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Old 05-23-2009 | 08:41 AM
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what flow bench and dyno improvements have you seen with your port work?
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Old 05-23-2009 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Noah Burns
what flow bench and dyno improvements have you seen with your port work?
Not going to take sides here but I don't ever recall him saying he was a professional. Calm down a little bit man. We're here to help each other out.
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Old 05-23-2009 | 08:55 AM
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we use dormans intakes as replacement intakes at work
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Old 05-23-2009 | 09:02 AM
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we use dormans intakes as replacement intakes at work
Have you seen any issues with them?
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Old 05-23-2009 | 09:22 AM
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I'm calm... basically the point I was going to make is that just porting doesn't mean crap... most people that try and do it themselves do more harm than good...
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Old 05-23-2009 | 09:36 AM
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I agree with that statement, but you are coming off as argumentative.
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Old 05-23-2009 | 09:59 AM
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from the looks of it, I would not put any pressure to it.......
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Old 05-23-2009 | 10:23 AM
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from the looks of it, I would not put any pressure to it.......
That's exactly what I was thinking

Too many seams for any kind of boost, and lots of potential for vac leaks N/A
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Old 05-23-2009 | 04:53 PM
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I got one side of the base about half way done today... Man that plastic is REALLY FREAKING HARD...

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Old 05-24-2009 | 08:05 AM
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Looking good...I'm assuming there are rubber gaskets that seal that thing back together?
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