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Porting & Polishing Tips for Intake?

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GTA_V6_Mustang

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Ok well seeing as I have absolutely no money and I have a set of stock upper/lowers sitting around that I planned on fully porting and polishing. I was wondering if anyone had any tips to squeaze as much out of them as I could. For example I know the GM guys with the Tune ports like to match the runners to squeaze that extra bit out of them. Any advise is welcome.
 

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Tuned manifolds could never hurt.

From my understanding, polishing the intake is a waste of time, but porting an intake right can be beneficial, no doubt

You actually want a semi-rough surface area in the intake runners for better air flow.

If you want to look up some excellent information, check out Tom Moss's website:

www.tmossporting.com
 

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I'd say just go slow and take your time. Better to take a little off at a time, then a whole bunch off at once that you can't add back on.

I do know in order to port the runners on the stock intake, you have to cut it in half. As it does not have a removable cover like an Edelbrock.

Porting the lower intake is where you will probably see the biggest gain(s).
 
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