lapping compound

thanks, that pile dont mean anything it not just from this set. The pile on the floor gets alot bigger, a few dustpan scoops. haha. On the SSR, well ...this being a stock valve port not as much as if you had to set it up for a 2.05, and had a 1.85 throat or whatever you have to blend it to. But them you can shape it what you need, ls1 doesn't have the casting on top. Some of the early 243s can be off a lot too.http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/100_0106.jpg


cleaned up vj, and lap. still dirty, got the final wash after this.

3rdCoastPowerSports

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wow! they look awesome again awesome. what size are the throats?

studderin

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I roughed it to 1.815, 90.75%. So I bet I could get a 1.82 gauage after finish flap roll for the **** pics.
Over a 3.89 bore and .630-.650 lift makes about 450+ wheel with a fast. This is were to set up the head, (listen thunderstruck) I've made that with a stock port few times, its bad ***. Don't wast your time "sanding" random spots, the port supports a lot of power with the rocker boss, the .990 PRP all that. I think I posted about the 853s

JJsQwuik

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Bump on my finished results and #'s

studderin

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killing 10bolts

redtail2426

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Looks good.I ported a couple sets using a different setup,and it was much easier.I have an electric motor that i hang above me and works off a variable speed foot pedal.And the wand with the bit is connected to the motor with a long drive cable.That way your holding a very small wand with just the bit,nice and lightweight, and easy to control,and the foot pedal makes it nice and easy to control bit speed for doing different cuts

3rdCoastPowerSports

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where did you guys get your Makita grinder and which model number?