Cylinder-head port design and modification has been a source of speculation for as long as there have been internal combustion engines. Because engines are power-making air pumps, airflow volume and ...
Cylinder head porting is one of those garage mods that lives somewhere between speed-shop legend and flow-bench science. Also referred to as port and polish, the idea is simple: Open up the intake and ...
1) What is head porting and polishing and how does it work?Porting involves shaping and/or polishing the intake port openings, the inside of the ports, the exhaust ports, the bowl area below the valve ...
Though LS1-equipped '04 Goats were certainly stout, the bar was raised even further when GM rolled out the evolutionary Gen IV LS2 engine for the '05-'06 models. In addition to a host of improvements, ...
Chevy's new bow tie head, left to right: 14011058 cast iron V8, 14011050 aluminum V8, and 14044802 90-degree V6. All share the same intake and exhaust port design philosophy, although there are some ...
ONE of the many problems confronting the engine designer is that of selecting proper port dimensions. As a general rule, it appears desirable to keep the ports as small as possible. This procedure ...