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August 19, 2008, 02:59:47 pm

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Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
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Reply #1August 23, 2008, 09:28:27 pm

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Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2008, 09:28:27 pm »
http://www.poscarclub.com/vw_stuff/Port_Polish_Article.pdf

I turned it into a pdf because I didn't want to keep multiple picture around and end up loosing them.
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Reply #2May 05, 2011, 06:46:25 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 06:46:25 pm »
This should be stickied.
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Reply #3May 06, 2011, 11:16:52 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2011, 11:16:52 pm »
That is a REALLY good article - and pretty much bang on with "standard practice" for many years since on pre-TDI 8 valve engines.  BTW: if you haven't ported an IDI - you haven't lived!  Freeing up the airflow (including exhaust) makes some fantastic power AND economy.
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Reply #4May 07, 2011, 02:45:54 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2011, 02:45:54 pm »
BTW: if you haven't ported an IDI - you haven't lived!
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Reply #5May 07, 2011, 02:55:52 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2011, 02:55:52 pm »
That is a REALLY good article - and pretty much bang on with "standard practice" for many years since on pre-TDI 8 valve engines.  BTW: if you haven't ported an IDI - you haven't lived!  Freeing up the airflow (including exhaust) makes some fantastic power AND economy.

I'd love to spend more time on something like this.

I've learned for years and years how to blueprint and port 2 stroke engines [motorcycles/jetskis/even garden trimmers :P ]to increase efficiency and double the power output, but when it comes to 4 stroke engines, I'm clueless.

I'd love to have a benchmark freshly rebuilt properly broken in engine to compare towards a ported diesel engine.


Reply #6July 22, 2011, 09:45:25 am

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2011, 09:45:25 am »
Thanks for posting this article.  I was looking for it to reference for our LeMons rebuild, but couldn't remember where I'd seen it.  Googling for "Vizard article VW engine" brought it right up.  8)
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Reply #7February 24, 2013, 11:02:01 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2013, 11:02:01 pm »
I know my dad saved an article he did on how to make your own flow bench. Yea all ya need is about 16 vacuum motors if i remember right haha. No seriously that was a good article. Im sure that one is probably online too it had to be late 80s for sure though
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Reply #8July 05, 2013, 07:29:21 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2013, 07:29:21 pm »
Here's an archive of old VW Motorsports articles I found when trying to find where to stitch weld the chassis, thought others might be interested as well:    http://www.vwmotorsport.info/vwmedia/vwmedia.asp
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Reply #9July 13, 2014, 12:41:37 pm

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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2014, 12:41:37 pm »
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Reply #10July 14, 2014, 10:22:39 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2014, 10:22:39 pm »

http://extrudehoneafm.com/automotive.html

I just got back my PD150, perfect like a mirror

I sent them a new ahu head assy and a AAZ  intake for a driver build

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Mind sharing the cost of doing a cylinder head?



Reply #11January 22, 2015, 08:59:53 am

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2015, 08:59:53 am »
I got a quote of 300 to refresh the head and 400 for a port and polish.  A shop near me has the flow bench and setup to do 8Valve VW engines.   I can't wait, I've heard good things about doing this! 

Reply #12April 08, 2018, 06:54:53 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2018, 06:54:53 pm »
It appears that the link to the article no longer works?
Shame as it was a good read! Did a bit of googling, but can't find it anywhere on the net.

Reply #13April 08, 2018, 10:24:13 pm

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Re: Old article by David Vizard on Do-It-Youself porting
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2018, 10:24:13 pm »
This looks to be the article, about 1/2 way down the page:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4628897-Porting-the-8v-head

 

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