intake porting< what do i do
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intake porting< what do i do my heads where ported and polished but the intake was not matched. i cannot afforrd to port the intake. i was told to get the intake runners and inside as smooth as possible. will this do anything or am i better off not doing anything at all?
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I gasket matched my intake and heads myself. Not real hard but pretty easy to screw up if your not careful.
I am guessing that he gasket matched your heads when porting them. You want to start by verifying this first then by marking the intake I didn't have any of the mechanist dye so I used a sharpie then scribed my outline with a sharp scribe I then opened the outside to match my scribe then cleaned out the runners... It is very time consuming and you will want to make sure your work area is at a suitable height.
I am guessing that he gasket matched your heads when porting them. You want to start by verifying this first then by marking the intake I didn't have any of the mechanist dye so I used a sharpie then scribed my outline with a sharp scribe I then opened the outside to match my scribe then cleaned out the runners... It is very time consuming and you will want to make sure your work area is at a suitable height.
Last edited by BigD383lt1; Jan 17, 2011 at 12:17 AM.
There's absolutely no need to touch the stock intake manifold on 95% of builds. Even "gasket matching" does not prove to be beneficial. There are far more risks involved than any potential gains.
Stick with opening up the plenum to accept a 58mm throttle body - that's it.
Stick with opening up the plenum to accept a 58mm throttle body - that's it.
