Classic Car Restoration - Porting Heads for Power - TV Segment

This segment is from automotive author Jim Richardson's video, "How To Port Cylinder Heads for More Power." Here Jim describes how to do port matching. To view the entire video, order for 19.95+shipping at www.ccgtvonline.com

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• classic cars
• cylinder head porting
• porting heads
• automotive
• classic car restoration
• engine modifications
• engine port matching
• engine power
• engine performance
• increase
• horspower
• DIY TV

[ccgtvonline]

The video is designed for beginners. As such Jim recommends this combination until one becomes more familiar with the process. Better to take one's time then to ruin a good set of heads because of aggressive porting.

Also, this is only a portion of the video, the rest of the video goes into pocket porting, head matching and several other topics.

[fournier4life]

that a very pretty lamp lol

do whatcha gotta do man this guy is great stuff. i didnt know that the ports were actually that much smaller then the gasket holes, makes you wonder why its made like that...

thx for the vid! its very educational.

[ccgtvonline]

Thanks for the comment. I think the reason it wasn't made already matched is that it would be more expensive to manufacture and the automakers kep track of every penny. We appreciate you watching.

[JUSTINGRIFFIN1991]

as far as a buget build of a small block 350...would ported heads be better and cheaper than brand new ones cuz damn they are expensive...thanks

[ccgtvonline]

If your heads are in good shape - no cracks or other problems, porting them would give you better airflow and increase horsepower - that would certainly be less expensive. Thanks for the comment/question.

[ShaneT87]

very educational, thanks for the wisdom!!

[ccgtvonline]

Thanks for watching. There's more to come.

[streetphase]

I didnt know Dr.Phil does head porting! hahah

[Liamautomechanic]

GOOD VIDEO

[waveman1500]

Wow, those castings are really terrible! I'm pretty sure that a casting imperfection like that would be reworked before any present-day factory let it go on an engine.

[mine1username]

I like his methods here. I do take things one step further though by getting a couple of "slave" head gaskets with the same crushed thickness as whats going to end up on the motor. I then bolt them on and put some slave intake gaskets of the same type being used, and torque the intake down. I trace the outside (top) surface along the intake outline around the entire manifold. Then you can take it all apart and you'll know exactly how and where the intake gaskets will be positioned.

[Stickman53fe]

80 grit and 50 PSI takes way too damn long. Other than that, not bad. should have gone into short side radius and bowl work though. Getting rid of slag and port matching doesn't do that much. The bowl work and the radius is where there power is.

[TunedPortZ28]

@ccgtvonline I am bout to port a set of 416 heads for my 5.0L 305 ci TPI camaro and I am wondering if there is any way to properly measure RPM so I can get the desired 10,000-12,000 RPM out of my grinder? I am using a 2.5hp air compressor with a 45gal. tank and a Harbor Freight cheap grinder.

[RicerEater1978]

great vid! i have a project for next week now :)

[TheDemonsarehere]

Nice video i want to give v8 head porting a go but take easy like you cheers.