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EXTREME PORTING: LOWER RUNNERS (INTAKE BASE)
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After taking a really good look at the gasket match ported intake I could see quite a few areas I could port a bit further to really open things up for the Truleo air flow... After seeing these areas I knew I had alot more port work ahead of me! Since I had previously done a gasket match port job on them and was only going to open them up a little further, I hoped I would not be porting for days, but I was wrong.... Another 17 hours!
Well as you compare the 2 following pictures, you can see how they still have alot of material in the lower corners of the the port track that could be ported & feathered further...
You can see how I mildly feathered the intake edge to the port the first time. Now all this was going to go!
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Extreme porting begins...
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I began this project at the end of the track with the most important surface... the intake to head surface... I again laid down the new trimmed gaskets to try and get a good marked surface to guide my new port matching!
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In progress...
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Here are some shots while I was in progress...You can see how I have started to work on the corners I decribed earlier...
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Finally done, the completed pics!
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Again pics are following the air track...
Here we are starting to go in the port...
From the head side showing that little port in the intake track...
Now some pics of the side meeting up to the heads...
Some close ups... you can really see how much material was removed...
Now pics of them like they sit on the heads...
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Comparisons...
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Pics of the top surface of the runners...
**Note**
In these pics... you will see a decent difference in the stock to Gasket match, but not the gasket match to extreme. I have yet to port the truleo intake to match the lower base runners... so I left this surface as it was!
Stock
Gasket Match ported
Extreme ported
The intake port of the runners...
Stock
Gasket match ported
Extreme ported
Inside the intake port...
Stock
Gasket Match ported
Extreme ported
The surface that meets the head...
Here is where you will see the most changes!
Stock
Gasket Match ported
Extreme ported
Stock
Gasket Match ported
Extreme ported
Close up of the intake exit where material was removed...
Gasket match
Extreme ported
Thru the runners...
Gasket match
Extreme ported
Gasket match
Extreme ported
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PIcs of the intake mated up to the heads....
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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S ENGINE PERFORMANCE SITE
01 Site Overview
02 Most Current Dyno and Track run
03 Early Cold Air Induction System
04 2001 Modifications
05 2001 Track Times
06 2002 Modifications
07 2002 Dyno & Track Times
08 2002 Fall Modifications
09 2002 Fall Dyno & Track Times
10 2003 Distributor rebuild
11 2003 Transgo Shift Kit & Stall Converter
12 2003 May Dyno
13 2003 3.4L Engine Swap
14 2003 3.73 Disc Rearend Swap
15 2003 December Dyno
16 2004 Cutout & PF&E Headers
17 2004 Dyno
18 2004 / 2005 Transmission
19 2005 3in Mandrel Bent Exhaust & Dyno Results
20 2005 Truleo Intake, 65mm Ford Throttle body, Stock, & Disassembly Pictures
21 2005 Truleo Intake, Ford TB, & Fuel Rail Installation
22 2005 Truleo Intake & Ford TB Vacuum Line Routing
23 2005 Truleo Intake & Ford TB Custom Linkage Installation
24 2006 MSD Box & New fuel Pump
25 2006 Old Heads: Gasket Match Ported, & General Porting Information
26 2006 New Heads: Extreme Porting
27 2006 New Heads: Multiangle Valve Job, 1.6 Roller Tip Rockers, Beefier Valve springs
28 2006 Lower Runner (Intake Base) Gasket Match Porting
29 2006 Extreme Lower Runner (Intake Base) Porting <<<
30 2006 Dyno Results: Truleo & New Head Combo
31 Future Plans
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