good porting services?
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St. Jude '03 thru '24
Where are you located?
Theres a butt load of speed shops offering porting.
You wanna drive to the best or cover the freight?
Theres a butt load of speed shops offering porting.
You wanna drive to the best or cover the freight?
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I got a quote this summer for extrude hone, which is an abrasive material removal process. Very cool, but way too much for me.
Extrude Hone AFM
8800 Somerset Blvd
Paramount, CA 90723
CHEVY TPI RUNNERS 300.00
CHEVY TPI LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD 550.00
CHEVY TPI UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD 260.00
CHEVY TPI COMBINATION (INCLUDES RUNNERS,
LOWER INTAKE, & UPPER INTAKE) 800.00
Extrude Hone AFM
8800 Somerset Blvd
Paramount, CA 90723
CHEVY TPI RUNNERS 300.00
CHEVY TPI LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD 550.00
CHEVY TPI UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD 260.00
CHEVY TPI COMBINATION (INCLUDES RUNNERS,
LOWER INTAKE, & UPPER INTAKE) 800.00
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I got a quote this summer for extrude hone, which is an abrasive material removal process. Very cool, but way too much for me.
Extrude Hone AFM
8800 Somerset Blvd
Paramount, CA 90723
CHEVY TPI RUNNERS 300.00
CHEVY TPI LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD 550.00
CHEVY TPI UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD 260.00
CHEVY TPI COMBINATION (INCLUDES RUNNERS,
LOWER INTAKE, & UPPER INTAKE) 800.00
Extrude Hone AFM
8800 Somerset Blvd
Paramount, CA 90723
CHEVY TPI RUNNERS 300.00
CHEVY TPI LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD 550.00
CHEVY TPI UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD 260.00
CHEVY TPI COMBINATION (INCLUDES RUNNERS,
LOWER INTAKE, & UPPER INTAKE) 800.00
Team Owner
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Bingo!!! in 2017 DO NOT waste money on the stock tpi.
Decades full of people who ended up out growing the stock junk. Nothing about stock = performance.
I bought a MR and injectors for $650 one time.
Decades full of people who ended up out growing the stock junk. Nothing about stock = performance.
I bought a MR and injectors for $650 one time.
Last edited by pologreen1; Aug 29, 2017 at 06:24 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: MOORESVILLE NC
I have the luck of having many engine rebuilding shops in Mooresville, NC (NASCAR country). I would need to pull the bill to be positive but I believe the cost of porting the intake, runners, and heads on my 88 was less than $300.
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St. Jude Donor '05
800 for a real aggressive job on the whole TPI isnt bad at all IF they are truly going all out
300 for heads and intake? Heads are usually 500-1k depending what you get done
300 for heads and intake? Heads are usually 500-1k depending what you get done
Last edited by cv67; Aug 31, 2017 at 08:37 AM.
Melting Slicks
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From: MOORESVILLE NC
Bill for rebuilding and porting back in March 2012.
I was a little off on my estimate for porting heads, intake,, & runners. $150.
Last edited by HAD2HAV2; Aug 31, 2017 at 08:05 PM.
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-- about the best you can do is a little pocket porting and gasket matching. I doubt you'll see much in the way of SOTP. I remember seeing something about porting the factory TPI, and while they did gain some CFM, IMO, it really wasn't worth the effort. 
Last edited by Joe C; Sep 1, 2017 at 07:29 AM.