Now, let me start off by saying that I fully understand the risks involved in doing your own porting.
I know that you can ruin a good set of cylinders by taking off a half millimeter of material in the wrong place.
I also realize that it takes alot of expensive tools to do a worthwhile job.
I plan on buying the necessary tools ($450 something bucks) and trying to do some grinding myself.
And my questions are basically refering to a top end/ not quite full drag setup that I don't have to replace my ringson every couple months.
1.Exhaust port; i realize that you have to be careful on how wide you go on your exhaust, what is a good safe percentage of bore? 70%?
2. Intake ports; I realize you can gain power by widening the intake port, and I know you can easily snap off the intake brige and destroy your entire motor by opening it up too much, but what effect does intake port timing have on the powerband? Will raising the intake ports give you an increase in top end? Or is it best to widen them a little but generally leave them alone?
3. Transfers; Do you get any gains by opening the tunnels or do the gains come mostly from raising them? And I'm pretty sure the angles need to stay the same, right?
4. Boost port; are there any good gains to be had by widening the boost ports or widening them?
5. Also , I know there are timing durations like 155/ 185 (not accurate), but what do they mean. I plan on getting a degree wheel and all; are those numbers reffering to degrees of crank rotation from BDC that it takes for the ports to close, or degrees before TDC? I am confused. And if someone can give (pm) me a good number to start with I'd appreciate it.
I know this is a lot of crap, but if you can answer just one that would be helpful. Thanks.