Hi guys, I'm looking for pointers or anything I should know specifically applicable to porting our cylinder head. The headgasket on my 95 Dakota has been seeping at the edges for awhile now, and I blasted a deer at 65 mph a few days ago (more like ran it over). It cracked my oil pan, so it can't wait now. I have a full gasket set so I've been planning on some work, but figured since I'll have the head off I would try to improve the flow a little. I've ported heads before, and I'm aware that most 4 cylinders usually benefit from intake velocity rather than just straight mass of air getting in. This is an N/A engine, but I'm building my turbo 2.5 engine up as soon as possible too, so I will use this as some practice.
Should I just remove some material at the bottom of the intake ports, kinda drop the floor a hair, and leave it at that? Or approach it differently? Leave exhaust port alone? Obviously I'm cleaning everything up. I'm more interested in low to mid range power than high.
The 2.5 turbo is going in the Town & Country eventually, but this will be a slower agenda. Still want to port that head a bit too. I need the Dakota on the road foremost it's my work truck, and can use it for gaining experience.
I will appreciate any tips from anyone who has done port work on the 2.2/2.5 head. And of course I will do some research of my own.
Thank you
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