does d80e stock heads repond well to porting?

[rwhite65]

lg's67coupe
No, I have not run the car at the track in the last 7 or so years. After having a cam issue this year with the new combo, the car needs some tuning that I put off until the cold weather was here and it was time to put her away. Come spring though, she will get to the track ASAP.

I personally have learned the hard way it is not the amount of power I want, but how fast do I want to go. Weight can be taken out of the car; suspension tuning can be done fro traction, etc. Just as important, I have learned it is not the size of one particular component, but how well u match all of the components together.

Look at it this way, some knowledge I have learned from this board has helped me a lot. Your engine is basically an air pump. The more air u can get in and then get out will equal better hp. Now try blowing thru one of those little coffee stirrer straws, then try blowing thru a regular sized Burger King (or similar) straw. Your heads are for stirring coffee, not washing down that Whopper. To be honest, my heads are not much better.

So if you want to keep those heads, again, I say go for it. Just be ready to have to spend a lot more money maybe to come up short in the long run anyhow. I will tell you there are a couple of guys on this board running some pretty sick times with some pretty basic set-ups. But their parts have been matched together incredibly well.

Ryan

[rwhite65]

Keep one thing in mind though, your buddy may be good at porting, but there are more principals to getting good flow over just opening up the ports. Try this link, some good reading. If this is stuff you already know, I apologize and just ignore. http://thumperoforangepark.com/
Ryan