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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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Ok so i'm looking at porting a stock intake on th runner side and try to get better flow from it.. Is it worth it or should just leave it be.. I've heard of people porting them to much and causing turbulanc from the intake being porter larger then the heads on the intake side..
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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plenty of guys making over 400 rear wheel on an unported intake, stock heads there's better things to spend money on
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Yeah i think right now i need to focus on suspension rather then power... God i never thought i would say that lol..
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I cut 1.72 60ft on 100% stock suspension. I need more power
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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Lol i'm doing some minor rea suspenson and some slicks pyro thi stall is amazing..
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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Yeah don't waste our money especially if you've got stock heads/TB
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I run ported and polished heads and a 52mm throttle body..
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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port the intake then, itll be worth it at that point. if you cant get the power to the ground it wont make any difference though
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I ported mine when I had it off. You can do it yourself and it doesn't cost anything..just match it to the gaskets and tr to be consistent on the blend. Worth paying money to have it done..probably not. Noticeable power gain...definitely not especially if the heads aren't matched. I did it for a future head upgrade, and believe that it may even hurt power without the heads matched. With that said I still couldn't resist and in my head it is "better".
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 94LTZ
Yeah i think right now i need to focus on suspension rather then power... God i never thought i would say that lol..
stock suspension holds up fine tell about 450 then you need to start doing something
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