what does port and polish mean and what does it do? "I would rebuild the stock 3.8 and stroke it to a 4.2 using all forged internals then go ahead with the mods" can someone be kind enough to explain this to me?

 

Basically it means to make the intake air passages larger and smoother for more air intake to your engine.

 

Stroker kits are a good mod. They are expensive but if you want a naturally aspirated (sp.) car they are great. Plus you have a lighter block and engine, and with a lighter engine the part move quicker, therefore, your car is quicker. Pot, like Booze said is making the intake or outtake bigger in the head. Polish is where they take a tool and run it through the heads and cylinders too, to put a groove so the air and fuel mixture mixes better. I am sure that is how and why it is done but the names (head, cyclinders, in/out take) maybe wrong. I am not very good with engine stuff names, but I can work on them, that is all that matters.

 

thanks booze and tee, appreciated.

 

how much would that cost?