I will be porting my housings in the next week and I was wondering what everyones preferred steet port config was. As you know there are a few different ways of steet porting. I am just planning on taking it as big as possible, any thoughts or suggestions/warnings. I will have access to PFS port templates I believe. I think Rays templates are pretty big from what I remember. Dragon I 'm sure you have some experience here right?
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Go BIG!...and be careful not to nick the sides of the end/intermediate plates. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/dunno.gif
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bigger is always better https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png
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Yea that is the advice that Ray gave me today. I am a little hesitent to do it because If I **** up it's gonna cost me $300 or so. But you gotta crack a few eggs right?
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There really isn't much to it. The only trick is just going slow as not to get in a rush and break throught the back side of the housing while grinding it out. A new housing will run you about $300 if you screw up. I'll get this thread rolling by Monday.
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Ok I got an email from Rob at Pineapple racing earlier. I didn't think through everything I should have. I didn't think about boost creep. When I open up the ports for the exhaust it's gonna wanna creep up on me.I was thinking that a boost controller would simply cure this. It's not that simple apperently. So I am gonna need to port the wastegate to help keep the boost creep down. I may put in a restrictor pill as well. We'll see ho wit turns out. I did one exhaust port so far. The bits I got gummed up with alluminum quickly though and were not good for long. They were not carbide tipped. I got Ryans good digi camera now and I will get some pics tomorrow.
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Also Rob informed me that you should be cautious how wide the ports get. The widerthey are you really risk the apex seal bowing into the port and breaking themselves.
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ok, since nobody is replying to this i'm gonna ask a bunch of stupid questions, cuz i don't know much about all this milling and porting stuff. what does all of this do and how ? wait.. that was one question, but i'm curious. also, do these 3mm seals make your engine last longer? if so, why doesn't everyone do it? ok theres three
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As long as someone broke the ice with stupid questions....Will this shorten the life of my engine, and is it appropriate for regular street driving? I don't mean is it legal, but will it run ok?
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Make sure that you get carbide bits. Most rotary files will wear out pretty quickly when doing porting.
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