Thread: Porting Heads. Suggestions Welcome

If you dont have the valves reseated after you port your heads you are stupid.

Originally Posted by 01GTP

If you dont have the valves reseated after you port your heads you are stupid.

this.

im not that stupid to just slap the valves back in and be done. I plan on going with larger valves and getting a valve job and then probably sell em and get L26 heads

ya well sorry i dont have that great of a camera. These arent going to be perfect for my first time, that i know. Im just looking to see how good i can do. if they get screwed up. start on another set.

id like to get them on a flowbench but we dont have one here. i went in there 6 months ago to see if they could port some heads for me and they cut me off and said no because they didnt have a flow bench.

Originally Posted by 01GTP

If you dont have the valves reseated after you port your heads you are stupid.

yea, i guess. there is no gains in hitting that area tho. if your not going bigger valves your just spending more money at the machine shop then neccecry. just clean off the carbon with solution.


no need to call people stupid.... there is more than one way to port some heads, not everybody hits the seats. if its not broke, dont fix it.....

Originally Posted by blowfishRus6

yea, i guess. there is no gains in hitting that area tho. if your not going bigger valves your just spending more money at the machine shop then neccecry. just clean off the carbon with solution.


no need to call people stupid.... there is more than one way to port some heads, not everybody hits the seats. if its not broke, dont fix it.....

Did you check to see if the valves are seated correctly? Do you have to tools necessary to even check that? I have reseated my own valves before it sucks takes too much time. I would just pay a machine shop to grind the valves and seat them. To you get gains from it no. Does is keep the edge of your valve from hanging over the seat getting too hot a breaking apart yes. I guess its up to you but $100 valve job is cheaper than a $300-500 short block.