Originally posted by ForcedFirebird
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I did the porting, using only sandpaper rolls. Very very lightly blended in the runners with the bowls, and polished the exhaust side. Blended the seats into the bowls. Gasket matched everything. I made sure to remove minimal material. I've heard it's really hard to get even 5% more flow from these heads, so I focused only on the very obvious. Machinist said I did a good job, hope he wasn't just stroking my ego.
The whole thing will be matched, balanced, etc. Skipping machine work is the last place I want to try and save money.
Ended up getting the Tuscan rods. Cassidy weighed them for me @529g with ARP2000 bolts installed. Bolts weigh 27g each. Lightest rods available without spending significantly more money. They also have rifling, so I can avoid installing oil squirters and save costs there. Also don't have to purchase and recondition S52/M52 rods, so for a few hundred more I'm happy. They are significantly discounted right now, so that is good.
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