Porting and almost done.

Rodram2002

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OK, so I took on the task of porting and polishing my head and here is what I have got so far. I'm almost done, but thought I'd ask for some input on areas that might need work still. I'm just guessing at this so tell me where I might of screwed up.
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I'd have to say that looks pretty good there grasshoppa. Did you follow the cross-section pics on the PDR website? Overall, I'd say just polish the rest up and run it......

Joe
 
Umm... I'm no head porter but that looks pretty good to me. I bet you have a good bit of time in that.
 
I'd have to say that looks pretty good there grasshoppa. Did you follow the cross-section pics on the PDR website? Overall, I'd say just polish the rest up and run it......

Joe

I did that and just found a few other pictures on the site and just kinda went to town on it.
 
So you going to open up that exhaust side to take intake vlaves all the way ? Have to change the seat angle but it seems to work pretty good for us.
 
So you going to open up that exhaust side to take intake vlaves all the way ? Have to change the seat angle but it seems to work pretty good for us.

Didn't plan on it, but what all does that take to do? I was just going to have a fresh valve job done and go with that. Is there much more to benefit from the larger exhaust valves?
 
Has anyone put their truck on the dyno before and after to see what kinda difference porting a head makes?
 
Has anyone put their truck on the dyno before and after to see what kinda difference porting a head makes?

I wanted to try this, but there is no local dyno and I will be installing a Helix 2 cam at the same time as the head.
 
When they put the intake valves in they do the needed changes just when they grind the valve seat in. I have intakes all the way in my 12v head and I felt like it was a good move.
 
hardly anyone grinds seats anymore

and when you are installing a larger valve you need a cutter anyways

find someone with a serti

its no big deal - just measure the ht first and make sure they end up the same or a little low

if they are high they'll tag the piston

don

ps - the ex pocket is so small i dont know how much you will gain

guess it would pick up the low lift numbers some
 
ppppppppps - before you polish it i would open the intake bowl up some more

on mine i made the bowl the same dia as the i.d. of the valve seat

i back cut the valve also

talk about low lift flow numbers....
 
ppppppppps - before you polish it i would open the intake bowl up some more

on mine i made the bowl the same dia as the i.d. of the valve seat

i back cut the valve also

talk about low lift flow numbers....

Explain a little more on both please Sir?
 
the sharp lip a quater inch in from the seat, the one you just rounded off, take it all the way out. measure the id of the seat - pretend you had a round cutter that was exactly that o.d. and you ran it down in the bowl a half inch or so

after you grind or cut the seats (and i narrowed mine some when i did, movin them all the way out to the outside edge of the intake valve face and almost to the edge on the exhaust. you are not supposed to go all the way on the ex cuz if you do there is a chance you could burn the valve. same with narrowing the seats - that contact patch is how the valve gets rid of its heat so i couldnt make em as thin as i would have on a race only motor) anyways, you take some lapping compound and lap the valves so you can see where they make contact with the seat. the compound leaves a grey ring on the valve face and this will insure that you are not backcutting into that portion of the valve. (just dont grind any of the grey away) on a 45° valve back cut them 30° to the seat. on a 30° face it is tricky (cuz the valve stem wants to run into the wheel of the valve grinder at much less than 25° or so) but you can can still back cut them, you just have to be real careful while you do. i did mine 30° on the face and 20° on the b/c

hope that helps

don

oh, and i dont like scotchbrite pads on deck or cyl head mating surfaces. hard to keep stuff flat when you are using a pad on a 90° die grinder. its just the head so you will be fine, but never use them on the deck (it has narrow areas (between the cyls) and will remove more material there than in the wide areas like where the pushrods come thru)
 
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storm vulcan mill

they are antique - i am sure there are better machines these dayz

there is a company called tmc that makes a surface grinder that leaves a really nice finish

if you take it to a shop that has a storm (most of your automotive machine shops do) you might wanna ask how long it has been since they had the bits shapened and how tight the machine is adjusted (ea bit sits in its own holder and the surface roughness (ra) is determined there) (they are not going to change it for you tho...timely process)

before i do anything i take a flat edge and some gauges and see how flat it they are (head n deck of block)

don
 
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