Ported Head's

[Tx_Allstar]

I ran a search trying to find the answer but couldnt. So... im about to get a ported upper and lower intake, bigger throttle body, and a header all from 40bob. Now i am wanting to have my head ported at the same time but everyone i talk to says to just buy a new head that is already ported but i cant find one anywhere. Does anyone know where to look? Thanks,
A.J.

[kiwi]

There are a few......

......somewhere in the future might be an 'Esslinger' for me.....

[Pro-Hawk]

Re: Ported Head's

Originally posted by Tx_Allstar
I ran a search trying to find the answer but couldnt. So... im about to get a ported upper and lower intake, bigger throttle body, and a header all from 40bob. Now i am wanting to have my head ported at the same time but everyone i talk to says to just buy a new headS that are already ported but i cant find one anywhere. Does anyone know where to look? Thanks,
A.J.

I'm guessing the heads part of that is a typ-o When it comes to power its messured in cubic dollars I'm sure a ported after market head will flow more than a ported stock head anyday its just how much you want to spend. Well its also having someone who knows how to port doing your work also Either way you go you really need a ported head to take adavantage of most of the stuff your doing I think. Now if your set on a aftermarket head and can aford it, try Esslinger. I think you can order it already ported and ready to bolt on. I hope that helps a hair.

Http://esslingerracing.com/index.htm

[Tx_Allstar]

that helps, but im not set on a aftermarket head. Do you think having mine ported will do the job? And what do you think that will run?

[jwrape]

I ported and polished my head before I put it back together. I still haven't gotten it running perfect yet so I don't know if it made any difference yet, but it should since i ported it to match the intake.

[kiwi]

Mine is.......

......my stock head ported & larger valves.....figure how much you are going to spend....But, it all depends on your HP goal too...

[GAboySVO]

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.powerheads.com/23turbo.html

[Gator]

dont forget a decent valve job and bowl work as well.

Make sure that whomever does do you work is experinced in un-shrouding the valves especially if you go with 1.59 and 1.79 valves.

[Gator]

Originally posted by MikeFleming
"...especially if you go with 1.59 and 1.79 valves."

I think you mean 1.59 and 1.89?

-Mike Fleming
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You always gotta be right...dontcha Mike...? :p

Yes, thats what I meant

[BravoSVO]

Charlie Slover

I guess Mike Fleming would best be able to answer this but anyone else who can feel free! Is Charlie Slover exclusive to porting only? Does he do the valve and cam work too? If not, who is the best for this...Modern Performance, Motion Dynamics? Thanks

[Pat_in_L.A.]

Good ol' Charlie Slover

He welded up an old aluminum open chamber Datsun 1200 head into a quench head "GX" clone for me many years ago. He did the chambers and replaced the seats with larger ones. He did the valve job and set the spring pressures and valve height to match the cam specs. You couldn't find a more stand up guy at a very reasonable price. BTW, Nissan Motorsports has used him as a vendor.for many years. He also has been involved with Aviaid Dry Sump Systems in the recent past. You could spend a lot more money elsewhere and do a lot worse.

[rtking]

Sorry to dig-up an old thread, but Pat's help and this thread really helped me, so I wanted to share.

I have the Esslinger head and 2277 cam for my stroker motor. It was sitting on the stand and, although I had paid extra to Esslinger to port the head, I wanted to make sure that the head was optimized since I never will want to pull this head off my motor. Emailing both PatinLA and Eyelawdoc, I was advised to contact Charlie Slover at Slover's Porting. Turns out that Charlie is semi-retired, but his son Michael is running the shop now. They've moved from North Hollywood to Sun Valley (off Tuxford Street.) But giving Michael a call was great and he's a wealth of information. Seeing his shop with all the heads and blocks was a treat too.

In the end, I left the Esslinger head, intake manifold and E6 exhaust manifold for Michael to go through. With Michael's keen eye, he was able to see that the port job I gotten with the Esslinger head was almost all done by "free hand" and that there was plenty of material left to remove and optimize. I was going to use the shop up north, but having a shop in the Southern California area that I could drive to and see really made me more comfortable.

Not sure about the forum rules on posting a business' address, but I think he's a good resource for the SVO community. So if anyone's interested, just PM me and I can give you his new address and telephone number.

Bob

[KarlRodg88]

just so you have a couple options, check out http://www.bo-port.com/. this guy does awesome work and specializes in 2.3s, he even has a 500hp svo. give him a shout hes very knowledgable and can work with you on whatever you wanna do. he will be doing my head in the future. good luck.
-Karl

[Henson]

Those numbers seem high.
Stock Iron...
Outers at 180 inters at 170. This is at 28".

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.powerheads.com/23turbo.html

[Jim W]

Thankfully we have really been overloaded lately and I haven't even had a chance to check the forum. FYI, on our flow bench, the out of the box Esslinger head flowed better than any ported stock head we have tested including several from Power Heads. There is a lot more left in the Esslinger head with careful work on the right valve job. Some day :confused I'll get time to graph all the data for all to see.

Jim