I'm gonna prolly hand port my intake manifold. Is it a good idea to get it flow bench tested or checked for consistancy in each runner? Does ARD in TX flow bench all of there ported intake mani's??? Or is there any good idea's anyone has for porting it out fairly cheap.
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#39649, "RE: Is Flow Benching That Important??" In response to Reply # 0
I consider it important. Some may not consider it important. I don't think that it could be considered "crucial" because as long as the runners are approximately the same size it'll work just fine. By that I mean, with ported runners you will se a gain. The reason I think the bench test is important is because you will get better performance from equally flowing runners, even if it is just a little better.
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#39650, "RE: Is Flow Benching That Important??" In response to Reply # 1
i agree, it may cost a bit more, but atleast you know that it was done right and each runner flows the correct #. plus you will know for a fact it was done correctly. chris told me a while ago, " if its not flow bench i would not get it ported" something like that. plus other people i talk with say the samething. but of course you can hand port it, and hmm if your pretty good you might feel like its going faster or something.. well good luck dude
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#39651, "RE: Is Flow Benching That Important??" In response to Reply # 2
This is how i did it, poor mans way of determining flow. I got a shop vac. I put it on the manifold side of the head, rather than the valve side. i taped it there with duct tape to seal it. then i put it on the exhaust side of the shop vac so air would blow out. then i got this clear plastic tube, i think it was for siphoning aquariums, and taped it around each valve port. i then put a ping pong ball inside the tube and turned on the vacuum. it would blow the ball up a certain height in the clear plastic tube. i market the height with a piece of tape, then i moved to the next port and did the same thing. if it was flowing less, i would remove a little more material until all the ports matched. po mans way, but it work lates james
#39653, "RE: Is Flow Benching That Important??" In response to Reply # 4
sorry james. haha you the man dude... i would assume if we all did that then i can say doing it by hand is a bit more accurate. gosh darn it james, you da man...hehe
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