strokersquid Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 just got cubs which were supposed to be clean up ported and plated. i dont see any metal taken off and the bores look like standard bores. does plating make them look any different ? does it cause the non bore areas to look sand cast ? dont want to make a fuss if its not indicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTOYS Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 just got cubs which were supposed to be clean up ported and plated. i dont see any metal taken off and the bores look like standard bores. does plating make them look any different ? does it cause the non bore areas to look sand cast ? dont want to make a fuss if its not indicated Where did you get them from? The bores should be shiny chrome looking with some cross hatch patterns. The aluminum often has like an overspray look to it from the Nikasil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Where did you get them from? The bores should be shiny chrome looking with some cross hatch patterns. The aluminum often has like an overspray look to it from the Nikasil. I have pics of my cubs from when I got them if you want some pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strokersquid Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 grand river. so most likely its coated but the intakes arent knife like and i can see casting flaws in the transfers. isnt this part of a clean up port ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTOYS Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 grand river. so most likely its coated but the intakes arent knife like and i can see casting flaws in the transfers. isnt this part of a clean up port ? It is when we sell them ! As i have said before , several companies are selling them as ported or cleaned up and they are just out of the box cast. :ermm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Take some pics, I'd like to see what you got in the mail :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Ive seen a set that wasnt cleaned up and you wouldnt be able to run them. You should be able to see the plating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb4lo Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 It is when we sell them ! As i have said before , several companies are selling them as ported or cleaned up and they are just out of the box cast. :ermm: strokersquid asked me "were to buy " i replyed something like dan at patriot or jeff at fast .... but certainly wanted an instant buy on ebay so .... GR .... lot of tuners claim to port the cubs - blablablabla - most powerfull cubs ---- blabla -- and some of them even don't remove the casting flows and sell them out of the box , full ported for what you ask , plated etc etc ..... if it s ported just get a degree wheel i ll tell you if it's stock or ported .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animalman294 Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I didn't think that you were going to see any porting (machining marks) because the porting needed to be done before the nikesil was put on. If it was done after the plating, there would be chips and cracks in the nikesil were it was worked on................ :shrug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badassbanshee479 Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 not always, some builders port before the plating some port after. it can be done either way. but you should be able to see cross hatchs in the cylinder walls from where they where honed after being plated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 not always, some builders port before the plating some port after. it can be done either way. That's what I was told too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketboy Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 (edited) geez there shouldnt be any casting flaws on a ported cub . it should be noticable if it is really ported and yes you ca nport cubs before oR after they are plated but you must use carbide and diamond and be damn careful how you do it as to avoid flaking around edges. Edited September 21, 2006 by rocketboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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