See the Hughes Engines website for apicture of their ported intake
manifold. Not much gain for all that effort though. The heads -
definitely go for a pro job. use the 2.02 intake valves. The exhaust
just needs to be cleaned up a bit. Should flow a lot better!!!
Been there - doing that right now!
jbe@micron.net wrote:
> I need to pull the wisdom from the DML members on this.
> I have a 99 dak with the 318 engine. I have most of the normal go
> fast goodies like, ported TB, headers, cat-back, K&N cold air intake,
> etc etc.
>
> I am now thinking of doing some porting and polishing work on
> my intake manifold and heads. I have some experience porting
> and polishing but by no means an expert. I also have some tools
> such as air grinders and polishing wheels to use.
>
> Question:
> 1. Can I port and polish my intake manifold with good results
> in my garage or do I need a machine shop to do it?
> 2. Same question but for the heads. (this one I am leaning towards
> machine shop
> I saw Mopar sells some jigs for final shaping of ports)
>
> My goals in the port and polish is to simply increase air flow for
> better
> HP, torque and MPG. Nothing to radical.
>
> Ja
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