Port and Polishing my Head?
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
What bits do I use to port adn polish my head?????????
Any help I searched adn i found nothing
Any help I searched adn i found nothing
We will be offering PnP heads for the D17 very soon.
Originally Posted by dezod
To be honest, if you do not know, leave it to a professional. You can hurt the motor more than helping it.
We will be offering PnP heads for the D17 very soon.
We will be offering PnP heads for the D17 very soon.
How much to have a head done?
If you're going to do it, I suggest you read up on other websites or books, then practice on some junkyard heads. It basically just takes the knowledge of knowing what your doing, and then getting skilled at it.
well a friend of mine is a machinic and he is showing me how to do it. Why should i pay 700.00 which is what port and polishing is going for. I am just taking my time it might take me a long time to do it but thats fine with me.
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
well a friend of mine is a machinic and he is showing me how to do it. Why should i pay 700.00 which is what port and polishing is going for. I am just taking my time it might take me a long time to do it but thats fine with me.
Originally Posted by dezod
I am not sure how much we are going to be doing the service for yet, but an N/A PnP is completely different from a Boosted PnP. Trust me.....leave it to the pros. I will show you what's up with them in about 2-3 weeks. 

Keep me posted forsure what do u mean by N/A Heads are different then boosted Heads? I just want to know how much to becasue i am not going to pay to much for it.
Do you honestly think you can make a head flow better than Honda with no experience, no tools, and no flowbench?? Not to be a **** but you and your friend are going to ruin your head. Honda heads are very sensitive. I have seen plenty of people running more than 500 whp on pump gas and stock port Honda heads. Leave it to a pro. You'll spend less on port work than all the heads you'll hafta buy to get it right.
Originally Posted by 02fpcivic
Do you honestly think you can make a head flow better than Honda with no experience, no tools, and no flowbench?? Not to be a **** but you and your friend are going to ruin your head. Honda heads are very sensitive. I have seen plenty of people running more than 500 whp on pump gas and stock port Honda heads. Leave it to a pro. You'll spend less on port work than all the heads you'll hafta buy to get it right.
dude i have done 3 heads already for people i know and nothng went wrong with them my tools are old adn i am asking whrer to get new bits not anyone telling me to leave it to a pro
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
dude i have done 3 heads already for people i know and nothng went wrong with them my tools are old adn i am asking whrer to get new bits not anyone telling me to leave it to a pro
Originally Posted by dezod
What ports did you polish and what did you leave rigid? All? None?
left a little ridge and i did ports on a wrx with stage 3 on it. It took us all winter to do it but we only worked on it on the weekends and i plan on doing mine in the winter but if your cheap for porting and polishing i might have you do it not sure. What are you going to do excally both sides the exhaust and intake?
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
What bits do I use to port and polish my head?????????
Originally Posted by Civicman1988
well a friend of mine is a machinic and he is showing me how to do it. Why should i pay 700.00 which is what port and polishing is going for. I am just taking my time it might take me a long time to do it but thats fine with me.
Originally Posted by Civicman1988
dude i have done 3 heads already for people i know and nothng went wrong with them my tools are old adn i am asking whrer to get new bits not anyone telling me to leave it to a pro

But here go nuts.......http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...=28589.....PnP the wazoo out off her
Last edited by Hurts2bStock; Aug 13, 2006 at 02:45 PM.
Originally Posted by Hurts2bStock
Ok first you don't know even what type of tool to use
Then a mechanic is showing you how.......should you not ask him what to use since he's your teacher and the one that would know what he likes to use?
Now your suddenly the neighborhood P&P shop.......
But here go nuts.......http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...=28589.....PnP the wazoo out off her
Then a mechanic is showing you how.......should you not ask him what to use since he's your teacher and the one that would know what he likes to use?
Now your suddenly the neighborhood P&P shop.......

But here go nuts.......http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...=28589.....PnP the wazoo out off her
my old bits i had wore out so i want to know what other bits are out there. If you don't ahve any good information then dont post
the machinic showed me how to do it using his tools and he told me to buy my own bits and he would help me. He hasnt boughten any bits in years.
That site doesnt work either. If you dont have any information then dont post
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
my old bits i had wore out so i want to know what other bits are out there. If you don't ahve any good information then dont post
the machinic showed me how to do it using his tools and he told me to buy my own bits and he would help me. He hasnt boughten any bits in years.
That site doesnt work either. If you dont have any information then dont post
the machinic showed me how to do it using his tools and he told me to buy my own bits and he would help me. He hasnt boughten any bits in years.
That site doesnt work either. If you dont have any information then dont post


And just so you know everyone here belives you have done 3 sucessfull PnP's already,..... no......honestly..... really we do
Thanks for the negitaive rep....I wonder who gave that to me?....lol.....I gave you some back but i signed my name....unlike civicliar1988
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Thanks for all the help but i dont think i am going to do this mod anymore might just do a swap. Your welcome for the negative feedback and thanks for changer my user name to. i have a few words to say but if i say them i probaly will get in trouble
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
Thanks for all the help but i dont think i am going to do this mod anymore might just do a swap. Your welcome for the negative feedback and thanks for changer my user name to. i have a few words to say but if i say them i probaly will get in trouble
Originally Posted by 02ssm4door
I am new here and this is a good topic. How hard is this a scale 1- 10 10 being the hardest. Hurts2bStock you dont have to be so rude to him. He is just trying to get some answers
Last edited by Hurts2bStock; Aug 13, 2006 at 04:02 PM.
Originally Posted by Hurts2bStock
yeah you wouldn't want to get grounded, or sent to bed with no desert.....Keep us posted with your swap progress (guy who dosn't want to pay $700)......but you'll save lots of money as I'm sure you'll do the whole swap single handed
no not sure i will probaly take it to a shop my car is an auto and i want to make it a stick so i will elt pros do it i need to find a shop around here to do it. sorry about the negative rep my grandma just died and i am having a hard time with it so i was a little man i shouldnt of done that
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Originally Posted by Civicman1988
no not sure i will probaly take it to a shop my car is an auto and i want to make it a stick so i will elt pros do it i need to find a shop around here to do it. sorry about the negative rep my grandma just died and i am having a hard time with it so i was a little man i shouldnt of done that
Originally Posted by Hurts2bStock
Nice one.....way to go for the sympathy......well everything else youve said so far was true so I'm sure that's true to
no she really died i am not kidding at all
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just make sure you get bits for PnP an aluminum head. Take your time and use real gentle motions. mostly on a honda head all you really want to do is just clean up the casting, sometimes it leaves burs and stuff that can somewhat effect your flow. You definatly need a flow bench, it will be the only real way to prove you "improved" the flow. Polish the hell out of the exhaust side, but only use like 80 grit on the intake side. What he meant by N/A and Turbo is that for a Boosted head you wanna open the ports up big time, but for N/A you just wanna clean it up. Hope this helps
http://www.sa-motorsports.com/diyport.shtm
http://www.sa-motorsports.com/diyport.shtm
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ya for na i wouldnt even touch the intake ports. you'll ruin the rough surface and make airflow worse. exhaust can be widened a little and matched with a dc header or something. but we're barely talking 10-15whp max if you do a perfect job and also get the valves done 5 angle. dont forget extra expense when you swap the head too. all new gaskets, new fluids, new bolts, etc. it will add up.
Originally Posted by Jeffsta17
just make sure you get bits for PnP an aluminum head. Take your time and use real gentle motions. mostly on a honda head all you really want to do is just clean up the casting, sometimes it leaves burs and stuff that can somewhat effect your flow. You definatly need a flow bench, it will be the only real way to prove you "improved" the flow. Polish the hell out of the exhaust side, but only use like 80 grit on the intake side. What he meant by N/A and Turbo is that for a Boosted head you wanna open the ports up big time, but for N/A you just wanna clean it up. Hope this helps
http://www.sa-motorsports.com/diyport.shtm
http://www.sa-motorsports.com/diyport.shtm
great help thanks. Do you feel it is worth it. like its hrd to say i want to do a K20 swap but i odnt have that money laying around but i really like the D17 just becasue seeing what people have done to them like supermex. I just really dont know what i want to tell the truth. I just mainly focused on the exterior and interior then under the hood
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I PnP my heads when I was at school at Wyotech and really I only got a few more CFM per intake port and exhaust port, so its not gonna help to greatly. If you build the motor then maybe it will but you gotta think with the money your gonna be spending on parts you could just get a k20, save up for a few years and then build that and have a much faster car. Its up to you tho, I would save and swap rather then try to make something of the D17. Some people have made power but I would still rather swap. I guess I dont have the ***** to make a D17 strong lol. if you do decide to do it make sure u use a flow bench it tells you a lot.
Originally Posted by Jeffsta17
I PnP my heads when I was at school at Wyotech and really I only got a few more CFM per intake port and exhaust port, so its not gonna help to greatly. If you build the motor then maybe it will but you gotta think with the money your gonna be spending on parts you could just get a k20, save up for a few years and then build that and have a much faster car. Its up to you tho, I would save and swap rather then try to make something of the D17. Some people have made power but I would still rather swap. I guess I dont have the ***** to make a D17 strong lol. if you do decide to do it make sure u use a flow bench it tells you a lot.
I just want to have something different then everyone else
Originally Posted by Hurts2bStock
yeah you wouldn't want to get grounded, or sent to bed with no desert.....Keep us posted with your swap progress (guy who dosn't want to pay $700)......but you'll save lots of money as I'm sure you'll do the whole swap single handed
I'll put a $100 that says you have the same IP address as Civicman1988.....lol.....your by far the funniest dude on here.....are you 6? cause I feel bad now that I know your 6
I'll put a $100 that says you have the same IP address as Civicman1988.....lol.....your by far the funniest dude on here.....are you 6? cause I feel bad now that I know your 6
just to inform you i am not 6 years old i am just trying to get some info and getting rude comments like yours does not help and having my grandma die which i dont care if you believe me or not. Your info doesnt help and if i want to save money for a swap thats my choice not yours. People liek you dont help adn i dont care if you believe me or not that i did 3 heads already so heres what i got to say about you
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since you've said you're not going to do this, I'm going to close this to avoid the high school drama.
Porting a head needs to be left to someone with a flowbench, plain and simple. jeffsta has great advice for anyone that reads this. If you port it wrong, you'll kill your flow numbers.
Porting a head needs to be left to someone with a flowbench, plain and simple. jeffsta has great advice for anyone that reads this. If you port it wrong, you'll kill your flow numbers.
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