[Shotimes] Re: Gasket Matching on the Intake

[David P]

I forgot to mention. Extrude honing will not port the intake. It will round
edges slightly, but not necessarily in a desired manner. You really want to
port match your intake before having an extrude hone job done. Kinda like
you want the BBB's, bored TB, and stage I or II cam to take advantage of a
larger MAF.

PS. You mention Gasket matching, but talk about porting. Gasket matching is
just removing excess gasket material that juts into the airstream.

David P

95MTX



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Metros" <kmetros@elkhart.net>
To: <TechSHO@topica.com>; "'shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 06:15
Subject: Gasket Matching on the Intake


>
> A couple of years ago when I had my SHO apart for it's second 60K I
> ported out the leading end of the intake runners to match the gaskets
> between them and the butterflies.  When I was done, the opening was as
> large as the gasket and was tapered about 1.5" into the snakes, after
> which the went to their normal size.  I also opened the holes in the
> surge tanks to match the gaskets.