Project Saburai

[saburai]

I believe that he said that a type of car service picked her up. I'm guessing like Uber maybe? Since I live in BFE, I really don't know what that means.

Whatever airport you arrive at, there's always taxi/car service available.

 

[saburai]

How did your fuel door end up with tamper proof bolts? We don't install them. We just re-use the bolts the pump came in with, which is typically a 1/4" hex head. Weird.

I guess you/your staff just reused the existing hardware. I bought the pump from you about a year ago. If you would like, I'd be happy to pull the invoice and give you the information. The bolts did look like they were intentional ground to make them tamper proof...

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Whatever airport you arrive at, there's always taxi/car service available.

I had guessed that about the taxis. I've only flown once (twice really-going to Iraq and coming back home) and had someone drop me off and pick me up at the airport. With that experience (Iraq) I never plan to fly again either. I'm not scared of flying, I just am not comfortable with it. Enough so that I only got about two hours of sleep in 45 hours of being awake coming home.

 

[Kevo1288]

A beauty pic of some of the porting:

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I used to do porting on all the 5.0 stangs I meddled with back in the day and got pretty decent at it and understanding what needed to be done. How beneficial is it on our trucks? Mostly for highly modded rigs or is there any benefit to a truck with a few bolt ons and stock pump?

 

[Thewespaul]

I used to do porting on all the 5.0 stangs I meddled with back in the day and got pretty decent at it and understanding what needed to be done. How beneficial is it on our trucks? Mostly for highly modded rigs or is there any benefit to a truck with a few bolt ons and stock pump?

Just a good polish will benefit our heads at any power level. I’m working on building my flow bench and I will have some solid data from that for what changes need to be made for porting. I know what works from my experience, but I want data before sharing.

 

[79jasper]

What I recall of Justin's work, not a lot to gain. They already flow a ton.

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[IDIBRONCO]

I ported the heads on mine. Since it's still N/A, I swear that it feels stronger and goes up and down the hills around here better. Of course butt dynos aren't always the most accurate either.

 

[79jasper]

Btw, wasnt saying I agree or disagree. Just something I had seen.

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[IDIBRONCO]

Btw, wasnt saying I agree or disagree. Just something I had seen.

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Yep. I've also heard that Justin says that he doesn't really see much gain either. I believe that this is relative. Just for argument's sake, let's say that porting the heads will give you a 10HP increase (that's a nice, round number that I only used as an example). He's probably testing on an engine with a turbo and 10HP wouldn't seem like much of a gain. On the other hand, a 10HP increase to a N/A engine will seem like a lot bigger increase. This is my only opinion but it seems to explain the differences to me. Also in my opinion, if head porting will give you a power increase without sacrificing durability or increasing maintenance, then why not? Especially if you already have at least the heads off to have some work done. A power increase of "X"HP is still more power.

 

[Kevo1288]

Yep. I've also heard that Justin says that he doesn't really see much gain either. I believe that this is relative. Just for argument's sake, let's say that porting the heads will give you a 10HP increase (that's a nice, round number that I only used as an example). He's probably testing on an engine with a turbo and 10HP wouldn't seem like much of a gain. On the other hand, a 10HP increase to a N/A engine will seem like a lot bigger increase. This is my only opinion but it seems to explain the differences to me. Also in my opinion, if head porting will give you a power increase without sacrificing durability or increasing maintenance, then why not? Especially if you already have at least the heads off to have some work done. A power increase of "X"HP is still more power.

I also would like to couple this with the fact that from a sellers stand point if he’s only gaining 5-10 hp and it’s $1500 in labor is it really worth marketing?

 

[IDIBRONCO]

I also would like to couple this with the fact that from a sellers stand point if he’s only gaining 5-10 hp and it’s $1500 in labor is it really worth marketing?

Damn good point! One thing that I never see mentioned though. Thewespaul told me that he usually sees a drop in EGTs after head porting. He didn't say how much of a drop and I didn't ask. My point on this is this. If there's a decent drop in EGTs after porting, then that goes against the "fact" that these heads flow pretty well from the factory. I've never seen any flow charts, but I have seen how much can be removed from the exhaust ports when porting to gasket match. It's quite a bit in my opinion. Since this is the case, then the heads can't flow as well as people make out. I could say that my kitchen sink flowed pretty well too. Then I replaced the plumbing in the drain and opened it up. NOW it flows well.

 

[79jasper]

Yup. Be interesting to see the results.
There were actual numbers out there. Doesn't mean much, but they outflow 6.0 heads.

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[Kevo1288]

Damn good point! One thing that I never see mentioned though. Thewespaul told me that he usually sees a drop in EGTs after head porting. He didn't say how much of a drop and I didn't ask. My point on this is this. If there's a decent drop in EGTs after porting, then that goes against the "fact" that these heads flow pretty well from the factory. I've never seen any flow charts, but I have seen how much can be removed from the exhaust ports when porting to gasket match. It's quite a bit in my opinion. Since this is the case, then the heads can't flow as well as people make out. I could say that my kitchen sink flowed pretty well too. Then I replaced the plumbing in the drain and opened it up. NOW it flows well.

A drop in egts imo is an increase in performance and this would be a worth while endeavor if I pick up a set of extra heads. So I’m on the lookout.