RE: RE: Re: Heads and Intake & T-body porting ?'s

From: Holloway,Frank T (Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG)
Date: Fri Jan 08 1999 - 10:12:50 EST


Vladimir,
Can you explain or tell us who did the inner intake work??? I have an intake
that we are going to start working on in the not too distant future. Don't
think that we will go the extrude-hone route because of cost, but you never
know. Any helpful hints would be appreciated....

        Frank

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Ryall [SMTP:vladimir@austin.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:41 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: RE: Re: Heads and Intake & T-body porting ?'s
>
> My 360 intake has had the runners cut, extrude-honed, plate welded, and
> teflon-coated. My TB has been opened up, shaved, shafts cut, blades
> thinned, ported, and teflon-coated. The TB has also been pinned to
> port-match the intake. Sweet looking setup. I am awaiting installation
> of
> the intake when I install the big, big Cam and other goodies stacked up on
> my workbench...
>
> VLADIMIR
> 96 Indy "FASRAM"
> http://home.austin.rr.com/fasram/
> http://www.indyram.org/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Mark Kuzia
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 12:07 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Re: Heads and Intake & T-body porting ?'s
>
>
> 1) Has anyone out there done any porting on thier stock Magnum intake?
> I had originally planed to buy the mopar single-plane intake(after a
> cam
> change) but was told that it would kill low end torque. I have planned to
> get the most radical cam that will fit in the stock magnum engine. If you
> have, please e-mail me with what you did.
>
> 2) This question is directed to anyone who has ported a t-body. Has anyone
> removed the ridges at the top of the bores (the ones that are broken by
> the
> bolts), and how did it affect performance? Is there a reason for these
> ridges?
>
> 3) Does anyone know what the stock Dakota head specs are? I plan to buy
> 360
> heads for my 318. I'm still not sure what this will do if anything.
>
> If you want to see my t-body, go to
> http://home.att.net/~flyboy01/tbody.html
>
>
> Thanks
> Mark



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