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Old 04-03-2017, 04:51 AM   #2
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Can we see a pic of the inside of the runners? Does it look like it was finished with a carbide or a cartridge roll? The people that ported your IM are very competent. I would run it and see what you get for power. In the end, that is what matters.

I answered your PM with my opinion on port finish. From my testing and that of others a rough finish is preferred on the intake runner and combustion chamber for a plethora of reasons. You can't really polish a plastic runner but an extremely smooth runner or polished runner or TB for that matter will cause air to skip and not follow the contour of the runner. Fast air travels on a slower buffer of air that "sticks" to the walls of what ever it is trying to flow through. You also get a false cross section increase with texture. Think about a golf ball, you want some texture like that in runners. We aren't worried about fuel in this equation so you could get away with a smoother finish that may be more pleasing to the eye in a dry IM but there is really no need for it.

http://hotrodenginetech.com/pipemax-...-head-porting/ Read down about 3/4 of the way. They talk about texturing and it's benefits.
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