does anyone have a ported engine?
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does anyone have a ported engine?
if so how much hp gain is it? i got someone that says they will do it for me for 3000 and i need to know if its worth it
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Listen to Paul, he's a very valuable member of our Rotary Community and know his stuff!
With that said, $3k for a porting job is crazy. I would imagine most of that cost is going towards the labor to remove / reinstall the engine. Definitely not worth it if your engine is good working condition.
I know of two members here who have ported their cars (there's probably more). Phil's8 was ported after he blew his 1st engine. (4 port supercharged A/T)
Charles R Hill rebuilt his engine and had it ported while it was out. His dyno figures were quite impressive. (approx 213 hp), second closest to him that day on the dyno was mine at 203. 10hp for 3k. you decide...
With that said, $3k for a porting job is crazy. I would imagine most of that cost is going towards the labor to remove / reinstall the engine. Definitely not worth it if your engine is good working condition.
I know of two members here who have ported their cars (there's probably more). Phil's8 was ported after he blew his 1st engine. (4 port supercharged A/T)
Charles R Hill rebuilt his engine and had it ported while it was out. His dyno figures were quite impressive. (approx 213 hp), second closest to him that day on the dyno was mine at 203. 10hp for 3k. you decide...
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There is a video on youtube of a ported renesis. They claim 263bhp.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKw7...eature=related
Didn't guitarjunkie28 & Judge Ito do some engine porting?
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Listen to Paul, he's a very valuable member of our Rotary Community and know his stuff!
With that said, $3k for a porting job is crazy. I would imagine most of that cost is going towards the labor to remove / reinstall the engine. Definitely not worth it if your engine is good working condition.
I know of two members here who have ported their cars (there's probably more). Phil's8 was ported after he blew his 1st engine. (4 port supercharged A/T)
Charles R Hill rebuilt his engine and had it ported while it was out. His dyno figures were quite impressive. (approx 213 hp), second closest to him that day on the dyno was mine at 203. 10hp for 3k. you decide...
With that said, $3k for a porting job is crazy. I would imagine most of that cost is going towards the labor to remove / reinstall the engine. Definitely not worth it if your engine is good working condition.
I know of two members here who have ported their cars (there's probably more). Phil's8 was ported after he blew his 1st engine. (4 port supercharged A/T)
Charles R Hill rebuilt his engine and had it ported while it was out. His dyno figures were quite impressive. (approx 213 hp), second closest to him that day on the dyno was mine at 203. 10hp for 3k. you decide...
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Spending $3000 to port a renesis is definitely not worth it. If the engine were already apart due to some other failure then you could begin to think about it. The renesis is incredible port timing in stock form and not much can be accomplished. Lack of knowledge and experience porting can do great damage to your engine through increased wear of seals.
Paul.
Paul.
and ray is the only one i know of that has a ported engine running..
but paul.
i have a spare motor. and your guy is the one to do it.
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Pettit seems to offer some porting services along with other reliability mods...
I've been looking as my engine is about to **** the bed any month now. No reason not to port the engine if its being rebuilt or replaced. I wish there were more options out there
I've been looking as my engine is about to **** the bed any month now. No reason not to port the engine if its being rebuilt or replaced. I wish there were more options out there
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As was stated if your going to do this the gains for the cost are not the greatest. If you have the engine out being rebuilt. Then it would be more cost effective.
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I like these posts.
After college if I still have my 8 and can afford a daily driver. I'm considering getting a rebuilt renny then porting it. Then FI. So that's make take. I would not have the engine pulled out just to get ported. But if i plan to get a rebuild because of my 8s age. Then i see as a minor amount of money.
Just my $.02
After college if I still have my 8 and can afford a daily driver. I'm considering getting a rebuilt renny then porting it. Then FI. So that's make take. I would not have the engine pulled out just to get ported. But if i plan to get a rebuild because of my 8s age. Then i see as a minor amount of money.
Just my $.02
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I like these posts.
After college if I still have my 8 and can afford a daily driver. I'm considering getting a rebuilt renny then porting it. Then FI. So that's make take. I would not have the engine pulled out just to get ported. But if i plan to get a rebuild because of my 8s age. Then i see as a minor amount of money.
Just my $.02
After college if I still have my 8 and can afford a daily driver. I'm considering getting a rebuilt renny then porting it. Then FI. So that's make take. I would not have the engine pulled out just to get ported. But if i plan to get a rebuild because of my 8s age. Then i see as a minor amount of money.
Just my $.02
FI adds so much to this engine without any other mods .
On the other hand if you were thinking of building the badest FI 8 out there then porting would help you get there .
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If someone isn't a rotor head then I would never drop my car off with them. Specially if it was along the lines of a 3k dollar job.
Just use that 3k to go towards some boost and you will be much happier.
Just use that 3k to go towards some boost and you will be much happier.
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How much mid range did you end up getting ?
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Rick has done a lot of port experimentation on these motors and can definitely provide that option. One of my issues with it is that the stock ports are HUGE already. These motors make 250 to 260 flywheel hp without port work and I've even heard of more. I hope to be introducing some really neat internals soon, like some new seals for the renny that people should find beneficial.
So yes, we can. More to come......
Paul.
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^^^ tease.
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Rick has done a lot of port experimentation on these motors and can definitely provide that option. One of my issues with it is that the stock ports are HUGE already. These motors make 250 to 260 flywheel hp without port work and I've even heard of more. I hope to be introducing some really neat internals soon, like some new seals for the renny that people should find beneficial.
So yes, we can. More to come......
Paul.
So yes, we can. More to come......
Paul.
i'd like to see a dyno or a video. with accepted calculations, the 04-08 renesis engine makes ~215hp at the flywheel. i would love to see evidence otherwise.