Greggycoupe

i heard that with pretty much a dremel tool and some wrenches you can be doing some porting and polishing on you own motor anyone know anything about this or know anywebsites that can help

WS6Dreams

Only if you know what you are doing, and you are extremely carefull. My friend did it to his B20 swap, it turned out really good, but he knows his stuff. Good luck if you are going to try this on your own.

89civicdx

IMO If you are using the dremel "Hobby tool" don't bother if the only bits it accepts are 1/8" you need to accept at least 1/4" bits which the dremel heavy duty model can do. The bits with 1/4" shanks have much bigger grinding areas and will give you a much more uniform finish. If you use the 1/8" bits then you'll just end up making a mess because the bits are only a little bigger than a pencil eraser.

Though the 1/8" shank bits can come in handy around the valve seat area.

UnrealSpeed

Hey i know its not the topic, but can a dremel grind down a brake caliper?

Thanks


[Modified by UnrealSpeed, 5:10 PM 12/28/2002]

FifthGearOnline

sure!! what cant a dremel do!!

samdawgsol

Ive used my Dremel only about 4 times, but each time it was the only way to do the job which was enough to make it worth the cost.

NiiS

You really better know exactly what you're doing...


Why do you think it costs so much to have it done professionally?

greebler

the only thing i have seen done is taking a demel and smothing the exhaust ports on teh block. Basically taking off the deposits and stuff. This would do very little and be a waste of time in my opinion.
So you could "polish" , but not actually port. Port the heads that is..

elwood

I just got my dremel for Christmas. I already used it to put on my sidemarkers. I love that thing!

GS-Rcivic

how about the Black & Decker one, is that any good?? i seen it at Home Depo the other day for $25. It had 3 speeds and some bits in a carying case. You think its worht it? ohh yeah, it was corded too.

Evs-One

stay away from dremels except for little hoby jobs. As stated before, carbite porting bits are only available in 1/4 inch sizes. So, you need to get a die grinder, either air or electric. The electric ones(at least the Craftsman one I have) is not variable speed, so you can just hook it up to a dimmer switch to adjust the speed. These shouldn't cost more than 40 or 50 bucks. Then the bits you need can be up to 25 bucks a piece

Evs-One

and Oh, before you even touch your head, read up and understand the physics of porting and how the air flows, etc. Knowledge is key.

delslow94

if anyone is into drag racing you might have heard of a company called jegs. they are from here in central ohio but they have a good amount of hard to get products like a whole port and polish kit for dremels. http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...40&prmenbr=361 check it out and order it if u want. if it works well let us know good luck