probaly dumb question about porting

[catch me if u can]

if a cylinder head has already been ported by ct racing can it be ported again by somebody that has good port work

[mgty3whlr]

Sure, depending how bad the initial port job was done.
There are many options.
Some will weld aluminum to the areas that need attention.
Others will use epoxy.
For a full "drag racing" port there is a substantual amout of porting involved that may fix a "bad port job" that has been done previously.

[bushwesl]

Sure can. It all depends on what kind of porting the cylinder originally has though. For example, you can't take a drag ported cylinder and expect to be able to port it for low end grunt. There has just been too much material removed. You can always remove more material, but you can't get it back (if that makes any sense). Typically a large company's porting (CT, ESR, etc) isn't the greatest and can be cleaned up and adjusted to better suite your needs, which means more power.

[drag lt guy]

yeah it can be fixed depending on what style it was done for... but even it was a CT "drag port" i'm sure it still could be fixed because their port jobs dont consist of too much time, normaly just removing casting marks and making things look pretty, thier shit it really tame compared to most.

[rjatv]

Contact member Flotek, his name is Denny and he does great port work at great prices, he will tell you what can and can't be done to your cylinder.

[mgty3whlr]

I agree ! The "BIG COMPANIES" do a production type of porting.
Stick with a porting guy that will talk to you one on one and discuss the type of riding that you do.
Picture this:

FMF- a production pipe that caters to the mass group of people that just want a "bolt-on pipe" to make more power than a stock pipe.

or

Matt Shearer- shearer pipes, Who builds a pipe for your specific application to maximize horsepower!

[drag lt guy]

haha yeah but if you want a pipe from matt you better call him a year ahead of time... or maybe he just has been avoiding finishing mine up idk.

[socket17]

get a dremal out and start hackin away.. cheapest way.

[gassrx.com]

yes it can be but depends on how much was cut out of where ..if thr transfers are cut correctly .. port timing is a must but it can be done..

[flotek]

CT knocks the high spots off the ports and calls it a high rev port
Duncan racing usually hogs out the intake then the unimportant areas .. leaving the power producing areas untouched then calls it maximum overdrive or eliminator or some other catch phrase like that .