The Hidden Power In Your Cylinder Heads - Detailing For The Home Engine Builder

Inconsistencies in factory cylinder castings can create a huge discrepancy between what power an engine makes vs what it's supposed to make. Detailing the ports and bowls is not as radical as a true porting job, but it can still unlock a nice chunk of power for free. Best of all, anyone can do it without any special tools or secret knowledge.
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[forthwithtx]

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[PreacherDan]

My late father, owned two 1970 roadrunners. Both had 383 magnums and 727 torque flight transmissions. One wouldn’t pull your hat off your head. The other, was the fastest car he ever owned.

[randoboomer]

I finally realized something Uncle Tony. Watching this channel is like reading the old Hot Rod magazines. I loved those magazines, and I learned a lot from them. I am learning a great deal more, however from your channel. Thank you for bringing those magazines to life.

[al_dente]

You're exactly the shop teacher I needed, back then

[forthwithtx]

When I was in my High School auto shop, I pulled the heads on my 1971 Pontiac. One of the instructors said, “Say what you want about Pontiac, but they have fully machined combustion chambers.” And they did.

[vrmgt]

Mopar Al has been a great addition, definitely a hard worker!

[waynesmith]

RIP Jim Bennett 🙏
Love to Tony, Kathy and all of both crews!

[Sitebutcher]

port and polish, thanks man. I avoided the mistake of cheap burrs and bought quality. I watch your shows, not once, but several times. love the straight forward no bull teaching, thank you. Elmer

[_FE]

I made a speed controller from a ceiling fan/light dimmer . It makes the tootsie roll sanders last longer on the die grinder.

[Tommy_Mac]

UT: "in these there's a lot of weirdnesses".
That's the story of my life...

[pearldragonz]

Reminds me of a set of factory Pontiac 455 heads I had. Never even thought of doing a port job before I got them. When I got these heads it literally looked like they were cast in volcanic cinder. Lots of slag and uneven surfaces. Took them to a mechanic to have them smoothed out. Guy said he got carried away and did what he called a stage 2 port job. Major difference between before and after.

[rustybritches]

porting cylinder heads is actually really fun especially if there aluminum cuz you can use sanding rolls instead of big ass hogging burrs and really fine tune every port without having to worry so much about going to crazy with reshaping!

[stevenmachurick]

I watch a lot of This is by far the coolest build (Slag Hammer) and the one I am anticipating the also.... I get SO many comments on my Uncle Tony's "This is sketchy even by my standards" T shirt every time I wear

[joshuacovell]

Always learning something from every video

[vrmgt]

Tony from one Italian to another, Cannoli port! I love it!

[donsteven]

I did a gasket match and bowls and blending like you are Tony. On my 440 i built for my 74 Runner. What a difference. It seriously woke up that motor!

[IMunchOnCats]

On my 596 smog heads I found that the short side of the bowl transitioning to the runners was more of a 90 degree turn then a nice round corner. I know most guys highly recommend that you never touch that side as its really easy to ruin your heads here, but just removing that lip and rounding that corner had a pretty big impact on my flow bench.

[chriswright]

Thank-you Uncle Tony for taking the time to teach, encourage and mostly inspire all of those who are thinking about doing engine work of any sort, especially the extra bits to be done if you want to take your motor to the next level without breaking the bank.

[kylapendley]

The ridge next to the valve seat inside the bowl will give you about 15 cfm more, face cutting the exhaust valve will yield about 7 cfm @ .050. Use a sanding roll to get the rest of the port smoothly transitioned.

[mongosragnarok]

I remember doing this on the 3.5 v6 in my intrepid some time back, took it from being an sorta ok pulling car, to slamming you back like it was a v8. It’s amazing what a little zen time with a die grinder, heads, and intake can do.