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Subject: Port matching
From: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 22:41:50 -0500
I am in the process of cleaning up my head in preparation for milling.  I
have used my die grinder to smooth out the sharp angles in the combustion
chamber and am now looking at port matching.

The reference book that I am using is David Vizard's "Tuning Standard
Triumphs".  In it David suggests using the intake/ exhaust gasket as a
template for port matching.  However, when I laid the gasket onto the head,
I noticed that some of the exhaust ports are already larger than the gasket.

Now, for a stupid question.  Do I just leave well enough alone, or do I
enlarge the gasket to match the size of the ports in the head?

Thanks for you input.

Peter
'68 TR250

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