Port and polish??
04-Jan-2005, 06:05 PM
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Re: Port and polish??
Originally posted by BoneStock'88er
Owning a stock '88 civic, would porting and polishing the heads and intake add any extra power or would it just be a waste of time?
Owning a stock '88 civic, would porting and polishing the heads and intake add any extra power or would it just be a waste of time?
good luck man
04-Jan-2005, 06:22 PM
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Well I know a shop where I can get it down and I know someone that will do it pretty much for free if I bring my car in. But what might I gain from it?? One or two horse maybe? If that?
04-Jan-2005, 07:00 PM
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In my opinion it could be good and could be bad, like elistian said if your doing it yourself its a wasted of time because you may not no what your doing and you could loose hp but if you get it professionally done im sure you would gain alot
04-Jan-2005, 07:27 PM
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If you aren't paying much for it then its prolly gunna be a crappy job. Porting and polishing a head takes time and knowledge. Like civicdx said it could be more of a bad thing than a good thing if done wrong. And if done right its gunna be expensive. I would look into doing a mini-me swap if you wanted to pick up some relatively cheap power. You can get a d16z6 or any other SOHC VTEC head for damn cheap.
Port n polish alone prolly wouldn't be worth it. But in combination with 3 angle valve job, mill, some aggressive cams, stiff valve springs and adjustable cam gear would yeild good numbers. But what i mentioned alone would cost as much as parts for a b16 swap. But if a b-series swap isn't in ur budget then i would just get a SOHC VTEC head get it milled and get a decent cam and have yourself a potent little d-series.
Port n polish alone prolly wouldn't be worth it. But in combination with 3 angle valve job, mill, some aggressive cams, stiff valve springs and adjustable cam gear would yeild good numbers. But what i mentioned alone would cost as much as parts for a b16 swap. But if a b-series swap isn't in ur budget then i would just get a SOHC VTEC head get it milled and get a decent cam and have yourself a potent little d-series.
04-Jan-2005, 07:32 PM
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It's not so much that it's not in the budget and the guy I can get to do it has been doing it for years on everything from two stroke GP bikes upto cars.. I'm just wondering if their will even be a horse power gain out of it..
04-Jan-2005, 09:18 PM
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Originally posted by BoneStock'88er
It's not so much that it's not in the budget and the guy I can get to do it has been doing it for years on everything from two stroke GP bikes upto cars.. I'm just wondering if their will even be a horse power gain out of it..
It's not so much that it's not in the budget and the guy I can get to do it has been doing it for years on everything from two stroke GP bikes upto cars.. I'm just wondering if their will even be a horse power gain out of it..
take another spin at the big wheel
EDIT: btw anytime you want to set aside your big ego then let me know and we can stop this little bicker...
if not take another spin
04-Jan-2005, 11:36 PM
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Originally posted by scott newman
Ive done it on that car, and didnt give anything in return porting shines at higher rpm and the car doesnt rev that high
Ive done it on that car, and didnt give anything in return porting shines at higher rpm and the car doesnt rev that high
