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Dave.0 Helix & RMW PoweredLifetime Supporter
Contact Jan / RMW about a Big Valve head and use his High flow header.
Big ports on a stock manifold will do you no good unless the head has the same port size.
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Grizld700 Well-Known Member
I actually didn't know (didn't look either) Jan made a BVH for the N14! Good to know:cornut:
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Grizld700 Well-Known Member
And now that I think about it. The service center that will be doing the porting wanted me to send the Manifold gasket as well. Wouldn't that be as close to port matching as you could get without having the head there as well?
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Dave.0 Helix & RMW PoweredLifetime Supporter
Yup
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mrntd Well-Known MemberSupporting Member
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On a past turbo car (not a MINI) I had good success with Extrude Hone being done to the manifold and the turbo. The process improves the flow, volume, and smooths the inside.
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Grizld700 Well-Known Member
Is something like that a replacement service to porting? Or is that something to do in addition with porting?
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Better hope you have a built motor.
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Porting can achieve 2 things. First making the ports larger. Second matching the manifold port to the head port so there are no sharp transitions.
Extrude Honing the manifold will achieve the first and even better it will maximize and smooth the flow through the entire manifold. For the second you would have to have the head bolted on and Extrude Hone them together. This is done and other then the port matching it also maximizes and smooths the intake flow in the head.
There are a few OEMs that now Extrude Hone parts on their performance engines.
The one thing to consider with any of this, unless the stock parts are really rough, is the improvement is usually only seen on a timed lap on the track. It's used in racing a lot because of regulations where you can't change the manifold, put on a big valve head, swap out a turbo... For street cars there are no regulations like that (except for Cali) so a bigger gain can be had with bolting on parts.
It was done to my WRX because of autocross regulations. The turbo spooled up faster because of the smoothed out flow with in it and it handled a bit more air for top end benefits. -
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