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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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Must be some magical AFR head that comes in with square ports, cuz as far as I know there are no aftermarket heads available for the square ports yet...
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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So after everyone arguing the point that AFR dosn't make ls3 heads, and my guy telling me he can get them I decided to call AFR and ask them. I was told that they do not make rectangular ports. So after calling my guy again, (now worried) he said he has a guy that will mill the heads to a rectangular port. How do you guys feel about that? This is a ls3 short block that's sposta be coming from Texas speed then having a LG cam and AFR heads put on it. Someone chime in here an help me understand this while thing.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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I don't think it's physically possible to 'mill' cathedral ports to square ports. You have a tall skinny port vs a short wide port.

While you sure can port them horizontally to match the width of a square port, you have to realize that the cathedral ports are taller than the square ports. So then he would literally have to fill in the top and bottom of the cathedral ports to make them not as tall.

This idea is beyond stupid and physically not possible. WTF is he going to add to the head to reshape the port?
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Don't know so I'm just going to go l92 potted to avoid this whole thing
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000dreambird
So after everyone arguing the point that AFR dosn't make ls3 heads, and my guy telling me he can get them I decided to call AFR and ask them. I was told that they do not make rectangular ports. So after calling my guy again, (now worried) he said he has a guy that will mill the heads to a rectangular port. How do you guys feel about that? This is a ls3 short block that's sposta be coming from Texas speed then having a LG cam and AFR heads put on it. Someone chime in here an help me understand this while thing.
I think you should take your car to another place.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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The motor parts are being sent to me I'm doing the install myself
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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Thank god man this guy you went your car to is clueless. your better off reading and asking for help here on this site, i think you will do fine. Remember to ask questions if your not 100% sure. You might get a few ******* responses, but some people will help you out no matter how noob the question will be.
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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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i already did a lot to my LS1 (LS6 intake+vally cover,headers, ORY, clutch, motor mounts, tick clutch master,) i think i'll be able to handle the motor swap. but if i'm not 100% sure some questions will be coming this way.
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