v-tec vs port and polish

[sohcslammer]

Thanx blanco. Whanna earn some extra cash?

 

[hcivic.com]

get your head extrude honed works the best and one off the lowest costs

 

[MikeBergy]

Originally posted by sohcslammer@Nov 28 2004, 03:23 PM
Thanx blanco. Whanna earn some extra cash?

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I ported my own b18a head, it actually wasn't that hard, and I did it with a craftsman rotary tool. I will be bench testing the head as soon as I get some time away from school to see what kind of flow improvements I made. Looks spectacular though.

 

[sohcslammer]

Originally posted by Blanco+Nov 28 2004, 06:13 PM-->

sohcslammer

@Nov 28 2004, 05:23 PM
Thanx blanco. Whanna earn some extra cash? 

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I have yet to actually do one. And I live about 10 hours away from you.

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I moved back up to the bay area. Don't you live close by?

 

[Delsolcrazy]

Damn forgot about this post. Thanks for all the usfull info people. I had considered doing the port n polish myself. They actually sell kits for it at the auto parts. I think im gonna stick with my non vtec head for now. A clutch and flywheel kit is gonna suck some of the cash out of this project.

 

[phunky.buddha]

If you're going to do your own port/polish job, just stick to gasket matching the outer areas of the ports and polishing the outer curves of the port pathways. Don't touch the port floors. You don't want to reshape your ports unless you have a flowbench and really know what you're doing. If you remove material in the wrong places, you could easily end up making a head flow less than stock. Be careful.

 

[acurizo]

Originally posted by Arachnid@Nov 23 2004, 08:08 PM
porting will hit you up on the power curve. polishing will make your head look kool.

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Port will allow more flow, polishing wont make it look cool because it's all internal to polish the informities out, which also helps flow. It's not for show. I'd go with the v-tec head for more tuning capability.