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Old 05-02-2007, 05:54 PM   #12
NeoTokyo
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Default RE: Once and For All 94-98 VS 99-04 Header guide! STICKY!!!

Now as for porting, like I said you can purchase a flap wheel sander from Wal-Mart, Home improvment stores like Lowes or go to Grizly's website and order one.
You can also usea cartridge roll or a carbite burr.

I would stay away from carbide burrs if you are new at this, they can be very unforgiving (Personal experiance, luckily I didnt go too deep)

Start off by marking the Diameter of the porting that you would like to go to, next use either a flap sander or cartridge roll with 50 or 60 gritt paper on it and start slowly and evenly working away at the port. (Note: I put an oilsoaked peice of rag into the exhuast chamber to keep aluminum from getting in there.)

After you get to your mark finish the job up with some 120 gritt paper, if you really want it to shine then you could go even finer, the 120 will leavea smooth finsih but not polished.

Now I would not go porting too much if you dont have experiance or a bad head to play with first, you dont know how close a water passage could be. I am going to call SSM today and ask him how far out is a safe port job.


-Eric-
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