Deep Port Matching Intakes- Worth extra cost?

autoxcuda said

Here's the port window matched on my intake. You need the heads to do it.

The plenum is just cleaned up of burrs and stuff that can cause turbulance. And the carb hole changed to square bore from tapered bore.

Is this going to make me go $165 faster? NO... But we did it ourselves.

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Looks good and those are the types of things he can do.

I see in the pick the divider wall is blended and matched for smooth transfer/flow.
good job.

My stuff lines up the same as well, I only blend the push rod side wall of the intake to match the STOCK push rod wall portion of the port entrance.
So it's still smooth and flowing, just without the speed bump/funneling.

A good way to do a pro gasket match is to use the plastic locators to hold the gasket on the heads, then bolt the intake down 'torqued to spec', then drill a small locating hole through the intake/gasket/head next to each '2nd from end' intake bolt. Once this is done, remove the intake/gaskets, locate the gasket to the intake with the hole drilled by using extra drill bits or small bolts and port match , then do the same on the heads port windows.

Now you can put it back together using the drilled locating holes and drill bits/1/8 bolts and have it all remain lined up and matched AND without the gasket hanging into the ports.