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Old 02-14-2004, 12:50 AM
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Wow, can't wait for the templates!



I came close to buying the RB one but the street port template is just way too conservative. I need something bigger!
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Old 02-14-2004, 10:56 AM
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Ito I am building up an 85 se with 12A end plates... will theses work here?



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Old 02-14-2004, 10:58 AM
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Ito,



Nifty... I did my own home-made first-ever street port and my measurement there was 11.5 mm. I didn't quite realize until AFTER I assembled the shortblock that it was cutting it REALLY close on those soft seals. I looked inside with a mirror and saw that they were barely supported at all. I figured worst case, they're -soft- and could fall out and get chewed up... probably not going to break anything



The motor has been fine for the last 1.5 years and has made over 400 rwhp at 15 PSI on a T04S so I figure that it's doing OK hehehe. I wonder if my soft seals are still in there or not hahaha.



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Damn I want those templates.That port pic makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Old 02-16-2004, 03:07 PM
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That's really cool!
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Originally Posted by Wargasm' date='Feb 13 2004, 06:47 AM
Isn't there a risk of the soft corner seal falling in there? What about a risk of the bottom half of a stock 3 piece seal falling in there?
You can always leave out the rubber piece in the corner seals... its supposed to help with cold compression, but I alw3ays leave them out and have found no difference whatsoever (when I don't use solid corner seals).



You'll have to run 2-piece seals no matter what; 3 piece seals are no longer available.
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Old 02-20-2004, 01:15 AM
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Any templates yet ?
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Old 02-20-2004, 03:16 AM
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there is much more to porting then just templates
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some of you who will be buying these templates need to do some homework first before attempting to port your engine.
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Originally Posted by kahren' date='Feb 20 2004, 09:47 AM
some of you who will be buying these templates need to do some homework first before attempting to port your engine.
Karen, you need to be a little more careful in how you try to guide and help people. Yes porting an engine takes more then a template. But for beginners a template gives them a guideline and a sense of guidance. For the more experienced guys it could give them an edge and that is what there looking for. a template is always a good tool to motivate and help people to get over the fear of porting the wrong way. Without a template you don't know where to stop or begin.
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