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Re: Short porting, Idle vs timing.

To: mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu
Subject: Re: Short porting, Idle vs timing.
From: aurora-guy@juno.com (Eric Klos)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:35:52 -0500
>I'm sorry, but I don't know what 'porting' is.  Can it be done with a 
>dremel, like 
>polishing?  Is it a DIY job?  Can anyone explain it to a 
>machining-challenged 
>individual?



Porting is enlarging the intake and/or the exhaust ports to flow better. 
It is often used to match the port sizes on the heads and manifolds.  I
have burnt quite a few Dremels up trying to port heads, I eventually hads
to get a heavyduty model.  What I have now is a flex-shaft electric
die-grinder made by Foredom.  I have tried to stop this thing, and it
will not stop.  I can run this thing right into the head and it keeps
going.  Try doing that with a dremel!  I do it by myself, but I would not
recommend that anyone with a die-grinder try it.  You can VERY EASILY
mess up a good set of heads.  I probably blew through at least $1000 in
heads in mistakes.  




Eric Klos <aurora-guy@juno.com>  Harrison Twp. MI
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