Porting tools
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 6,624
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From: Missouri
Porting tools
I'm going to port out a set of D2TE-AA heads that are junk to find out where I hit water on my good heads. I just ported a set of toyota supra round port heads with a tool from ace hardware that looks like a pinion from a differential kind of. It worked well but that was aluminum. Also I ported them by eye but is there any special (not expensive) tools that any of you guys use to do your porting to get all the ports the same. When I get my junk head done I'll post pics to show how far they can go. I'm not taking my heads to extremes but I will find any thin spots so I don't get a suprise on the good ones. In a while when I get the edelbrocks I'm going to leave thos alone.
Tuned
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 430
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From: Deatsville, AL
Porting tools
I used a power hack saw to cut up a cracked head many years ago. Got about 6 or 8 pieces around here somewhere. Was interesting to see just how thick the water jacket was.
Bob
'66 7 Litre, top loader, 3.25 Traction-lock, Sidewinder Intake, SCJ Exhaust
'88 F150 LWB 4x2, XLT Lariat, 302, 5 speed, 3.08
'99 Ranger, 4x2, 3.0, 5 speed, 3.73 posi
Bob
'66 7 Litre, top loader, 3.25 Traction-lock, Sidewinder Intake, SCJ Exhaust
'88 F150 LWB 4x2, XLT Lariat, 302, 5 speed, 3.08
'99 Ranger, 4x2, 3.0, 5 speed, 3.73 posi
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 2,281
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From: Northern California
Porting tools
I used a 7/16" drill bit to drill into selected spots of a C8AE-H head that was junk. I found that the intake and exhaust ports were connected via a casting in my C7AE-A and not in the C8AE-H which would make the C8's run cooler.
I think that porting is not a good a drilling. With drilling, I was able to take several measurments of wall thickness and was able to flash a penlight into the waterjackets etc...
As far as porting goes, the carbide tip works well, but I'd opt for a steel blade in a circular saw and cut several different spots across the different ports.
By the way, if you can post a few pics, most of us would like to see them.
I think that porting is not a good a drilling. With drilling, I was able to take several measurments of wall thickness and was able to flash a penlight into the waterjackets etc...
As far as porting goes, the carbide tip works well, but I'd opt for a steel blade in a circular saw and cut several different spots across the different ports.
By the way, if you can post a few pics, most of us would like to see them.
