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Unmolested Intake |
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One big, beautiful intake port, not in need of much work. Just a slightly sharp corner at the top that the fuel will need to negociate along the top (short side). |
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Insert Lip |
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Here you can see where I've ground some of the insert away to more smoothly match the original exhaust port. |
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Reasoning |
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This area smoothly transitioning to the exhaust port ensures that there will be no eddies in the exhaust flow that will cause virtual restrictions, further reducing volumetric efficiency. |
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Intake Work |
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Looking back on this, I'm not so sure that removing the sharp edges on the intake side was such a good idea. Making the intake smoother could affect turbulence of the air/fuel mixture, smoothing it out and robbing myself of horsepower... |
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Intake |
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This shot is looking through the intake runner, and at the valve guides on cylinders 1 and 2. Note the mismatch on the knife-edge between the sides. I have found this whole casting to be of very poor quality, and it shows throughout the head. However, the design of the head overall is a great improvement over the original Metro heads. |
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Exhaust |
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Again, you see the mis-match on the knife-edge, this time between the exhaust runners between cylinders 2 and 3. |
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