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05-10-12, 12:29 GMT+10#21 Looks like im leaving the ports alone and changing cam and valve springs. what are the standard retainers like?
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05-10-12, 15:49 GMT+10#22 Quote:
Originally Posted by TUXEDO
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Yeah, I learnt at trade school that RB30 heads are very easy to go backwards when modifying the ports. I would love a CNC'd head lol
Agree i was told buy my tuner leave ports alone and my motor had no dramas making power im after
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07-10-12, 18:35 GMT+10#24 It about $1600-1800 to get a RB30 head CNC and reconditioned ready to bolt on from Bullet or AED!!!
Why bother with hand porting...
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07-10-12, 23:03 GMT+10#25 What's the go with CNC?? I had the head machined/ported & flowed with the flow bench. What the difference between flowing & CNC??
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08-10-12, 12:15 GMT+10#26 You dont know anything about CNC machining/porting? and the advantages it has over hand porting?
Hand porting has its place but the consistancy of CNC and turn around time just makes hand porting look like a waste of time!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzBACjO_3Q
http://www.bulletcylinderheads.com.a...-heads/?ids=68 (http://www.bulletcylinderheads.com.au/cylinder-heads/?ids=68)
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08-10-12, 13:55 GMT+10#27 The bloke who built my head didn't hand port the head. It was a weird looking contraption. Had all the same things as the CNC but he used dials & a computer to control the porting machine & the porting machine sat on top of a vacuum bench.
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17-10-12, 04:11 GMT+10#28 Quote:
Originally Posted by Bro_Speed
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Looks like im leaving the ports alone and changing cam and valve springs. what are the standard retainers like?
Yeh i think if your not after big hp its the perfect way to go and remember when opening up any ports the car will feel dowy down low.
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17-10-12, 10:42 GMT+10#29 Quote:
Originally Posted by PROMASTER
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Yeh i think if your not after big hp its the perfect way to go and remember when opening up any ports the car will feel dowy down low.
When I had the exhausts ports ported. It actually made the turbo spool quicker.
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